Coming to America for Spiritual or Academic Growth? Experiences of International Students at One Christian School

Autor/in	Yin, Lishu
Titel	Coming to America for Spiritual or Academic Growth? Experiences of International Students at One Christian School
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Christian Education, 22 (2013) 2, S.139-152 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1065-6219
DOI	10.1080/10656219.2013.808975
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Christianity; Religious Education; Private Schools; High School Students; Spiritual Development; Academic Education; Futures (of Society); Student Adjustment; Cultural Differences; Academic Discourse; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Educational Experience; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Christentum; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Private school; Privatschule; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Akademische Bildung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Adjustment; Adaptation; Kultureller Unterschied; Discourse; Diskurs; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Bildungserfahrung
Abstract	The number of international students flocking to North American private Christian schools has continued to grow. The author examined the overall experiences of 67 international high school students studying at a private Christian school in South Carolina. Their frustrations and struggles with academic and spiritual growth in a new cross-cultural setting, their reasons for coming to study in the United States at their own expense, as well as their motivations to come to the United States were investigated. The findings signified that none of the participants came to the Christian school for a Christian education, but for a good academic education and a bright future. In addition, the absence of their home cultures, the lack of academic language, and the large culture distance contributed to their frustrations and struggles in the process of adaptation to the new school environment. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10