An Outsider View: The Perceptions of Visiting International Students on Teaching, Language and Culture

Autor/in	Bavli, Bünyamin
Titel	An Outsider View: The Perceptions of Visiting International Students on Teaching, Language and Culture
Quelle	In: Universal Journal of Educational Research, 5 (2017) 2, S.261-269 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-3205
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Foreign Students; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Focus Groups; Student Mobility; Research Design; Student Exchange Programs; Study Abroad; Semi Structured Interviews; Teaching Methods; Turkey; European Union + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Forschungsdesign; Schüleraustausch; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Türkei
Abstract	This study investigates how international visitor students studying temporarily at a public university in Turkey perceive teaching, language and culture. Qualitative explanatory single case study method was employed in the study. The data were obtained through face to face interview with 10 participants, and a focus group interview with 3 participants. The study results indicate that Turkish Higher Education seemed to these visiting students to have problems including the style of teaching, the language of instruction. Findings disclosed that, there are some challenges for participants in teaching such as the language of instruction and number of the courses provided. In addition to that, learning environment such as crowded classrooms and few varieties of class types for the instructions might be called as limitations. In the context of the language, participants criticized that English was not used as a medium of instruction because of the students' language deficiency. However, visiting students praised practice opportunity of the university, language development during their study, development of their intercultural understanding, international perspective, widening their horizon and social relations. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Horizon Research Publishing. 506 North Garfield Avenue #210, Alhambra, CA 91801. e-mail: editor@hrpub.org; Web site: http://www.hrpub.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01