Chinese International Students: A Qualitative Case Study

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Chapter three details the research methodology that will be employed in this dissertation. It includes the following sections: restatement of the problem; the assumptions; general methodological approach; rationale for adopting qualitative approach; selection of participants; data sources; data analysis; trustworthiness; limitation of the study; delimitation; and a summary.
Statement of the Problem

According to Pike, Hansen and Childress (2014) and Stephens, Fryberg, Markus, Johnson, and Covarrubias (2012), the most important place for Chinese students to start learning about their future studies abroad is through preemptive training in cultural, social, linguistic and academic adaptation, in their international high school programs, before they travel and begin their studies abroad. Hu and Hagedorn (2014) stated that Chinese students in international high school programs stand to benefit greatly from preemptive courses in American academic, cultural, and social adaptation. Additionally, Stefaniak (2015), Bragg & Taylor (2014) and Ketevan (2012) pointed out that the main problem for Chinese international students is that virtually no …show more content…

The students in these Chinese high school international university preparation programs have all the courses that prepare them for their entrance exams needed to enter an American university, but they study no preemptive preparation courses that would prepare them for the cultural, social and linguistic challenges they will face as students in America. These Chinese local schools were chosen because the student population comes from various socioeconomic backgrounds with all coming from non-English speaking

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