A Survey Of Intercultural Adaptation Of International Students In LNNU

After decades of development, the concepts of globalization, internationalization, and multiculturalization, have been world-wildly accepted, as well as their following consequences, one of which is the violently rising international student total. China, especially after her successful host of Olympic Games in 2008, her international position is greatly promoted, so is the influence and vital of her language—Chinese. Therefore, more and more international students come to China for language learning, experiencing Chinese culture and customs. As an authoritative statistics shows, the annual increasing rate of international students coming to China has been over 18% for five consecutive years. The total of 2008 has doubled compared with that of 2004, even outnumbered the total of Chinese students going abroad.With the popularity of international education, the research on intercultural adaptation status of international students in China is arousing the domestic scholars'attention. In this thesis, the author mainly adopts the quantitative research method, with the qualitative method supplemented. After volumes of literature review on sociology, psychology and mass communication, intercultural communication is chosen as the main theoretical basis to study the intercultural adaptation status of international students. Fifty six students in LNNU effectively respond to the questionnaires, and five of them are chosen as interviewees.The data analysis is carried out with EXCEL under the theoretical analysis of culture shock, intercultural adaptation models, and intercultural adaptation strategies. According to research results, most international students come to China for improving language level, so as to be more competitive in career. A part of them would like to know about China by travelling. Most international students have difficulties in interpersonal relationship and language learning, and their cultural group, age, sojourn time in China have obvious impact on their intercultural adaptation status. Moreover, the degree of involvement in social activities is positively correlated with the students'adaptation status, which means the more frequencies and more patterns of the activities they participate in, the more satisfied their adaptation status is. At the last chapter, the author puts forward conclusions on the basis of research results, as well as indications for international education management and English education in China.