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Toshiyuki Nakamura – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Over the past 15 years, the L2 motivational self system (Dörnyei, 2005, 2009) has been a dominant framework in the field of second language (L2) motivation. Yet, since the model's introduction, there has been a theoretical discordance between the two components associated with future self-images (the ideal L2 self and the ought-to L2 self) and the…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
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Ammigan, Ravichandran; Laws, Kaitlyn N. – Journal of International Students, 2018
As U.S. institutions continue to welcome larger and more diverse populations of international students, campus support offices are also expected to adjust their programming and outreach strategies to engage a wider student audience and provide them with key information and services. This quantitative study examines the communications preferences…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Preferences, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Strategies
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Anderson, Roger – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2022
Research has focused almost exclusively on International Teaching Assistants'(ITA) experiences as instructors, overlooking the ITA training class. This has led to the marginalization of Pre-Service ITAs in the literature. The locus of potentially important learning, a descriptive, multiple case study examined the investment (Darvin & Norton,…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Foreign Students, Teaching Experience, Case Studies
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Jean-Francois, Emmanuel – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
This study explored the perceptions of a US university campus climate by international students and analyzed strategies that they used to socially and academically integrate their campuses. The sample consisted of international students who have at least completed two years of their college education. Individual interviews and focus group were…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Self Determination, Student Personnel Workers
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Yang, Qinghua; Orrego Dunleavy, Victoria; Phillips, Jasmine Rene – Communication Education, 2016
This study examined how mentoring initiation and maintenance strategies mediate the relationship between acculturative stress and intercultural communication competence on Chinese graduate students' program satisfaction. Results supported a partial mediation effect for mentoring maintenance strategies. By specifying the mediating effect, the model…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Mentors, Communication Strategies
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Sommer, Lutz – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2013
Introduction: The paper at hand examines the influence of Cognitive Style (CS) and International Experience (IE) on International Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (IESE) and International Entrepreneurial Intention (IEI) as well as the role of Academic Education (AE) in this context. Method: Based on a survey that was conducted among 111 students the…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Cognitive Style, Academic Education, Models
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Ballantine, Jeanne H.; Jolly-Ballantine, John-Andrew – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2015
Good mentoring of graduate students influences their perseverance and success to completion, whereas bad mentoring can result in negative outcomes, including delayed degree completion or non-completion. What the authors refer to as the gray zone is that which falls between good and bad mentoring. Examples are partial mentoring or changes in…
Descriptors: Mentors, Graduate Students, Instructional Improvement, Teaching Methods
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Kurpis, Lada Helen; Hunter, James – Journal of Marketing Education, 2017
Business schools can increase their competitiveness by offering students intercultural skills development opportunities integrated into the traditional curricula. This article makes a contribution by proposing an approach to developing students' cultural intelligence that is based on the cultural intelligence (CQ) model, experiential learning…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Experiential Learning, Learning Activities, Cross Cultural Studies
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Phakiti, Aek; Hirsh, David; Woodrow, Lindy – Journal of Research in International Education, 2013
Geographic mobility and favourable educational policies have resulted in a rapid expansion in international education in recent decades. International education not only provides significant economic benefits and intellectual progression at the national level but also equips individuals with a good understanding of the educational, linguistic,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, International Education
Allerup, Peter – 1985
Approximately 1200 Danish school children aged 8, 11, and 14 participated in a questionnaire study under the caption, "Why I like to read." Data from Denmark formed part of an international study, in which 12 other countries used the same questionnaire to explore various functions of reading and to compare them over different countries.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Education, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Marsh, Harriet – 1976
This report describes a leadership training seminar for administrators responsible for developing re-entry or transition workshops for foreign students. Background and introduction sections describe the challenges that foreign students face when they return to their own countries after study in the United States and their need for assistance in…
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Leadership Training
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. – 1989
Presented is a discussion of an intercultural orientation seminar for foreign and U.S. university students at Colorado State University. This 1-day retreat is held each semester at a lodge in the Rocky Mountains. It is designed to bring together the students and community people to experience an international environment where the goal is to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Students
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Moeckel, Nancy; Presnell, Jenny – Reference Librarian, 1995
Presents a model that can be used to develop or expand academic library services for international students based on survey results from Ohio academic libraries. Highlights include functional barriers, including critical thinking skills; cultural barriers; and model programs, including promotional, instructional, staff development, written,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Critical Thinking, Cultural Differences, Evaluation Methods