http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).06
10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).06
Published : Dec 2019
Cultural Adjustment of Somalian and Chinese Students at IIUI Pakistan: A Comparative Study
Studying at a higher education institution can be stressful, particularly for international students, who leave their homes to study in another country. Some students adjust more rapidly than others. This study explored the difference between the cultural adaptation of Chinese and Somalian students at IIUI Pakistan. The key objective of the study was to explore the pace of cultural adaptation of two foreign students from two different regions at IIUI. It was a purposeful qualitative study The population was all the Chinese and Somalian students studying in IIUI BS program in faculty of social sciences. A universal sampling technique was used to select 55 Chinese and 55 Somalian students for the study. The self-developed questionnaire used to collect the data. The analysis showed that there is significant difference between the pace of cultural adaptation of Chinese and Somali students at International Islamic University.
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Cultural adaptation, Somalian students, Chinese students
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(1) Saadia Dilshad
PhD Scholar,Department of Education,International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Samina malik
Professor,Department of Education,International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA : Dilshad, S., & malik, S. (2019). Cultural Adjustment of Somalian and Chinese Students at IIUI Pakistan: A Comparative Study. Global Regional Review, IV(IV), 44-51. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).06
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CHICAGO : Dilshad, Saadia, and Samina malik. 2019. "Cultural Adjustment of Somalian and Chinese Students at IIUI Pakistan: A Comparative Study." Global Regional Review, IV (IV): 44-51 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).06
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HARVARD : DILSHAD, S. & MALIK, S. 2019. Cultural Adjustment of Somalian and Chinese Students at IIUI Pakistan: A Comparative Study. Global Regional Review, IV, 44-51.
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MHRA : Dilshad, Saadia, and Samina malik. 2019. "Cultural Adjustment of Somalian and Chinese Students at IIUI Pakistan: A Comparative Study." Global Regional Review, IV: 44-51
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MLA : Dilshad, Saadia, and Samina malik. "Cultural Adjustment of Somalian and Chinese Students at IIUI Pakistan: A Comparative Study." Global Regional Review, IV.IV (2019): 44-51 Print.
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OXFORD : Dilshad, Saadia and malik, Samina (2019), "Cultural Adjustment of Somalian and Chinese Students at IIUI Pakistan: A Comparative Study", Global Regional Review, IV (IV), 44-51
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TURABIAN : Dilshad, Saadia, and Samina malik. "Cultural Adjustment of Somalian and Chinese Students at IIUI Pakistan: A Comparative Study." Global Regional Review IV, no. IV (2019): 44-51. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-IV).06