What is it about?
This chapter critically analyses international students’ intercultural adaptation and growth experience in Mainland China. The researcher examined how they maximised their intercultural interactions and improved language and communication skills, and looked at how they undertook cultural immersion in China, and achieved successful intercultural awareness. The data were collected from a variety of sources. The researcher conducted thematic contents analysis after coding and categorising the data into key themes. The research results show that international students in China are mostly positive about their transition from intercultural interaction to intercultural communication and understanding. Implications for international students’ experience in China are discussed.
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Why is it important?
It's important for those who want to learn how to survive in a new language and cultural environment. You may find your new life experience there and enjoy it like living in a harmonious family.
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Having written this chapter, I reflect on how important and meaningful intercultural communication in context is. A high level of intercultural understanding can be achieved through trial and error. Sound critical analysis and thinking can also be developed through intercultural interaction.
Dr Ping Yang
Western Sydney University
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This page is a summary of: Journey to the East: Intercultural Adaptation of International Students in China, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-78120-4_3.
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