ERIC Number: EJ1166770
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-2162-3104
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Chinese University Students and Their Experiences of Acculturation at an Ethnic Christian Church
Sun, Xiaoyang; Rhoads, Robert A.
Journal of International Students, v8 n1 p131-150 2018
This paper examines the experiences of Chinese international students from East Coast University (a pseudonym) in the United States through their participation in a Chinese ethnic-based Christian church (CCC). Employing ethnographic-based fieldwork, the study highlights how Chinese international students see their experiences in CCC as a source of acculturation to U.S. society. However, the students evidence little understanding of the reality that they are in fact being acculturated to a subculture within U.S. society that at times embraces values contradictory to those of progressive-oriented East Coast University.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Experience, Acculturation, Christianity, Churches, Foreign Students, Ethnography, Global Approach, Subcultures, Ethnic Diversity, Study Abroad, Participant Observation, Semi Structured Interviews
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China; Taiwan; United States
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