Cross-cultural Adaptability of International Students in China

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10.2991/assehr.k.211122.173How to use a DOI?

Keywords

International students; Socio-cultural adaptation; Psychological adaptation; Cross-cultural

Abstract

The continuous and in-depth implementation of the “Belt and Road” initiative has made educational exchanges and cooperation between China and the countries along this route more frequent. Meanwhile, the resulting cross-cultural adaptation problems of international students in China have been increasingly prominent. This paper adopts the research method of survey to investigate the cross-cultural adaptation of the international students at China University of Petroleum (Beijing), and attempts to analyze the cross-cultural adaptability of international students in China from two aspects: socio-cultural adaptability and psychological adaptability. The study finds out that Chinese language proficiency, length of residence, interpersonal skills and environmental changes are the main factors affecting the socio-cultural adaptability of international students; gender, length of time in China, and Chinese proficiency of international students are the factors that affect the psychological adaptability of international students. Finally, this article recommends that universities help international students build their own communities and social networks on campus, uniformly improve the professional capabilities of teaching and administrative staff, and provide online communication platforms to improve the cross-cultural adaptability of international students in China.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ruihan Zhou
AU  - Xiaoyan Zeng
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/23
TI  - Cross-cultural Adaptability of International Students in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 645
EP  - 651
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211122.173
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211122.173
ID  - Zhou2021
ER  -