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Many foreign students report feeling lonely or unwelcome in Australia.Those feelings are among the reasons why Australia is taking a close look at its international education industry.But wherever international students go,making friends may not always be easy.Elisabeth Gareis of Baruch College in New York surveyed 454 international students.They were attending four-year colleges and graduate schools in the American South and Northeast.ish-speaking countries and from northern and central Europe were more likely to be happy with their friendships.But 38%of the international students said they had no close friends in the United States.And half of the students from East Asia said they were unhappy with the number of American friends they had.Thirty percent said they wished their friendships could be deeper and more meaningful.
Professor Gareis says,“Students from East Asia have cultures that are different on many levels from the culture in the United States.There are also language problems,and maybe some social skills,such as small talks,which are possibly not as important in their native countries,where it’s not as important to start friendships with small talks.Many East Asian students blamed themselves for their limited friendships with Americans,for not speaking the language well enough and for not knowing the culture well enough.”
VOA’s Students Union blogger Jessica Stahl did her own survey to find out how American students and foreign students relate to each other.More than 100 students,about half of them American,answered her online questions.Half of the international students and 60% of the Americans said they related as well or better to the other group than to their own group.
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