Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Academic Success: A Case Study

DOI

10.2991/icesem-18.2018.192How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cross-cultural adaptation; Academic success; Longitudinal study; Chinese higher education for international students

Abstract

This paper analyses how Ray, a Bangladeshi student, goes through cultural adaption and achieves academic success in terms of completing the Chinese higher education and continuing to pursue his postgraduate study. It shows how Ray experiences “culture shock” and overcomes the language barrier. This longitudinal study elicits the data from a focus group study and two follow-up in-depth individual interviews. It concludes that a successful cultural adaptation is crucial for international students to complete their higher education and achieve academic success in China.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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