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- Title
The Role of Language and Culture in Postgraduate International Students' Academic Adjustment and Academic Success: Qualitative Insights From Malaysia.
- Authors
Singh, Jasvir Kaur Nachatar; Jack, Gavin
- Abstract
How do language and culture pose adjustment challenges that hinder the academic success of postgraduate international students? This article answers this question based on a thematic analysis of 55 semi-structured qualitative interviews conducted with postgraduate international students and academic and professional staff members at a Malaysian research-intensive public university. The results show that language and culture are influential in a range of academic (language, supervision, research training) and social (group work, friendship) adjustment challenges. The analysis highlights how these challenges hinder academic success as a result of limited or frustrated pathways for students' linguacultural development. We conclude that future academic research and university policy to support postgraduate international students may pay greater attention to cross-cultural, linguistic, and linguacultural issues.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; FOREIGN students; GRADUATE students; STUDENT adjustment; THEMATIC analysis; SUCCESS; SEMI-structured interviews
- Publication
Journal of International Students, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 2, p444
- ISSN
2162-3104
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.32674/jis.v12i2.2351