A Survey of Intercultural Adaptability for Foreign Students in Three Universities: Problems and Solutions

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the existing problems and solutions of foreign students’ intercultural adaptability in three universities of university town in Chongqing from such aspects as campus cultural adaptation, material cultural adaptation, behavioral cultural adaption and Chinese traditional cultural adaption. By questionnaires, research group has found some major problems like, do not have an Chinese competence, unfamiliar with Chinese material culture, insensitive to Chongqing’s behavioral culture, unfamiliar with Chinese traditional and local culture. After analyzing those possible reasons, this paper provides some solutions: implementing the same management of foreign students as Chinese students, strengthening social supports, strengthening the communication with foreign students and fostering foreign students’ consciousness of Chinese traditional culture.