Author(s)

Yixin Pan ^1,2, Stacy Haynie B. Ayson ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ University of Baguio, General Luna Road. Baguio City, 2600, Philippines
² Wenzhou Polytechnic, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China

Corresponding Author

Yixin Pan

ABSTRACT

Recently, with the economic development of China and the enhancement of its comprehensive national strength, more and more international students come to study in China. China further strengthens the cooperation with other Southeast Asia countries with the establishment of ASEAN Free Trade Area and the rise of “Belt and Road”. The education cooperation is one of them. At the same time, Wenzhou has attracted some international students. It is a chance for the universities in Wenzhou in international education and a challenge never before. These international students will adapt a process from familiar to strange environment, such as, the different customs, religion and value will make them feel difficulty and unaccustomed. This article will investigate and analysis intercultural adaptation of some representative international students in Wenzhou Polytechnic. The purpose of the article is to give an perspective on cross-cultural encounters in Chinese vocational school, and tries to explore what kind of difficulties international students encounter in Chinese vocational school, and how could they overcome these difficulties by taking advantage of methods. Hopefully, this study can find the problems and difficulties in intercultural adaptation, and help international students to overcome cultural barrier, and provide some reference to intercultural communication in vocational school in future. To achieve this purpose, the aim of the article is to identify which value-orientations lead to conflicts and how these conflicts are managed. The article will, firstly, provide an overview on the background of cross-cultural encounters in China, secondly, explore the main difficulties in cross-cultural communication between international students and Chinese students in Wenzhou Polytechnic. Thirdly, find out some measures to improve the cross-cultural adaptability of international students.

KEYWORDS

The belt and road, International students, Cross-cultural adaptation

CITE THIS PAPER

Yixin Pan, Stacy Haynie B. Ayson, A Case Study on Cross-Cultural Encounters in Wenzhou Polytechnic University. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2022) Vol. 6: 86-94. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2022.060316.

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