ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on issues that foreign students commonly face. In Section Three of the questionnaire, respondents were asked to rank, on a scale of 1 to 5, their level of agreement and disagreement on fourteen statements pertaining to student life. Table 7.1 presents these findings. This section closed with an open-ended question that enabled students to raise issues I had not. Issues Level of Agreement and Disagreement on Issue Statements by Frequency (FQ) and Percentage (%) https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table"> Strongly Agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree None Response FQ % FQ % FQ % FQ % FQ % FQ % 1. I enjoy living on campus. 29 21.8 42 31.6 30 22.6 15 11.3 13 9.8 4 3.0 2. My Chinese classmates are friendly and helpful. 20 15.0 44 33.1 43 32.3 11 8.3 6 4.5 9 6.8 3. I am often homesick. 46 34.6 37 27.8 25 18.8 10 7.5 6 4.5 9 6.8 4. I am able to enjoy contact with fellow foreign students. 56 42.1 57 42.9 12 9.0 3 2.3 1 0.8 4 3.0 5. I am able to enjoy close personal relationships with Chinese men. 19 14.3 43 32.3 31 23.3 16 12.0 20 15.0 4 3.0 6. I am able to enjoy close personal relationships with Chinese women. 18 13.5 43 32.3 43 32.3 12 9.0 12 9.0 5 3.8 7. I am concerned about racial discrimination. 44 33.1 35 26.3 22 16.5 14 10.5 11 8.3 7 5.3 8. I suffer from occasional depression. 10 7.5 28 21.1 32 24.1 20 15.0 37 27.8 6 4.5 9. I am often lonely in China. 15 11.3 35 26.3 30 22.6 25 18.8 21 15.8 7 1.3 10. I feel highly motivated to do well in school. 43 32.3 40 30.1 25 18.8 II 8.3 4 3.0 10 7.5 11. I feel 1 had adequate educational preparation at home. 59 44.4 51 38.3 10 7.5 3 2.3 3 2.3 7 5.3 12. The attitude of local people towards my country is favourable. 8 6.0 23 17.3 52 39.1 22 16.5 23 17.3 5 3.8 13. My behaviour is often misunderstood by the local people. 17 12.8 28 21.1 39 29.3 26 19.5 17 12.8 6 4.5 14. The faculty has a reasonable knowledge of my country. 1 0.8 18 13.5 27 20.3 31 23.3 49 36.8 7 5.3
