East Meets West: The Adaptation of Vietnamese International Students to California Community Colleges

dc.creator	Tam Huu Do
dc.date	2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:22:50Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:22:50Z
dc.identifier	2153-8999
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b741bec869e540db8c2cc2da42dec2cf
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20806
dc.description	This study explores seven adaptation aspects that include language and communication, cultural awareness, loneliness and isolation, new educational settings, financial concerns, gender-based differences, and the political impact of the anti-communist Vietnamese American community. Based on Person/Environment Interactionism theory, case studies of eight students from Vietnam at two Southern California community colleges are considered utilizing data derived from weekly diaries, individual interviews, a final group meeting, and academic records. The students’ prior assumptions and expectations are identified and their coping strategies to various adaptation issues are documented and analyzed. The ethnic diversity of Orange County generally facilitated the students’ adaptation efforts in the aspects of language and communications, cultural awareness, and loneliness and isolation. The students seemed to readily adapt to the new educational settings and excel academically despite some different educational practices. There were no apparent gender-based differences in the students’ adaptation. However, unwelcoming attitudes from the anti-communist members of the Vietnamese American community adversely impacted the international students’ socialization with Vietnamese Americans, but did not impact their academic performance.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	National Association for the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans
dc.relation	http://jsaaea.coehd.utsa.edu/index.php/JSAAEA/article/view/33/28
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2153-8999
dc.source	Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, Vol 2 (2007)
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	East Meets West: The Adaptation of Vietnamese International Students to California Community Colleges
dc.type	article