What difficulties and opportunities do international students face when studying abroad?
Citation
(2017) What difficulties and opportunities do international
students face when studying abroad?, no. 44.
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative research project was to find out about the difficulties
and opportunities that students face when studying abroad. This was attempted
using appropriate research designs and conducting semi- structured interviews,
the results show many similarities in the students' experiences including
phases of loneliness, struggles to interact with other individuals as well as cultural
differences. The main themes of this research project include the roles of
language, identity, identity transformation as well as culture in the experiences
that are discussed.