Author(s) | Title | Year | |
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Christos Akrivos | 2021 (10/1) | ||
Abstract: The research is to identify all potential barriers that result from the lack of proper preparation
of students before studying at a foreign university and make full and effective adaptation in
the new environment difficult. One of the research tools is in-depth interview. The objectives
are the identification of factors that impede the students’ full and effective adaptation in the
new academic environment. These factors are: communication in a foreign language; different
teaching and evaluation system; incorrect flow of information and cultural differences. The
findings confirm the project’s main hypothesis about the students’ difficulties when going international for their studies. The problems are more or less the same no matter the nationality
and the sex of the students. The basic problems have to do with the communication, culture
and everyday arrangements at home and at the university, e.g. secretariat or academic staff
announcements and course organization. |