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Effectiveness of a University Bilingual Degree Program among Overseas Chinese Students
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Liu, Sherry – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The language and communication skills of foreign students have long been a concern in U.S. universities. The majority of U.S. universities require foreign students for whom English is not their native language to take English language proficiency tests such as the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) as part of admission requirements.…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, English (Second Language), Bilingual Education, Program Effectiveness
Exploring Classroom Emotion with Cloud-Based Facial Recognizer in the Chinese Beginning Class: A Preliminary Study
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Boonroungrut, Chinun; Oo, Toe Toe; One, Kim – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
The Facial Emotion Recognizer (FER) detection technology in the education field is in the early stage. Objective, to investigate the classroom emotion and the effectiveness of the Microsoft cloud-based FER interpretations The randomly selected 29 international students who enrolled the fundamental Chinese language course were investigated during…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Foreign Students, Human Body, Information Technology
Sociocultural Adaptation of "Parachute Kids" from Mainland China
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Cheng, Baoyan – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2020
Through analysing data collected from interviews with 12 students and 7 teachers, observations, students' journals and other documents at a US high school, this qualitative study examines the sociocultural adaptation of "parachute kids" from mainland China. Emerging themes revealed adjustments to be made at three levels, namely,…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, Acculturation, Student Attitudes, Journal Writing
Exploring the Complex and Non-Linear Evolution of Chinese International Students' Experiences in US Colleges
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Heng, Tang T. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
This article contests the narrative of Chinese international students (internationals for short) as passive and problematic to reveal the complexity and fluidity of their experiences. Simultaneously, it troubles the overly linear approach of stage theory in understanding internationals' adjustment. Following nine first- and nine second-year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Experience, College Students
Chinese International Undergraduate Students at a U.S. University: A Mixed Methods Study of First-Year Academic Experiences and Achievement
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Ma, Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to explore the first-year academic experiences and achievement of Chinese international undergraduate students in American higher education. To do so, I tracked a cohort of Chinese international undergraduates through their first-year at a public research university in the United States. Both qualitative and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Public Colleges, Qualitative Research
International Academic Success: Institutional Planning & Analysis
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Hamilton, Kristen; Kennedy, Matthew; Crespin-Mueller, Dorys – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2010
This study was requested by the Senate International Affairs Committee. The research questions included: (1) What factors affect the cumulative GPA (CGPA) of International students at TRU?; (2) What factors affect the retention of International students at TRU?; and (3) Are Student Success Courses among the significant factors for GPA and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Academic Support Services, Program Effectiveness