Assessment of the Higher Educational Institution Role in Social Adaptation and Integration of Foreign Students to Russian Society
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The article is devoted to the social adaptation and integration of international students into the russian society. The purpose is to assess a role of institutions in the social adaptation and intertation of international students. A sociological survey has been performed based on the continuous individual questionnaire survey. Respondents were international first and second year students of the pre-university degree program at Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, altogether 244 people. The choice of the university was justified by the highest ratio of foreign students to russian ones (4.1%) among the universities of Tyumen region. Noteworthly, Tyumen State Oil and Gas University has got a number of extra-curricular activities for international students. According to the results of the survey the following can be concluded: a well-organized package of academic and extra-curricular activities facilitates the social adaptation and integration of international students. It is necessary to carry activities aimed to support intercultural communication in the Russian environment. The proposal was to focus on the extra-curricular activities. It was found that students adapt and integrate into a new environment much easier when they feel themselves a part of the multinational Russian society. About 80% of responders have emphasized that it was the extra-curricular activities carried out in the university and the region which played the most significant role in it. The most important activities are the ones aimed at the socio-cultural communication and cultural identification of the responders. When properly organized, extra-curricular activities can carry one more important ef- fect – development of the positive image of Russia in the forei gners’ minds. In order to improve the extracurricular activities the collected survey results are recommended for review by all regional Universities which accommodate international students.
Language: English
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $80
OpenAlex ID: W2180408557