The sound of silence: A musically enhanced narrative inquiry into the academic acculturation stories of Chinese international students with low spoken English proficiency

Xing, Deyu; Bolden, Benjamin; Hogenkamp, Sawyer

doi:10.1080/15505170.2019.1627616

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“…The study calls for the need to hear individual instead of collective voices. Besides the study by Ye and Edwards (2015), there are a couple of other studies as well that utilize narrative inquiry to trace Chinese students' struggles in foreign universities (C. C. Wang, 2017;Xing, Bolden, & Hogenkamp, 2020).…”

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From Culture Shock to Cross-cultural Adaptation: Narrative inquiry of a Kenyan student’s journey in Pakistan

Ali

2022

Pak. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci

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Travelling to a foreign country for higher education has its own challenges, as apart from dealing with academic stress, international students have to overcome various obstacles mainly because of linguistic and cultural differences between their native and the host country.The study explores a series of narratives shared by a Kenyan male student who had been in Karachi for the last five and a half years for earning a Pharm-D degree from a public sector university in Karachi. The aim of this qualitative narrative inquiry was to conduct an in-depth study of the challenges the Kenyan student faced during his five and a half years in Pakistan along with exploring how he succeeded in dealing with culture shock and adapting to the new academic, linguistic, and sociocultural environment in the host country.The data for this study were collected through a series of conversations with the participant collected in the form of stories, spanning over a period of 16 months. The collected data were analyzed through ‘a critical events approach’ based on highlighting critical events contained in the stories of experience. Although the findings of the study provide insights into the life experiences of only one international student, many international students, particularly the Kenyans can relate to it, as they pass through somewhat similar experiences during their academic journey in Pakistan. The findings of this study call for the need to facilitate international students irrespective of their race, religion, and nationality so that they do not feel marginalized in the host country.

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From Culture Shock to Cross-cultural Adaptation: Narrative inquiry of a Kenyan student’s journey in Pakistan

Ali

2022

Pak. J. Humanit. Soc. Sci

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“…Les études soulignent que les étudiantes et étudiants chinois sont plus susceptibles de subir un stress d'acculturation que les autres étudiantes et étudiants étrangers en raison d'une maîtrise limitée de la langue anglaise qui est la langue principale de la scolarité. Les barrières linguistiques posent non seulement des difficultés académiques en classe, mais semblent constituer un obstacle majeur à leur intégration et adaptation sociale (Xing et al, 2020). Les étudiantes et étudiants chinois racontent être discriminés en raison de leur accent ou de leur niveau de maîtrise de l'anglais (Houshmand et al, 2014).…”

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“…Ainsi, le nombre d'étudiantes et étudiants chinois poursuivant leurs études supérieures à l'étranger n'a pas cessé d'augmenter dans les dernières années (Chao, 2015;Ge et al, 2019). Compte tenu de la présence de plus en plus importante d'étudiantes et étudiants internationaux chinois sur les campus, de nombreuses chercheuses et de nombreux chercheurs ont réalisé des recherches au sujet des différentes dimensions de leurs expériences dans les universités canadiennes, dont leurs difficultés linguistiques (Xing et al, 2020) et académiques (Ge et al, 2019), leurs ajustements psychologiques et sociaux (Zhang et Goodson, 2011) ainsi que leur vécu de discriminations raciales ressenties (Grayson, 2014;Houshmand et al, 2014).…”

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Expériences d’étudiantes et étudiants internationaux chinois dans les universités avant et pendant la COVID-19 : frontières et racisme ordinaire vis-à-vis une « majorité fragile » québécoise

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Soares²,

Liu³

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Cette étude qualitative documente les expériences vécues à l’université dans des universités francophones à Montréal par des étudiantes et étudiants internationaux chinois. Les résultats révèlent que ces étudiantes et étudiants doivent gérer non seulement du racisme lié à la pandémie dans l’espace urbain et, plus spécifiquement, dans les universités, mais aussi des frontières vis-à-vis du groupe majoritaire québécois francophone, des frontières s’articulant autour des marqueurs linguistiques, raciaux et ethnoculturels. L’analyse des données met également en exergue une tendance, pour ces étudiantes et étudiants, à minimiser leurs expériences de racisme ordinaire. Nous concluons avec des pistes encourageant l’autoréflexion chez les membres du groupe dominant francophone au sujet des frontières à l’université et ce, afin qu’ultimement des pratiques d’équité et de justice sociale soient déployées envers les étudiantes et étudiants internationaux fréquentant des universités montréalaises.

