Addressing international students on Australian and Chinese university webpages: A comparative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 100403
Author(s):  
Zuocheng Zhang ◽  
S. Tan ◽  
P. Wignell ◽  
K. O'Halloran
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Chinese University

Product Evaluation on the Chinese Language Program for International Students in a Chinese University

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 2400-2408
Author(s):  
Xianjun Tan Et.al
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
International Student ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Product Evaluation ◽  
Language Program ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Chinese Language Teaching

HanyuShuipingKaoshi (HSK) is an international standardized test, which means Chinese Proficiency Test in English. A minimum of HSK level 4 is needed for an international student to apply for an academic programme taught in Chinese language in the universities of China. Guided by product evaluation of Context, Input, Process, Product (CIPP) model, the test scores of HSK level 4 of the international students in a Chinese university are analyzed using effect size. Feedbacks from the international students who failed in the test of HSK level 4 are collected based on a questionnaire formulated by the researchers. The strengths, weaknesses, causes of failure and improving direction of the one academic year’s Chinese language program in this Chinese university are identified through the evaluation. The research aims to provide references for the improvement of Chinese language teaching in this Chinese university and universities with the same context. The research enriches the literature concerning the evaluation on Chinese language teaching and learning for international students in China.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Rhetorical Competence among Chinese and American College Students under the Same Teaching Background

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Ke Li
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
International Students ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Chinese International Students ◽  
Control Group ◽  
American University ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Writing Competence ◽  
Students Success

<p>It is observed that Chinese international students tend to be rhetorically incompetent, compared with their American peers, which triggers a comparative study of their rhetorical competence in the same teaching environment in the U.S. The experimental group and the control group are populated in 20 students respectively, the former group being 20 Chinese students who once major in English and communication in one Chinese famous university but now study in one American university, the latter being 20 American college students in the same class. They are selected to participate in tests of speech and writing competence. The result indicates that there is some discrepancy of speech competence between Chinese and American college students, as well as of writing competence, from which we gain some applications for the cultivation of rhetorical competence among foreign language learners in China, and some suggestions for Chinese international students’ success in American job market. </p>

scholarly journals Chinese University Students and Their Experiences of Acculturation at an Ethnic Christian Church

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyang Sun ◽  
Robert A Rhoads
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
East Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Chinese International Students ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Chinese University Students

This paper examines the experiences of Chinese international students from East Coast University (a pseudonym) in the United States through their participation in a Chinese ethnic-based Christian church (CCC). Employing ethnographic-based fieldwork, the study highlights how Chinese international students see their experiences in CCC as a source of acculturation to U.S. society. However, the students evidence little understanding of the reality that they are in fact being acculturated to a subculture within U.S. society that at times embraces values contradictory to those of progressive-oriented East Coast University.

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