Towards a model of cross-cultural adaptation: An empirical study of international students in the PRC

Towards a model of cross-cultural adaptation: An empirical study of international students in the PRC

Research studies in education: The ninth postgraduate research conference

• Yu, Baohua University of New South Wales

• Huang, Jing Centre for Applied English Studies, University of Hong Kong
• Gu, Michelle
• Cheung, Pui Kei Eleanor

Hong Kong

Office of Research, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong

2006

• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QK Hong Kong Students Overseas
• P Social Context of Education
  • PB Comparative Education

Model Cross-cultural Adaptation SLA

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

Based on a tentative model and a sample of 215 university international students of the second year studying Chinese in the PRC, this research studied the relationships among Motivation in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), Socio-cultural Adaptation, Academic Adaptation, Language Achievement and Institutional Persistence, and evaluated their contributions in a causal model of Adaptation and SLA. The results of the study indicated that the theoretical model provided good fit to the data, and generally supported Gardner's (2005) socio-educational model except that Language Anxiety was not found to have a cause and effect relationship with Language Achievement. Instrumentality seemed to significantly predict the variation of Persistence together with Academic Adaptation. Moreover, Saving Other's Face Scale seemed to be important to predict Motivation, Socio-cultural Adaptation and especially Academic Adaptation. Copyright © 2006 Office of Research, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong.

• English

Book Chapters

• 9789628093472

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2022-12-16