Predicting roles of linguistic confidence, integrative motivation and second language proficiency on cross-cultural adaptation

Baohua YU; Huizhong SHEN

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.12.002

Predicting roles of linguistic confidence, integrative motivation and second language proficiency on cross-cultural adaptation

Baohua YU^*, Huizhong SHEN

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper reported on the results of a questionnaire survey conducted with 198 Mainland Chinese international students across five different faculties in an Australian university studying for their bachelor, master and doctorate degrees. This research investigated the predicting effects of linguistic confidence in a second language (L2), integrative motivation and L2 proficiency on cross-cultural adaptation of Mainland Chinese international students in Australia. Results indicated that linguistic confidence in L2 was particularly important and L2 proficiency and integrative motivation were additionally important for both socio-cultural and academic adaptation for Mainland Chinese international students. In addition, differences in major study variables between faculties were examined and results indicated that students from the Faculty of Engineering and Information and those from the Faculty of Economics and Business respectively reported the highest and the lowest level of linguistic confidence, L2 proficiency and socio-cultural adaptation among the five faculties sampled. Implications to host institutions, host faculties, international students and future research were also considered in the paper.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	72-82
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Intercultural Relations
Volume	36
Issue number	1
Early online date	13 Jan 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2010.12.002
Publication status	Published - Jan 2012
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

The initial report of this study was presented at TESOL Research Network Colloquium 2009 on September 5, 2009, at the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

The authors would also like to deeply thank the Editor, Professor Dan Landis, and two anonymous reviewers for their very constructive and invaluable comments that helped enhance the quality of this manuscript.

Funding

This research was supported by 2007 Endeavour Australian Cheung Kong Awards from Australian government. The authors would like to express their deepest appreciation to Professor Barbara Fawcett, Dr. Kevin Laws and Dr. Lindy Woodrow for their professional support and advice on this research project, the students from the University of Sydney for their voluntary participation, and the Faculty of Education and Social Works for the technical support in establishing an online survey for this research.

Keywords

Cross-cultural adaptation
Integrative motivation
International students
L2 proficiency
Linguistic confidence in L2

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