ASSESSING THE VOCABULARY SIZE OF THE INTERNATIONAL CLASS STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vinindita Citrayasa ◽  
Maria Setyaningsih Nernere
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Vocabulary Development ◽  
Developmental Pattern ◽  
Vocabulary Test ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Skill Mastery ◽  
Surprising Finding

As the important component of language acquisition and language learning affecting language skill mastery, vocabulary has been the concern of the language expertise. Many of them focus a lot on how to enrich the learners’ vocabulary. In fact, vocabulary development is not only about increasing the quantity but also on its quality. Knowing this fact, it is needed to find out how qualified the vocabulary development nowadays. Therefore, the quantitative study is done to identify and analyze the vocabulary size developmental pattern across the levels. It is a cross sectional survey research. The data was taken by doing vocabulary test to the international students who deal a lot with English exposure in their learning. Three batches consisting of freshmen, sophomore, and junior in the International classes were assessed to see their developmental pattern. Vocabulary size test developed by Paul Nation becomes the best option as the test measuring the vocabulary size of the students. As a result, the hypothesis was accepted. It is found that there is a difference in the vocabulary size from the three batches with a surprising finding too due to the pattern. This result is then useful for a means of reflection and evaluation for the students and the institution.

scholarly journals Why study abroad: Differences in motivation between US and international students

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-201
Author(s):  
Phillip Haisley ◽  
Catherine Grandorff ◽  
Osasohan Agbonlahor ◽  
Sylvia Mendez ◽  
Mandy Hansen
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
International Education ◽  
International Student ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Capital Theory

Globally, collegiate students possess distinct drives, opportunities, and constraints that influence their choices regarding if, when, and where to study abroad. This research explored the study abroad motivations of US students who were studying in other countries as well as international students who were studying in the US. Data was collected using a cross-sectional survey constructed from pre-existing study abroad motivation instruments. Human capital theory and the push-pull model of international education flow were used as the theoretical frameworks grounding this study’s survey. A principal components analysis helped determine the most parsimonious number of latent motivation constructs in the survey. Using independent samples t-tests, significant differences were found in motivations related to language learning, academic enrichment, avoiding social limitations, and aspiration to work in host country; these factors were significantly higher among international students as compared to US students. An ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analysis found that when holding all other independent variables constant, international student status significantly predicted language learning as a study abroad motivation. This study’s results offer insight on how colleges and universities can craft global experiences suited to students’ desires to study outside their home country. It also brings awareness to the role of country of origin in motivational factors when studying abroad and encourages stakeholders to consider the importance of cultural and national background when engaging students in these opportunities.

De impact van de coronacrisis op het subjectief welbevinden van (internationale) studenten in Nederland

2021 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-383
Author(s):  
Christof Van Mol ◽  
Sabien Dekkers ◽  
Ellen Verbakel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on subjective well-being of (international) higher education students in the Netherlands In this paper we investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on subjective well-being of higher education students in the Netherlands. More specifically, we compare international students and Dutch students, based on the Dutch data of the COVID-19 International Student Well-Being Study, a cross-sectional survey conducted between May-July 2020 among higher education students across the Netherlands (N = 10.491). Based on the sociological literature on the relationship between social capital and subjective well-being, we investigate in particular whether changes in social contact during the first lockdown can explain differences in subjective well-being between international and Dutch students. Our results suggest that although international students report lower levels of subjective well-being compared to Dutch students, these differences cannot be directly explained by (changes) in social contact during the lockdown.

scholarly journals Depression among the Non-Native International Undergraduate Students Studying Dentistry in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5802
Author(s):  
Russell Kabir ◽  
Samia Naz Isha ◽  
Mohammad Tawfique Hossain Chowdhury ◽  
Nazeeba Siddika ◽  
Shah Saif Jahan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Dental Surgery ◽  
Depression Status

