Abstract
Multilingual space is considered as one of the most important parts of the cultural environment that becomes a challenge for international students. The research ex-amined the multilingual space of St. Petersburg from the perspective of young people from China. Included observation, short interviews and analysis of Chi-nese freshmen essays serve as a source for the formation of a database of multi-lingual objects of everyday life of Chinese students and reveal language problems as the main challenges in the city multilingual space for a foreigner. The authors proposed an approach dividing the multilingual space of the city into space of communication and the "physical space of the language", existing vertically in three levels (city, university and personal areas). Expansion of the multilingual space at all levels due to the digital environment can significantly improve the language adaptation of students Although a coherent digital environment that provides the Chinese dimension to a multilingual environment does not yet exist. However, such elements as specially developed electronic guides and dictionaries, maps, augmented reality applications, communication platforms in social networks, etc. contribute to its future creation
Highlights
IntroductionInternational educational programms, service learning, noncredit internships, work placements have become part of the global world, and even the Covid pandemic could not fully stop the movement of international students who continue to enter universities and study far from their homeland, sometimes online
Academic mobility, international educational programms, service learning, noncredit internships, work placements have become part of the global world, and even the Covid19 pandemic could not fully stop the movement of international students who continue to enter universities and study far from their homeland, sometimes online.The formation of intercultural competence often plays an important role in research on international students
Using qualitative and unstructured methods instead of traditional surveys, we aimed to identify the concept of multilingual space through the eyes of a Chinese student and to mark key points and challenges
Summary
International educational programms, service learning, noncredit internships, work placements have become part of the global world, and even the Covid pandemic could not fully stop the movement of international students who continue to enter universities and study far from their homeland, sometimes online. The formation of intercultural competence often plays an important role in research on international students. Researchers point out that intercultural competence is not an automatic result of living in a different cultural environment [5, 6]. Some authors studying small cultural communities in a foreign language environment continue to follow the plan of background adaptation created in the 20th century [8]. According to the recent studies adaptation of Chinese students turns out to be effective if representatives of Chinese culture are involved in this process [9]
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