Descriptor
Source
Publication Type
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Legal/Legislative/Regulatory… | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Community | 3 |
| Practitioners | 2 |
| Administrators | 1 |
| Counselors | 1 |
| Parents | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, Washington, DC. – 1984
Advice for American families who host a foreign student is offered, with attention to culture shock, the first visit, stages of the student's adjustment, and mealtimes. It is suggested that both the host and foreign student can learn from the other. At first, the host family should speak slowly and clearly and be careful to avoid talking loud,…
Descriptors: College Students, Cultural Exchange, Culture Conflict, Family Environment
Hartung, Elizabeth Ann – 1983
The adjustment difficulties of Japanese high school students studying in the United States were examined in order to create a framework for the construction of orientation materials for exchange students. A total of 106 Japanese students enrolled in U.S. senior high schools as participants in the AFS Year Program to the United States completed a…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Culture Conflict
Jenkins, Hugh M.; And Others – 1983
The range of problems, issues, and practices pertaining to international educational interchange in higher education are reviewed in this handbook for campus-based personnel and the community at large dealing with the 300,000 foreign students in America. Needs and obligations of both students and institutions are spelled out, and guidelines are…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, College Administration, College Admission, College Students
