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Ahrari, Seyedali; Krauss, Steven Eric; Suandi, Turiman; Abdullah, Haslinda; Sahimi, Aishah Hamizah Abdullah; Olutokunbo, Adekalu Samuel; Dahalan, Dzuhailmi – Issues in Educational Research, 2019
Despite the ongoing globalisation of higher education, few studies have attempted to understand international students' adjustment experiences in non-Western institutions of higher learning. This study employed in depth, semi-structured interviews to explore the adjustment experiences of 10 international postgraduate students in Malaysia. Three…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Graduate Students, Social Bias, Second Language Learning
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Alghail, Ali Abdullah Ali; Mahfoodh, Omer Hassan Ali – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
This study examines how international graduate students in a Malaysian public university perceive and overcome academic reading difficulties. The target population included all graduate students from Yemen, an Arab country, studying at Universiti Sains Malaysia. Data were collected using questionnaires, focus group interviews, and journal writing.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Reading Difficulties
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Nallaya, Sasikala – Issues in Educational Research, 2012
This study investigated the measurement of change in English language proficiency levels of pre-service and in-service teachers enrolled in a public university in Malaysia. Path analysis was used to measure change on three occasions by examining the effects of student characteristics, learning needs and multimodal technology on proficiency levels.…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Achievement Tests, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries