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Living in a foreign environment is a compelling experience for sojourners. A person’s ability to function effectively in a new society depends on his or her cultural adaptation. In their 1990 study on Singaporean and Malaysian students studying in Malaysia, Ward and Searle claimed that cultural adaptation consists of 2 separate dimesions, namely psychological and sociocultural adaptation. According to the researchers, one of the key factors affecting the sociocultural adaptation of an individual is cultural distance. According to Ward and Searle, the more distant the two cultures are, the more difficult is the person’s socio-cultural adaptation. Other studies in the field have also shown that perceieved cultural distance is just as important as real cultural distance. Students, an important group of sojourners whose numbers have been rising both in the world and in Turkey, are also affected by cultural distance. Cultural distance between the homeland and the country in which the international students are studying is thought to have an adverse effect on the foreign students’ socio-cultural adaptation. Cultural distance is also thought to affect negatively international students’ academic success by hindering their cultural adaptation. Dutch researcher Hofstede’s studies, which concretise cultural distance, have divided societies into 4 dimensions. According to the researcher, because different societies have different roles for teachers and students, students studying in a country that has different cultural dimensions than their own will have problems. Teachers may improve their student’s adaptation and academic performance by acknowledging the cultural dimensions of the students’ homelands and designing lesson plans accordingly. OzetAlisik olmadiklari yabanci bir kulturde yasamak kulturel gecis yapan bireyler icin zorlayici bir deneyimdir. Bireyin yeni toplumda etkin bir sekilde var olabilmesi yeni kulture kulturel adaptasyonuna baglidir. 1990 yilinda Malezya’da egitim goren Singapurlu ve Malezyali ogrenciler ile ilgili yaptiklari calismalarinda Ward ve Searle kulturel adaptasyonun psikolojik ve sosyokulturel olmak uzere 2 boyuttan meydana geldigini iddia etmislerdir. Arastirmacilara gore kisinin yeni toplumdaki sosyal olarak uyum saglamasi anlamina gelen sosyokulturel adaptasyonunu etkileyen faktorlerden bir tanesi de kulturel mesafedir. Arastirmacilara gore, kisinin geldigi toplumla, girdigi toplum arasindaki kulturel mesafe ne kadar coksa bireyin sosyokulturel adaptasyonu o olcude zor olmaktadir. Alanda yapilan diger arastirmalar da sadece gorulen kulturel mesafenin degil, ayni zamanda bireyin algiladigi kulturel mesafenin de en az gercek kulturel mesafe kadar onemli oldugunu gostermistir. Kulturlerarasi gecis yapan gruplar icinde onemli bir yere sahip, son yillarda dunyada ve ulkemizde sayilari onemli olcude artan uluslararasi ogrenciler de kulturel mesafeden etkilenmektedirler. Yabanci ulkelerden gelen uluslararasi ogrencilerin geldikleri toplumlarin, egitim aldiklari topluma olan kulturel uzakliginin, ogrencilerin sosyokulturel uyumlarinin uzerinde olumsuz bir etkiye sahip oldugu dusunulmektedir. Kulturel mesafe ayni zamanda ogrencilerin sosyokulturel olarak uyumlarini zorlastirip, dolayli olarak akademik basarilarini da dusurebilmektedir. Kulturel mesafeyi somutlastiran Hollandali arastirmaci Hofstede’nin calismalari toplumlari 4 boyuta ayirmis ve toplumlarin sahip olduklari kulturel boyutlarin sinif icindeki etkisini arastirmistir. Arastirmaciya gore, toplumlarin ogretmen ve ogrencilere yukledigi roller farklilik gosterdiginden, kendi kulturlerinden farkli bir kulturel boyuta sahip bir topluma giren ogrenciler, ozellikle ogretmen ve ogrenci iliskisi alaninda zorluk yasacaklardir. Kulturel olarak karisik siniflarda ogrencilerin geldikleri toplumlarin kulturel boyutlarin bilinmesi ve ogretmenlerin ders isleyis sekillerini ona gore duzenlemesi, ogrencilerin egitim aldiklari topluma sosyokulturel uyumlarini ve akademik basarilarini artiracaktir.

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The effect of cultural distance on sociocultural adaptation and academic performance of international students&lt;p&gt;Kültürel mesafenin uluslararası öğrencilerin sosyokültürel adaptasyonlarına ve akademik başarılarına etkisi