Promoting intercultural contact on campus: A project to connect and engage international and host students

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dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Nittaya
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-12T02:39:13Z
dc.date.available2011-09-12T02:39:13Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractInternational students’ adjustment to living in an unfamiliar cultural environment and studying in a different educational system and language has been a topic of much research. Literature has shown that support from the host community could be the difference between a smooth transition and one fraught with problems and difficulties. This article describes a “buddy project” used in an intercultural communication class in which each student was a buddy for a newly arrived international student for a semester. The purpose of the project was to give social support to international students in the crucial first few months of their sojourn while at the same time complementing host students’ class-based theoretical learning with practical, meaningful experience with peers from another culture. The article discusses the outcomes, challenges, and students’ evaluations of the experiential learning exercise. Recommendations for future projects are outlined.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationCampbell, N. (2011). Promoting intercultural contact on campus: A project to connect and engage international and host students. Journal of Studies in International Education, published online April 21, 2011.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1028315311403936en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/5720
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSageen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Studies in International Educationen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttp://jsi.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/04/12/1028315311403936.abstracten_NZ
dc.subjectinternational studentsen_NZ
dc.subjectadjustmenten_NZ
dc.subjectadaptationen_NZ
dc.subjectexperiential learningen_NZ
dc.subjectbuddyen_NZ
dc.subjectintercultural communicationen_NZ
dc.titlePromoting intercultural contact on campus: A project to connect and engage international and host studentsen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page205en_NZ
pubs.elements-id36140
pubs.end-page227en_NZ
pubs.issue3en_NZ
pubs.volume16en_NZ
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