Chinese Voices: Chinese Learners and Their Experiences of Living and Studying in the United Kingdom

Autor/in	McMahon, Patrick
Titel	Chinese Voices: Chinese Learners and Their Experiences of Living and Studying in the United Kingdom
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 33 (2011) 4, S.401-414 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-080X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Colleges; Cognitive Style; Foreign Students; Student Experience; Educational Experience; Cultural Differences; Confucianism; Educational Attitudes; Values; Teacher Student Relationship; Memorization; Skill Development; Repetition; Comparative Education; Health Services; Communication Problems; Social Influences; Academic Achievement; Communicative Competence (Languages); Student Needs; Interpersonal Relationship; China; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Studienerfahrung; Bildungserfahrung; Kultureller Unterschied; Konfuzianismus; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Wertbegriff; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Gedächtnistraining; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Wiederholung; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Kommunikationsbarriere; Sozialer Einfluss; Schulleistung; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Großbritannien
Abstract	Higher institutions in the United Kingdom (UK) have responded enthusiastically to two prime ministers' "Initiatives for International Education" to promote Britain as a destination for overseas students and international fees from Chinese students now play an important role in the funding of the UK university sector. Yet it is not clear how far institutions understand the background of these students and the experience they have living and studying in the UK. This article presents a review of literature of the Chinese learner and a subsequent investigation into Chinese students' experiences of living and studying in the UK. The literature review suggests that Chinese students use different study techniques from their Western counterparts and as a result are often unfairly pigeonholed into the category of "shallow learners" by Western lecturers. The interviews draw a picture of ambitious students frustrated by their inability to make meaningful contact with their Western classmates. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10