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“…The existing research regarding Chinese international students mainly concentrates on their experiences in terms of academic learning, language barriers, acculturation, and adaptation in a new learning context, as well as social networking (Xing, et al, 2020;Zhang-Wu, 2018;Zhang & Zhou, 2010). Studies which have examined social networking or communication have focused on the use of the internet and social media such as QQ, Facebook, and WeChat (Fraiberg & Cui, 2016;Li & Chen, 2014;Yan, 2018), while social interactions with instructors and peers were only included as one part of their experience during the process of acculturation and adaptation (Zhang, 2019), but were not specifically studied.…”

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“…The study also determined that language, English speaking skills in particular, was the major cause of the challenges they faced, and developing close friendships with local and other international students was difficult because common topics of conversation were hard to find due to different cultural backgrounds. Xing et al (2020) also emphasized the significance of linguistic proficiency in the acculturation of Chinese international students and used a musically enhanced narrative inquiry approach to investigate the experiences of six Chinese international students studying in a Canadian university. The article starts with a quote from one participant, vividly depicting a sense of helplessness, who felt voiceless and transparent among so many Canadian students during orientation week on campus.…”

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Small Talk: A Big Challenge for Chinese Graduate Students in Canada

Xu¹

2021

ICERI2021 Proceedings

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This phenomenological inquiry explores the lived experiences of Chinese graduate students in Canada when making small talk with native English speakers. The focus is on the challenges they face, possible causes for these challenges, and potential solutions. The theoretical frameworks consist of a combination of the communicative competence model and the concepts of languaculture and communities of practice.Ten Chinese students in Canadian universities were interviewed to collect data on their experiences making small talk with instructors, classmates, and other members of their local communities and on their progress with social interaction and integration.In addition, eight Canadian instructors and classmates were invited to participate by completing an online questionnaire which asked them to outline their experiences with Chinese students. They were also presented with sample narratives from the interviewees revealing difficult personal interactions and asked to provide commentary and suggest strategies they would use under similar circumstances.Thematic data analysis was used to codify and categorize the information collected. The results indicated the most challenging issues for these Chinese students were related to comprehension, participation, initiative, confidence, social connections, and propriety. There were many direct or indirect causes for these challenges, but most were the result of problems tied to language proficiency, cultural differences, and personal attributes. Suggested solutions include practicing communicative skills, improving English language proficiency, learning social and cultural norms, developing communicative strategies, and becoming active members in communities of practice.This study on small talk was no small project, and it could not have been completed without the help and guidance of many people.My utmost appreciation and gratitude go to my supervisor, Dr. Marie Myers, who guided me, encouraged me, inspired me, and supported me throughout. It was a great honour to have the opportunity to work with her and learn from her. Her passion and professional approach towards research provided me with an up-lifting example of the attitude and demeanor required to be a professional researcher.A big thank you also goes to Dr. Ian Matheson, who served on my thesis committee, for his support, valuable comments, and helpful advice. I also owe my gratitude to my advisor, Dr.Claire Ahn, for her suggestions and support when I first started the MEd program at Queen's and for her help and concern when the course work seemed overwhelming.The courses I took at Queen's were challenging and satisfying, and I am fortunate to have had such great instructors, Dr.

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The sound of silence: A musically enhanced narrative inquiry into the academic acculturation stories of Chinese international students with low spoken English proficiency

Cited by 6 publications

References 29 publications

From Culture Shock to Cross-cultural Adaptation: Narrative inquiry of a Kenyan student’s journey in Pakistan

From Culture Shock to Cross-cultural Adaptation: Narrative inquiry of a Kenyan student’s journey in Pakistan

Expériences d’étudiantes et étudiants internationaux chinois dans les universités avant et pendant la COVID-19 : frontières et racisme ordinaire vis-à-vis une « majorité fragile » québécoise

Small Talk: A Big Challenge for Chinese Graduate Students in Canada

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