Second Language Learning - Cultural Adaption Processes in International Graduate Students in

Informationen zum Autor By Virginia Gonzalez Klappentext This book focuses on major factors affecting international graduate students' successful cultural adaptation leading into higher levels of academic English language proficiency and academic achievement. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on major factors affecting international graduate students' successful cultural adaptation leading into higher levels of academic English language proficiency and academic achievement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Adaptation of International Graduate Students to the American College Culture: An Introduction Chapter 5 Cultural and Social Adaptation of International Graduate Students Chapter 6 Adapting to the Use of English-as-a-Second-Language in an Academic Environment Chapter 7 Affective Factors Influencing Learning and Academic Performance and Cultural Adaptation in Graduate International Students Chapter 8 Effect of Personality and Identity Factors on the Adaptation Process of International Graduate Students to the American College Culture Chapter 9 Tables Chapter 10 Epilogue Chapter 11 Index Chapter 12 About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Virginia Gonzalez, Gonzalez Virginia
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2004
• EAN: 9780761827900
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-2790-0
• No. of pages: 197
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; English, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, ELT: English for academic purposes, ELT: Exams and tests of English for specific purposes, Language learning for specific purposes