Cultural Adaptation Challenges and Strategies during Study Abroad: New Zealand Students in China

Autor/inn/en	Gong, Yang; Gao, Xuesong; Li, Michael; Lai, Chun
Titel	Cultural Adaptation Challenges and Strategies during Study Abroad: New Zealand Students in China
Quelle	In: Language, Culture and Curriculum, 34 (2021) 4, S.417-437 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gong, Yang) ORCID (Gao, Xuesong) ORCID (Lai, Chun)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8318
DOI	10.1080/07908318.2020.1856129
Schlagwörter	Study Abroad; Student Adjustment; Foreign Countries; Acculturation; Cultural Differences; Life Style; Communicative Competence (Languages); Teaching Methods; Counseling Services; Barriers; Academic Achievement; Chinese; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Students; Socialization; College Students; Learning Strategies; Cognitive Development; Student Attitudes; Psychological Patterns; Skill Development; China; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Ausland; Akkulturation; Kultureller Unterschied; Lebensstil; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulleistung; China; Chinesen; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Collegestudent; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Kognitive Entwicklung; Schülerverhalten; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Neuseeland
Abstract	The rising popularity of the Chinese language as a subject for study has motivated research on international students' cultural adaptation and language learning during periods of study abroad in China. This inquiry examined the challenges that a group of New Zealand students encountered and the strategic responses they adopted in relation to cultural adaptation in China. In the inquiry, we encouraged 15 participants to write reflective journals and conducted group interviews to explore their experiences. The analysis revealed the variety of challenges that the participants faced, including language-based, lifestyle, and academic challenges as well as sociocultural and psychological ones. In response to these challenges, the participants adopted diverse strategic efforts to achieve cognitive, affective, and skill development in facilitating their communication practices with local Chinese people. These findings suggest that language educators need to revise traditional pedagogical approaches so that new pedagogical activities can be developed to promote study abroad students' communication competence, and counselling services should be provided to support their cultural adaptation and language learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01