dc.contributor.author | Khairi Obaid, Al-Zubaidi, Assoc. Prof. Dr. | |
dc.contributor.author | Richards, Cameron, Prof. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-11T03:15:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-11T03:15:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-11-12 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/123456789/11769 | |
dc.description | The 2nd International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) organized by Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 12th - 14th November 2010 at Bayview Beach Resort, Penang, Malaysia. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | In the last few years Malaysian Universities have witnessed a rapid growth in the number of
Arab postgraduate students. Such students often possess excellent academic qualifications in
their own countries but may struggle with the cultural or social as well as academic adjustments
to a foreign university. This paper will investigate the particular cultural as well as language
barriers which confront Arab students who are undertaking postgraduate study in Malaysia. It
will attempt to identify the key challenges faced but also possible strategies tomore productively
engage with those larger cultural challenges and barriers. It will also focus on the language
proficiency issues encountered by many such students. The paper will report on a study
undertaken into the perceptions and experiences of Arab postgraduate students at fiveMalaysian
Universities: UM, UTM, UKM, UPM, and IIUM. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Proceedings of the International Conference on the Roles of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) | en_US |
dc.subject | International Conference on the Roles of Humanities and Social Science in Engineering (ICoHSE 2010) | en_US |
dc.subject | Higher education | en_US |
dc.subject | Language barriers | en_US |
dc.subject | International students | en_US |
dc.title | The impact of cultural and language barriers on the academic performance of Arab postgraduate students | en_US |
dc.type | Working Paper | en_US |
dc.publisher.department | Centre for Communication Skills and Entrepreneurship | en_US |
dc.contributor.url | Khairi_alzubaidi@yahoo.com | en_US |