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Examining The Cross-Cultural Experience Of Eight Chinese International Efl Students Studying Stem Disciplines In Doctoral Programs At A Large Public Research University, Xiuyuan Yang

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Chinese international students’ difficulties in adjusting to the U.S. classrooms has long been overlooked. They have been stereotyped as not experiencing any problems as a result of their excellence at all levels of education, which also implies that they have been succeeding at handling cross-cultural issues. Research which focuses on Chinese international students are usually generated in the area of second language learning or pedagogical methods, Chinese international students’ cross-cultural experience has not been fully explored. The present study was hence conducted to fill the literature gap. Its results could lead to an improvement of Chinese international EFL students’ studying …