Короткий опис(реферат):
The article is devoted to an important problem of
international students’ adaptation in host countries. They face a lot
of cross-cultural adaptation problems, especially in their first year of
study. The problem concerns Ukraine, as well, for an increasing
number of international students come to get higher education.
Hence, the purpose of the research is to reveal major difficulties of
international students in Ukraine and to design a programme of
activities aimed at assisting them in their cross-cultural adaptation in
this country. The research procedure involved 5 stages. In the first
stage theoretical background for the research was prepared:
international and national scientific literature review on the problem.
The second stage included the identification of target groups,
pedagogical observation and working out a self-designed
questionnaire. The respondent group consisted of 60 international
students of the first year of study in Ukraine, namely on the
Bachelor’s and Master’s levels from 3 Kyiv universities. Next, after
receiving the students’ consent to participate in the research, they
were handed the designed questionnaire. The fourth stage was
aimed at collecting the quantitative data and their analyzing. It
resulted in identification of challenges, problems and difficulties of
the international students’ cross-cultural adaptation in Ukraine. In
the final stage a special programme of activities was worked out to
make cross-cultural adaptation of international university students in
Ukraine smoother and less stressful. This methodology allowed to
identify, evaluate and systemize the most typical challenges,
problems and difficulties. Thanks to the analysis, 3 categories of
them were distinguished: linguistic, academic and socio-cultural. On
their basis a special cross-cultural programme of activities and
recommendations in different environments (linguistic, academic,
socio-cultural) which correlate with the identified problems was
designed for university staff (teachers and administration), campus
staff, students’ councils and host country students. It is planned to
introduce the research results and the designed programme in the
educational process of the universities. Their implementation is
believed to facilitate cross-cultural adaptat
Бібліографічний опис:
Babushko S. How to Smooth International University Students’ Adaptation in Ukraine / S. Babushko, M. Solovey, L. Solovey // Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala. – 2022. – № 14(1). – Р. xx-xx.
