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Kinginger, Celeste; Lee, Sheng-Hsun; Wu, Qian; Tan, Dali – Applied Linguistics, 2016
When, in homestays abroad, mealtime is understood as key to the maintenance and development of family identity and involves routine gathering for nourishment and convivial talk, students attribute much of their language learning to these events. In this project, we adopt a microgenetic approach to the study of mealtime discourse as a learning…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Family Environment, High School Students
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An, Ran; Chiang, Shiao-Yun – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
This article examines international students' cultural adaptation at a major national university in China. A survey was designed to measure international students' adaptation to the Chinese sociocultural and educational environments in terms of five dimensions: (1) cultural empathy, (2) open-mindedness, (3) emotional stability, (4) social…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Acculturation, Student Adjustment, Foreign Countries