Studying in America: Assessing How Uncertainty Reduction and Communication Satisfaction Influence International Students' Adjustment to U.S. Campus Life.
Studying in America: Assessing How Uncertainty Reduction and Communication Satisfaction Influence International Students' Adjustment to U.S. Campus Life.
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在美国学习：评估不确定性减少和沟通满意度如何影响国际学生适应美国校园生活。
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1997
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J. Swann
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R. Dillon;J. Swann
一项探索性研究试图获得更多关于新来的国际学生在美国校园的最初互动的信息-新来的国际学生在离开本国之前如何描述他们的不确定感，以及这些不确定性如何影响他们对最初互动的解释。受试者是六名在美国中西部一所中等规模大学就读的全日制国际学生（三名来自泰国，两名来自印度尼西亚，一名来自马来西亚）。受试者完成了一份人口调查问卷，一种工具，以确定个人主义和集体主义的倾向，并进行了深入的采访。结果表明，在选择了最好的国家，地理位置和机构为他们的研究，学生认为他们最重要的不确定性是关于他们的英语语言技能的能力和与美国人交朋友的尝试。与会者表示，虽然抵达前的材料和抵达后的活动以及概况介绍服务都很重要，但他们的英语技能水平决定了不确定性减少的程度和交流的满意程度。随着知识的增加，大学可能能够更好地开发发送给未来国际学生的信息，并在他们抵达美国后为他们提供更高程度的支持。（包含26篇参考文献;附录包含问卷、访谈问题和数据表。）(RS)* * * ********************************************************************************
An exploratory study sought to gain more information about the initial interactions of newly arrived international students on United States campuses--how new international students described their feelings of uncertainty before leaving their home countries and how these uncertainties impacted their interpretations of their initial interactions. Subjects were six international students enrolled full-time at a medium-sized university in the midwestern United States (three from Thailand, two from Indonesia, and one from Malaysia). Subjects completed a demographic questionnaire, an instrument to determine individualistic and collectivist tendencies, and were interviewed in-depth. Results indicated that after choosing the best country, geographic location, and institution for their study, students considered their most important uncertainties to be about the competency of their English language skills and the trials of making friends with Americans. Participants indicated that, although pre-arrival materials and post-arrival activities and orientation services were important, the level of their English skills dictated the degree of uncertainty reduction and communication satisfaction that took place. With increased knowledge, universities may be better able to develop the information sent to prospective international students and offer them a higher degree of support after their arrival in the United States. (Contains 26 references; appendixes contain the questionnaire, interview questions, and a table of data.) (RS) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ********************************************************************************