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Internationalization in Higher Education – International Student’s Chinese Learning as Serious Leisure in Taiwan
| العنوان: | Internationalization in Higher Education – International Student’s Chinese Learning as Serious Leisure in Taiwan |
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| المؤلفون: | Huang, Hsiao-Wen, Shih, Hong-Yu, Huang, Yi-Ju |
| المصدر: | Cross-Cultural Communication; Vol 6, No 4 (2010): Cross-Cultural Communication; 28-39 ; 1923-6700 ; 1712-8358 |
| بيانات النشر: | Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| المجموعة: | CSCanada.net: E-Journals (Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture, Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures) |
| الوصف: | Due to the economic and commercial rise of China, the economic value, political value, and instrumental advantages produced by Chinese have become more significant. The fever for learning Chinese continues to intensify all over the world, and Chinese instruction has become increasingly popular. Taiwan is a country with Chinese as its official language; and an important issue rose in international educational policy is how to attract international students to study Chinese in Taiwan. At the same time, Taiwan has promoted the internationalization of universities in the recent years; it hopes to elevate the visibility of its universities on the international stage, and intends to broaden diplomacy and promote economic development. This study found that international students who came to Taiwan to learn Chinese tended to be Asians. The different original residence locations of international students would significantly affect learning Chinese as serious leisure. International students who rented apartments with others off-campus or who chose home-stays had greater life planning, effort in Chinese learning, continuous benefits from Chinese learning, and a sense of community identification with their learning peers, as compared to international students who lived in school dormitories or lived alone off-campus. International students who had mor e disposable income each month were more likely to gain lasting benefits from Chinese learning and strong community identification with their learning peers. Key words: International education; International students; Chinese learning; Language learning as serious leisure Resumé: En raison de l'essor économique et commercial de la Chine, la valeur économique, la valeur politique et les avantages instrumentaux produits par les Chinois sont devenus plus importants. L'enthouiasme pour apprendre le chinois continue de s'intensifier dans le monde entier, et l'enseignement du chinois est devenu de plus en plus populaire. La langue officielle de Taiwan est le chinois, et l'une des ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | http://cscanada.net/index.php/ccc/article/view/j.ccc.1923670020100604.012/1019; http://cscanada.net/index.php/ccc/article/view/j.ccc.1923670020100604.012 |
| DOI: | 10.3968/j.ccc.1923670020100604.012 |
| الاتاحة: | http://cscanada.net/index.php/ccc/article/view/j.ccc.1923670020100604.012 https://doi.org/10.3968/j.ccc.1923670020100604.012 |
| Rights: | Copyright (c) 2011 Hsiao-Wen Huang, Hong-Yu Shih, Yi-Ju Huang ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.88F7C661 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.3968/j.ccc.1923670020100604.012 |
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