1. Intercultural advising for Chinese international students: a reflective inquiry.
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Lin, Xiaobing and Liu, Wei
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FOREIGN students , *CHINESE students , *PARENTS , *CONSULTANTS - Abstract
In the past decade, there has been a rapid increase in the number of Chinese international students studying overseas. There has also been a corresponding increase in the media stories about their cross-cultural difficulties. Reported in this study is a reflective inquiry into my work as an international student advisor with a large number of Chinese students in a top Canadian university. Through five composite stories, I hope to present a few areas of challenges Chinese students experience and reflect on how advisors can better support them from the intercultural perspective. I also hope to engage other advisors through this study in exploring ways to contribute to the field of international education as frontline practitioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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