Living with Roommates from Different Cultures: A Qualitative Study of International Students' Experiences of Multicultural Living-Learning Communities

Autor/inn/en	Sim, Wonjin; Stahl, Jessica
Titel	Living with Roommates from Different Cultures: A Qualitative Study of International Students' Experiences of Multicultural Living-Learning Communities
Quelle	In: Journal of College and University Student Housing, 49 (2022) 1, S.52-69 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-827X
Schlagwörter	Living Learning Centers; Cultural Differences; Foreign Students; Student Experience; Females; College Students; Cultural Education; Second Language Learning; Social Support Groups; Interpersonal Relationship; Dormitories; Barriers; Affordances; Student Adjustment; Cultural Awareness; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kultureller Unterschied; Studienerfahrung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Collegestudent; Culture; Education; Kulturelle Bildung; Kulturelle Erziehung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Student housing; Studentenwohnheim; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	International students' experiences of multicultural living-learning communities were explored using consensual qualitative research. Fifteen female international students attending a university in the mid-Atlantic region were interviewed in five focus groups. Participants reported that the benefits of multicultural living-learning communities included cultural learning, language learning, social support, and monetary support. Challenges of multicultural living-learning communities included lifestyle and cultural differences, lack of respect, awareness of and openness to different individuals or cultures, differences and difficulties in communication, language concerns, and lack of opportunities to get closer with roommates. Participants reported that roommate relationships were facilitated by genuine respect for and interest in other cultures, motivation to enhance their adjustment, personalities, having interpersonal interactions, communication, having similarities in interest and culture, teaching and learning language, strategies/rules between roommates, and environmental features such as communal space in their residence halls. This study has implications for residence life professionals who coordinate multicultural living-learning communities and help international students adjust to living with roommates from different cultures. [The discussion questions at the close of this article were developed by Zachary Bevis and Tony W. Cawthon.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association of College and University Housing Officers - International. 1445 Summit Street, Columbus, Ohio 43201. Tel: 614-292-0099; Fax: 614-292-3205; e-mail: office@acuho-i.org; Web site: http://www.acuho-i.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01