Asian students in American higher education: negotiating multilingual identities in the era of superdiversity and nationalism

Zhang‐Wu, Qianqian

doi:10.1080/14708477.2023.2175846

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“…According to the cross-cultural adaptation theory, foreign students in China become involved with Chinese culture. The growth in the process of acculturation is reflected in three influencing factors, namely, communication, the environment, and personal characteristics, which also provide input for the design of this study [ 24 , 25 , 26 ].…”

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Interactive Effects and Mediating Roles of Multiple Factors That Influence Learning Adaptative Growth of International Students: Evidence from China

Xue

Wei

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Behavioral Sciences

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The learning adaptability of international students is pivotal to the success of sustainable international higher education development. The purpose of this study was to explore what factors affect the learning adaptability of international students in China through structural equation modelling and mediation analysis. The data collected through a questionnaire from the overseas students were analysed, and the reliability and validity were also tested. The findings show that the influencing factors that affect learning adaptability of international students in China comprise seven variables: learning attitude, motivation to study abroad, learning ability, language proficiency, learning environment, teaching management and social relations. In addition, when language proficiency is used as the mediating variable, the motivation to study abroad has a significant positive impact on learning attitudes, with an influence coefficient of 0.185 and an effect proportion of 35%, which is a partial mediator. When social relationships are used as the mediating variable, study abroad motivation has a significant positive impact on learning attitude, with an influence coefficient of 0.058, which is completely mediating.

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Interactive Effects and Mediating Roles of Multiple Factors That Influence Learning Adaptative Growth of International Students: Evidence from China

Xue

Wei

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Behavioral Sciences

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“…It is the identification of a "common culture" that reflects a nation's identification with shared historical experiences and cultural norms. In the process of globalization, population flows have become more frequent and larger, and the flows and integrations between cultures have increased correspondingly [19]. The American anthropologist Robert Redfield and his colleagues proposed that acculturation is the phenomenon, whereby two cultural patterns change during the continuous interaction between individuals or groups with different cultural backgrounds after they enter a new social environment.…”

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Adjustment to Chinese Culture and Mental Health Issues among Foreign Students on Chinese University Campuses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Collaborative Ethnographic Study

Xue

2023

Behavioral Sciences

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Foreign students in China may have difficulty adjusting to Chinese culture and may experience mental health problems related to acculturation, interpersonal issues, and social communication within the context of campus life. Therefore, this study attempts to apply a collaborative ethnography approach to explore the adjustment to Chinese culture and mental health issues among foreign students on Chinese campuses during the COVID-19 pandemic. We spent 16 months exploring the feelings and perceptions of 82 foreign international undergraduate students at six Chinese higher education institutions regarding their adjustment to Chinese culture and gathered their suggestions about how to address the mental health issues experienced by foreign learners in China. The results show that international students tend to have a limited understanding of Chinese culture and rely on very few channels for information—in particular, the Internet, teachers’ lectures, and daily life—which can easily result in mental health problems and thoughts of marginalization. In addition, the results showed that international students’ mental health problems are subjectively positively correlated with their own personality, cultural intelligence, and cultural identification ability and objectively related to their cultural distance and all aspects of the educational work of international students. It is suggested that Chinese higher education institutions should strengthen their attention to the mental health of international students in China and promote international students’ cross-cultural adaptation abilities and understanding of Chinese culture.

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Nationalism: threat or opportunity to critical intercultural communication?

Tange

Jenks

2023

Language and Intercultural Communication

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Asian students in American higher education: negotiating multilingual identities in the era of superdiversity and nationalism

Cited by 5 publications

References 30 publications

Interactive Effects and Mediating Roles of Multiple Factors That Influence Learning Adaptative Growth of International Students: Evidence from China

Interactive Effects and Mediating Roles of Multiple Factors That Influence Learning Adaptative Growth of International Students: Evidence from China

Adjustment to Chinese Culture and Mental Health Issues among Foreign Students on Chinese University Campuses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Collaborative Ethnographic Study

Nationalism: threat or opportunity to critical intercultural communication?

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