Dear all,

I received this email from my colleague and wondered if anyone had any thoughts or had seen any relevant literature that might help?

I’ve located any number of journal articles about international students’ experiences and difficulties studying in western universities and what universities should be doing to support them. I’m finding it harder to locate literature about what learning/coping/survival strategies they actually use to get by when they are thrown in the deep end. I’ve done a couple of interviews and I’m getting things about strategies such as appealing to conationals for help, appealing to tutors/lecturers, reading core texts in L1 and making notes in L1, using google translate…..I suppose it’s good as maybe there’s not so much out there….from your learning development angle have you got some tips for me??

Thanks

Helen

Helen Bowstead

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