Open AccessSecond Language Learning: Cultural Adaptation Processes in International Graduate Students in U.S. Universities
Author(s) -
Mariella Espinoza Herold
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of international students
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.47
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2166-3750
pISSN - 2162-3104
DOI - 10.32674/jis.v2i1.543
Subject(s) - graduate students , adaptation (eye) , globalization , higher education , study abroad , foreign language , international education , pedagogy , sociology , cultural competence , mathematics education , language proficiency , political science , psychology , neuroscience , law
The impact of globalization, the rapid technical advancements, and the access to educational opportunities have attracted large numbers of bright international students to study in the United States. Graduate and undergraduate international students as well as foreign-born faculty are now visible in American higher education institutions