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Uluslararası Öğrencilerin Yaşam Durumları: Kırklareli Ve Trakya Üniversiteleri Örneği

Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Universities are trying to gain an international profile and to multi-nationalize the student profile worldwide. The international students, together with bringing variety to the universities, the university life experiences of these students determine the direction, dimension and sustainability of the gains. In this study, the continuing education of the international students’ in Edirne and Kırklareli are handled under three contexts as social, academic and life. The research data are gathered from 38 international students from Kırklareli University and Trakya University. By interview technique, nine questions, three for each heading (academic, social and life context) are addressed. Data gathered from students have been analysed through content analysis and descriptive analysis. The results obtained from this study puts forward that international students, in the general sense, are content with their university experiences, friends and academic staff and the university they study at meets their expectation level; nevertheless, they don’t receive any support for accommodation and integration. The necessity of improving the skills in Turkish language teaching has also come into view. As a result of obtained data, head offices are needed to be established in the name of maintaining the satisfaction level which the international students currently have in the academic and social context and action for the orientation of the students is to be provided through these head offices. Apart from this, it is crucial that the accommodation and transportation needs of these students should be provided through these head offices at the time they arrive to the university
DOI: 10.17240/aibuefd.2015.15.1-5000128601
Language: Turkish
Subfield: Communication
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1566430710
FWCI: 1.072
Cites: 9
Cited by: 23
Related to: 10