Background: Bangladesh has been attracting international students with interests in various subjects recently. Every year students from different parts of the world come to study undergraduate and postgraduate courses, mostly at private universities in Bangladesh. This study evaluates the depression status among international students who are studying dentistry in Bangladesh. Methods: This cross-sectional survey was conducted among International undergraduate dental students who enrolled in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery program in nine public and private dental colleges in Bangladesh. Participants were selected using a convenience sampling method. A total of 206 students completed the survey where 78.5% of them were female students and 21.5% students were male, and a CES-D 10-item Likert scale questionnaire was used for data collection. The Cronbach alpha for the 10-item CES-D scale for this population is 0.812. Results: The majority of the students (79.5%) are below 24 years of age with a mean age of 23.22 years and standard deviation of 2.3, and are students who cannot communicate well in Bengali (Bangla), about 60% of them have experienced depression. About 77.3% (p < 0.00) of the international students having financial difficulties exhibited depression. The international students who went through financial problems were two times more likely to suffer from depression (OR = 2.38; p-value < 0.01). Conclusion: This study tried to highlight the struggles faced by international students in Bangladesh studying dentistry. It is evident from the findings that several factors influence students’ mental well-being during demanding dental education years.

scholarly journals An evaluation survey of traditional Chinese medicine learning among international students majoring in conventional medicine: a study from a university in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Qu ◽  
Qing Zhang ◽  
Minchen Dai ◽  
Yijing He ◽  
Jiaqi Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Chinese Medicine ◽  
Traditional Chinese Medicine ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Conventional Medicine ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Course Content

Abstract Background Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has gained increasing acceptance and popularity by the global community. The current study aimed to investigate self-reported evaluations of learning TCM and opinions about TCM courses among undergraduate international students majoring in conventional medicine at a university in China. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine. A self-reported questionnaire was administered to international undergraduates who were enrolled in the TCM course during the 2018 and 2019 academic years (n = 157). The course employed a student-centered, multiform learning model. Demographic data and self-reported evaluations of TCM learning background and TCM learning course were obtained to conduct the analysis. Results A total of 133 students responded to the questionnaire. Among the respondents, 21.0% had some TCM-related knowledge, and 51.1% were interested in learning TCM before the course. Ninety-six students (85.7%) were from Asia. Students from Thailand showed significantly more interest in learning TCM than did students from other Asian countries (p = 0.025). After the course, 77.2% of students agreed that the course had brought about many benefits, 86.4% were satisfied with the course content, and 77.3% were satisfied with the teaching method. Students expressed their willingness to further learn acupuncture and to obtain more skilled practice through more visualized learning methods. Conclusions The majority of the international students we surveyed agreed that the TCM course improved their interest in and understanding of TCM. It is thus suggested that TCM education should be directed toward students’ learning barriers and needs.

scholarly journals Developmental Pattern of Tibio-Femoral Angle in a Cohort of Nigerian Children: A Preliminary Report

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olufemi Oyewole ◽  
Aderonke Akinpelu
Keyword(s):  
Reference Values ◽  
Developmental Pattern ◽  
Limb Alignment ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Lower Limb Alignment ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nigerian Children ◽  
Valgus Angle ◽  
Clinical Methods ◽  
The Mean

A cohort measurement of tibio-femoral angle (TFA) is more meaningful and reliable than a cross-sectional survey in investigating TFA pattern of development. This study reports the pattern of knee angle development in a cohort of 152 normal Nigerian children during the first 12 months of life. The infants’ tibio-femoral angle, inter-condylar, and inter-malleoli distances were measured at monthly intervals using clinical methods. Age-reference values were generated. Results showed that the developmental pattern of tibio-femoral angle is extreme varus at birth with values ranging from 5°to 25°. The mean varus at birth (13.2±3.7°) decreased to reach the lowest value (5.6±0.7°) at nine months and then rose slightly to (6.9±1.2°) at 12 months. None of the infants exhibited a measurable valgus angle. In conclusion, the chronological development of TFA in these cohort Nigerian infants was varus, maximal at birth and decreasing during first 12 months of life. The age-reference values herewith generated may serve as a useful guide in evaluating lower limb alignment in Nigerian children, age 0 to 12 months.

scholarly journals Demographic Correlates of Acculturation and Sociocultural Adaptation

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1074-1094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hande Güzel ◽  
Sharon Glazer
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Domestic Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Demographic Correlates ◽  
Making Friends ◽  
High Uncertainty

A cross-sectional survey study of international (n=207) and domestic (n=173) students revealed, as expected, that international students had higher acculturative stress than domestic students, but this difference did not vary by marital status or length of stay. Also, women from high Uncertainty Avoidance (UA) and high Power Distance (PD) countries (vs. low UA and high PD countries) had greater social interaction acculturative stress (e.g., difficulty making friends). Thus, cultural background plays an important role in students’ adaptation and university counselors might need to collaborate with academic staff to help international students adjust. Female students from high UA and high PD countries may be especially in need of assistance to cope with acculturative stress.  

