The Engagement Pattern and Challenges of International Students in a Thai Higher Educational Context

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Nuannut Khieowan

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This research aims to explore the international student engagement pattern and challenges for international students on general education courses at Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, where the majority of students are Thai. The data were collected with reflective questionnaires, camp diaries and in-depth interviews with international students enrolling for two courses in Semester 2, Academic Year 2019, namely 905-101 New Consciousness and 905-102 Happy and Peaceful Life. The study revealed their engagement pattern in seven aspects; 1) emotional engagement 2. physical engagement 3) behavioral engagement 4) social engagement 5) cultural engagement 6) cognitive engagement and 7) meta-cognitive engagement. In terms of challenges, they identified language difficulties even though this was not an obstacle when mixing with Thai students or participating in course activities.

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