The factors of adaptation of foreign students in the Kaliningrad socio-cultural environment

A V Mitrofanova,E P Mutavchi,I.I Dragileva,T N Stepanova,G Roos

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202129105024

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https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202129105024

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Abstract

Regions where universities and research institutes are located are attracting a vast majority of international students. Providing appropriate conditions for the social and cultural adaptation for foreign students to a local culture and social environment of the universities is an urgent issue that requires attention with a scientific approach. In this research authors considered a number of factors affecting social and cultural adaptation of the foreign students. The factors are combined according to the framework of potential challenges: person-person, person-environment, person-educational organization. In order to overcome these challenges this research suggests a number of initiatives to allow for a successful adaptation of international students to the regional social and cultural environments.

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Socio-cultural adaptation is a broad concept that implies the inclusion of the foreign student in the educational process and integration in the environment and local culture
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University attracts foreign students to study at various educational programs and directions
Interpretation of study results obtained allows us to identify factors affecting the sociocultural adaptation of students

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Socio-cultural adaptation is a broad concept that implies the inclusion of the foreign student in the educational process and integration in the environment and local culture. The process of socio-cultural adaptation is different for students from different countries. It depends on cultural affinity, the experience of high-level socio-cultural interaction between countries, and other factors. This article presents an analysis of the socio-cultural adaptation of students at Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (IKBFU). The received results are aimed at improving the interaction between foreign and Russian students in the educational process and socio-domestic interaction

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