Chinese International Students' Social Connectedness, Social and Academic Adaptation: The Mediating Role of Global Competence

Autor/inn/en	Meng, Qian; Zhu, Chang; Cao, Chun
Titel	Chinese International Students' Social Connectedness, Social and Academic Adaptation: The Mediating Role of Global Competence
Quelle	In: Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 75 (2018) 1, S.131-147 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/s10734-017-0129-x
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Interpersonal Relationship; Social Adjustment; Student Adjustment; Language Proficiency; Asians; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Online Surveys; Student Surveys; Structural Equation Models; Predictor Variables; Competence; Global Approach; Sampling; Statistical Inference; Second Language Learning; China; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Soziale Anpassung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Schülerbefragung; Prädiktor; Kompetenz; Globales Denken; Inferential statistics; Schließende Statistik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Belgien
Abstract	This study examined global competence of Chinese international students sojourning in a non-Anglophone European country as a mediator between foreign language proficiency (i.e., English and local language) and social and academic adaptation, and social connectedness in international community. A sample of 206 Chinese students in Belgium responded to a web-based survey. Results from structural equation modeling analysis indicated both English and local language proficiency were significant predictors of global competence and global competence, in turn, influenced significantly the participants' social connectedness, social and academic adaptation. Specifically, English and local language proficiency taken together explained 32% of the variance in global competence, and global competence explained 55% of the variance in social adaptation and 38% of the variance in academic adaptation, respectively. In addition, English proficiency and global competence explained 33% of the variance in social connectedness in international community. Bootstrapping methods were employed to examine the mediating roles of global competence. The results revealed that global competence partially mediated the relationship between English proficiency and social connectedness and fully mediated the relationships between foreign language proficiency (i.e., both English and local language) and social and academic adaptation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01