The intercultural adaptation experience of Afghan students in Malaysia
Studying abroad is an experience which can benefit both students’ original and host countries. The Afghan government in their quest to improve the human capital have decided to send their students to pursue their studies abroad.It is hoped that these students not only succeed in their academic endea...
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my.uum.repo.209462017-02-15T01:12:07Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/20946/ The intercultural adaptation experience of Afghan students in Malaysia Ahmad, Abdul Latiff Azimi, Hameedullah Salleh, Sabariah Mohamad, Emma Mirza Wati Sannusi, Shahrul Nazmi HM Sociology Studying abroad is an experience which can benefit both students’ original and host countries. The Afghan government in their quest to improve the human capital have decided to send their students to pursue their studies abroad.It is hoped that these students not only succeed in their academic endeavor but also to learn from the context of cultural and social experience of others, of the technological and globalising world; and bring the rich experience home to help develop the country. The research uses the U-Curve model of intercultural adjustment (Lysgaard, 1955) as the foundation which describes adaptation as a process that moves from a “honeymoon” period into “culture shock” and on to recovery or “adjustment” and “mastery” stages. It looks at the experiences of Afghan students in their adaptation process. Data were obtained from three focus groups discussion done at three different public universities in Malaysia that enrolled the Afghan students. Studies showed that though students went through a bit of culture shock earlier, they are able to adapt in the end which is similar as to the stages discussed in the model. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/20946/1/shsconf_icome2017%201%206%20xxxvv.pdf Ahmad, Abdul Latiff and Azimi, Hameedullah and Salleh, Sabariah and Mohamad, Emma Mirza Wati and Sannusi, Shahrul Nazmi (2017) The intercultural adaptation experience of Afghan students in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Communication and Media: An International Communication Association Regional Conference (i-COME’16), 18th - 20th September 2016, Istana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. http://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20173300056 doi:10.1051/shsconf/20173300056 |
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Studying abroad is an experience which can benefit both students’ original and host countries. The Afghan government in their quest to improve the human capital have decided to send their students to pursue their studies abroad.It is hoped that these students not only succeed in their academic endeavor but also to learn from the context of cultural and social experience of others, of the technological and globalising world; and bring the rich experience home to help develop the country. The research uses the U-Curve model of intercultural adjustment (Lysgaard, 1955) as the foundation which describes adaptation as a process that moves from a “honeymoon” period into “culture shock” and on to recovery or “adjustment” and “mastery” stages. It looks at the experiences of Afghan students in their adaptation process. Data were obtained from three focus groups discussion done at three different public universities in Malaysia that enrolled the Afghan students. Studies showed that though students went through a bit of culture shock earlier, they are able to adapt in the end which is similar as to the stages discussed in the model. |
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