Fostering the Academic Transition of International Students Who Are Ethnoculturally and Linguistically Diverse in Postsecondary Education

• In Event: Sunday Roundtable Session 3:05 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Another View: Explorations of the Experiences of International Students and Colleges Outside of the United States (Table 25)

Abstract

The need for more services and support for the academic transition of international students is evident as their population continues to increase in postsecondary institutions. There is also need for faculty to have a deeper understanding of how international students transition academically, and how they can use the knowledge to guide academic support development. This phenomenological study examined the personal experience of international students who are ethnoculturally and linguistically diverse (ECLD) with academic transition to postsecondary education. The focus was on international students with educational backgrounds and experiences outside of Canada and how they adjusted to academic writing and teaching approaches in a Western Canadian university.

Author

• Kacia Annastacia Whilby, University of Saskatchewan