Publications

Publication details [#57663]

Yu, Baohua. 2013. Asian international students at an Australian University: mapping the paths between integrative motivation, competence in L2 communication, cross-cultural adaptation and persistence with structural equation modelling. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 34 (7) : 727–742.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adaptation | language proficiency | motivation | second language acquisition | university

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study explores the interweaving of integrative motivation, second language (L2) communicative proficiency, academic adaptation, sociocultural adaptation, and pertinacity of international students at an Australian university. Implications for curriculum design and instructional practice for international students are reviewed.