10.5281/zenodo.1467805
https://zenodo.org/records/1467805
oai:zenodo.org:1467805
Nelson C. Brunsting
Nelson C. Brunsting
Wake Forest University, USA
Andrew C. Smith
Andrew C. Smith
Wake Forest University, USA
Corinne Zachry
Corinne Zachry
Wake Forest University, USA
An Academic and Cultural Transition Course for International Students: Efficacy and Socio-Emotional Outcomes
Zenodo
2018
2018-10-20
10.5281/zenodo.1467804
https://zenodo.org/communities/8-4-2018
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
The current study details changes in first-year international undergraduate students’ perceived knowledge of, confidence in, and usefulness of intercultural skills in specific US university contexts after completing a semester-long academic and cultural transition course at a mid-sized private university. Results revealed significant increases in participants’ (n = 42) perceived intercultural competence, perspective shifting, suspending judgment, self-advocacy, and interacting in class with students of other cultures; participants also reported significantly higher campus belonging and social support than a comparison group of students at the university who were not enrolled in the course (n = 32). These findings provide initial evidence for the potential of transition courses to increase intercultural skills and campus belonging for first-year undergraduate international students attending US universities.