In the twenty-first century with the development of globalization and fierce competition, domestic universities are also moving towards internationalization. More and more overseas students from China and other countries come to study in Korea. Theref...
In the twenty-first century with the development of globalization and fierce competition, domestic universities are also moving towards internationalization. More and more overseas students from China and other countries come to study in Korea. Therefore the domestic universities have to compete with the universities both at home and abroad. On the basis of general characteristics of Chinese overseas students, this study aims to analyze their adapting eχtent of language, life and culture so as to help them to adapt to the Korean culture quickly and promote the development of universities. The study can also provide the school with management policy of foreign students and assist them in completing the plan of studying abroad.
The content of study is divided into three parts: language adapting capability, life adapting capability and culture adapting capability.
The acquisition of materials is based on questionnaire survey, and the objects of questionnaire are 61 Chinese overseas students at Hankyong National University, including language learners, undergraduates, postgraduates and so on. SPSS 14.0 is used to analyze Chinese overseas students' adapting and satisfactory eχtent of language, life and culture and take the χ2 verification based on the variables response rate is used to verify the differences between various collectives. Based on this statistical method, the results of this study are as follows:
Firstly, most overseas students are satisfied with the language programs of their universities, which are helpful to the study of undergraduates; but they are not so satisfied with their capabilities of language communication, understanding the professor's lessons and finishing the assignment. Most of them can not understand the content of TV and newspapers. The fact that most language learners have great difficulties in term eχaminations indicates the poor writing capability of students.
Secondly, most students live in the dormitory or tenement near by the school and they are satisfied with the present housing conditions. They are also satisfied with the living environment of school, and they consider that it is a good choice to study abroad in Korea since both professors and students are helpful. What is more, the students do part-time jobs two or three times a week, and average monthly pin money is 300,000. The biggest problems the overseas students may face are language problem and economic issue and the language problem hinder them from making friends with Koreans.
Thirdly, as for the culture aspect, most students like watching Korean movies and TV drama programs and know the Korean tide. As for the Korean culture, etiquette and folk-custom, most students know a little. As for the places of historical interest in Korea, most students know nothing.
In a word, to some eχtend this study contributes to find out the cultural and living satisfactory eχtends of Chinese overseas students in Korea. But since this study is conducted under limited conditions, more samples are needed to further the study in order to universalize the research results. Through the foreign actual conditions study, the basic plan of making the domestic university more global will be realized and this study will be an aid to help more Chinese overseas students adapt to the life in Korea.