scholarly journals Communicative Language Teaching Strategies for German as a Foreign Language in Uganda

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Sekiziyivu ◽  
Christopher B. Mugimu
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Communicative Language Teaching ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

The communicative language teaching (CLT) approach emphasizes the change in the role of the teacher from a transmitter of knowledge to a facilitator of language learning. Teachers must therefore, develop and utilize teaching strategies that enable learners to freely interact in a classroom environment to enhance the required communicative competences. However, in the Ugandan context where the curriculum is examination-driven, teacher competence is judged on the basis of students’ excellence in the final examinations. As such, teachers tend to focus on producing better grades, thereby neglecting learners’ acquisition of vital communicative competences. This paper spells out the teaching strategies teachers of German use to create a supportive environment for communicative language teaching and learning. A cross sectional survey research design was used in the study. Questionnaires, observations, and semi-structured interviews were used to gather data on teachers’ experiences regarding the teaching strategies used to support CLT approach. Findings revealed that the teaching strategies utilised by the teachers of German had very little bearing on the CLT approach. For instance, the classroom environment did not encourage free interaction among learners as required by the CLT approach. It was recommended that teachers be introduced to teaching strategies that are relevant to the CLT approach during their pre-and in-service training.

scholarly journals Quality Assurances Practices, Training Needs and International Students Mobility: Analysing the Nexuses

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usman Abbo ◽  
Adamu Bashir
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
International Students ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship

The role of education’s quality in determining international students’ choice of study destination was discussed by several studies. However, it only seems to have gained a huge prominence recently by constituting a theme in the quality management field involving empirical studies. In spite of such prominence the theme does not seems to provide sufficient empirical evidence forging a nexus between quality assurance practices, training needs and international student’s mobility. This research work therefore attempts to fill this gap by examining how the search for quality education and training needs satisfaction play role in international student’s mobility. Six dimensions of quality assurance in education were identified through extensive literature reviewed, three dimensions of training needs were equally revealed by the literature. Nine hypotheses were thus developed using these dimensions with the view to explain the relationship among the variables involved. The primary data for this study was obtained through a cross-sectional survey of International students in University Utara Malaysia with the aid of questionnaires, where a total of 150 respondents were selected randomly. Partial Least Squares (PLS) method was adopted in analysing the collected data with smartPLS 2.0 to determine the relationship involved. The result supported the relationship between organizational needs, Tangibility of facilities, Nature of service delivery and international student’s mobility, while the other six relationships were not supported.  

scholarly journals Effects of Government Actions on Safety and Security Perceptions of International Students during COVID-19 Pandemic in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 70-82
Author(s):  
Shi Yu ◽  
George N. Chidimbah Munthali ◽  
Wu Xuelian ◽  
John Feston Kudzala
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Government

Introduction: International students’ safety and security matters as they are migrants and foreigners belonging to a special minority group of people that need to be protected each and every time based on diplomatic ties on international endeavors. This study examines the effects of government actions in regards to safety and security perceptions of international students in Hubei Province, China during COVID-19 Pandemic. Materials and Methods: A cross- sectional survey design was conducted in March 2020 involving 13 different universities in Hubei province of China. Data was collected through an online Microsoft questionnaire which was sent to selected universities that were purposively and conveniently sampled. Results: 300 questionnaires were received out of 392, representing a response rate of 76.5%. Majority of the respondents were in the age group of <30 years representing 92.3%, almost 96% were single. 79% were undergraduate students, and among these, 64% had stayed in China for over 2 years. It was also revealed that more than half (51.7%) were Christians and more than one third (37%) were muslims. There was a positive correlation between social distance measures and safety and security perceptions while no correlation was found between information dissemination and safety and security perception. Lastly, students were materially supported with their respective authorities and that the political will was good. Conclusion: The actions of the government especially through the social distance measures have proved to positively increase international students’ safety and security perceptions. Further, authorities tried to facilitate material and social support to the students. We recommend authorities to continue putting the safety and security of international students at their heart as demonstrated in China.

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