Challenges of International Students in a Japanese University: Ethnographic Perspectives

Autor/in	Lee, Ju Seong
Titel	Challenges of International Students in a Japanese University: Ethnographic Perspectives
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 7 (2017) 1, S.73-93 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; Coping; Barriers; Japanese; Interviews; Focus Groups; Student Characteristics; Cultural Influences; Social Influences; Language Usage; Student Attitudes; Interaction; Friendship; Student Financial Aid; Learning Strategies; Second Language Instruction; Psychological Patterns; Ethnography + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bewältigung; Japaner; Japanisch; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Sprachgebrauch; Schülerverhalten; Interaktion; Freundschaft; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ethnografie
Abstract	The author investigates what challenges four international students (Vietnamese, Filipino, Brazilian, and Chinese) faced and how they coped with these dilemmas in a Japanese language program during the first semester in 2014. Multiple apparatuses (e.g., field notes, face-to-face oral interviews, focal group conversations, and semi-structured written interviews) were employed to triangulate the data. The findings show four major challenges: Personal psychological issues, general living issues, sociocultural issues, and Japanese language issues. Additionally, supporting group, positive attitude, interaction with Japanese friends, financial assistance, and useful learning strategies are identified as coping strategies. The results will provide implications for international students as well as language instructors and program coordinators in a higher education institution to better assist the international students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01