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Alina Schartner, Tony Johnstone Young - Intercultural Transitions in Higher Education, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Intercultural Transitions in Higher Education

International Student Adjustment and Adaptation

Av Alina Schartner, Tony Johnstone Young

Del i serien Studies in Social Interaction

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Universities are among the most dynamic contemporary arenas for intercultural contact, and one of the most interesting phenomena for social interaction studies, both conceptually and empirically. There are around four million people worldwide studying abroad, with numbers growing. These international student sojourns are, first and foremost, social experiences, with social interaction being both a success factor for and outcome of intercultural transition. But what’s it like being an ‘international’ student? How is the experience different from studying ‘at home’, and what might make it a success, or otherwise? This volume details how recent research has attempted to answer these questions and others related to the transition between different national learning environments, and shows how it is helping to inform debates, policy and practice on the international student experience.
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Alina Schartner is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the School of Education, Communication and Language Science at Newcastle University. Tony Young is Reader in Applied Linguistics and Communication at Newcastle University in the north of England

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Empirical and theoretical information bearing upon the large numbers of students who enroll in higher-education programmes abroad is combined here with many personal observations from students themselves. A particular strength is the association revealed among the psychological, sociocultural and academic adjustments that accompany overseas scholarship. At the core of the book is a longitudinal study of some 300 international students at a British university, a study that involves both quantitative and qualitative assessment. Retrospective comments of students who have completed their degrees are also presented here, as are descriptions of, and recommendations for, host institutions. The result is a rich interdisciplinary investigation of student motivations and adaptations.

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