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https://rsuir-library.rsu.ac.th/handle/123456789/2916| Title: | Exploring acculturation strategies and intercultural communication competence of Chinese international students at a private university in Thailand |
| Authors: | Jiaxi Wang |
| metadata.dc.contributor.advisor: | Noparat Tananuraksakul |
| Keywords: | Intercultural communication -- Study and teaching;Acculturation -- Cross-cultural studies;Communication and culture |
| Issue Date: | 2023 |
| Publisher: | Rangsit University. Library |
| metadata.dc.description.other-abstract: | This study aimed to explore freshman Chinese international students’ acculturation strategies (AS) and intercultural communication competence (ICC) using explanatory sequential mixed method. A total of 145 Chinese undergraduates studying in six international programs at a private university conducted self-assessed of their AS and ICC through an online questionnaire; six of them voluntarily participated in semi-structured interviews. Data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed by SPSSPRO, presenting frequency and percentage for the participants' personal information, and mean and standard deviation for their AS and ICC. Content analysis was used to analyze data from the interviews. The quantitative results revealed their predominant choice of integration strategy so as to maintain their own culture and seek involvement in Thai society and their highest level of ICC. Their highly self-perceived ICC was driven by learning about English-speaking cultures previously during their study of English in middle and high schools, and preferring to learn about those English-speaking cultures, acquiring intermediate and advanced English levels, staying in the host country at least a year, watching English movies, reading cultural books, and acquiring intermediate and advanced Thai levels were seen to influence their appropriate choice of AS. The qualitative outcomes supplemented reasons behind this choice. They obviously recognized that the integrative benefits, which would make their life easier during their study in Thailand, help them communicate with people from different cultural backgrounds better and improve their academic performance. The findings implied that the Chinese students could undergo the process of acculturation better or adjust themselves to the Thai social environment more easily because they had positive attitudes towards other cultures, an understanding of their own culture and others, skills in interacting with foreigners and dealing with cultural differences, and awareness of cultural values of Chinese culture and others |
| Description: | Thesis (M.Edu. (Bilingual Education and English Language Teaching)) -- Rangsit University, 2023 |
| metadata.dc.description.degree-name: | Master of Education |
| metadata.dc.description.degree-level: | Master's Degree |
| metadata.dc.contributor.degree-discipline: | Bilingual Education and English Language Teaching |
| URI: | https://rsuir-library.rsu.ac.th/handle/123456789/2916 |
| metadata.dc.type: | Thesis |
| Appears in Collections: | EDU-Bil-M-Theses |
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