Resilience and self-efficacy in a study abroad context: A case study
AbstractThis descriptive study aims to examine English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ experiences in a study abroad context and the adaptation strategies they use to deal with academic and socio-cultural challenges. It also aims to show how the students’ experiences and resilience affect thei...
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| description | AbstractThis descriptive study aims to examine English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ experiences in a study abroad context and the adaptation strategies they use to deal with academic and socio-cultural challenges. It also aims to show how the students’ experiences and resilience affect their self-efficacy. The data are collected from nine Algerian female students who were enrolled in a doctoral program at the University of Jordan at the time of data collection. Face-to-face interviews and a self-efficacy scale were used to collect data from the participants. The findings reveal that the student participants faced many academic and socio-cultural challenges in the target context but managed to overcome them using adaptation strategies such as familiarizing themselves with the new teaching context and developing their self-efficacy. The results obtained from the self-efficacy scale show that most of the students developed a sense of self-efficacy, and that their study abroad experiences positively affected their level of self-efficacy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc2526b6e30d42eea53971057790eb5a2023-09-28T10:28:08ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2023-12-0110110.1080/2331186X.2023.2199631Resilience and self-efficacy in a study abroad context: A case studyMohammad Rayyan0Siham Zidouni1Nimer Abusalim2Sharif Alghazo3Department of Foreign Languages, The University of Jordan, Amman, JordanDepartment of Foreign Languages, The University of Jordan, Amman, JordanDepartment of Foreign Languages, The University of Jordan, Amman, JordanDepartment of Foreign Languages, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesAbstractThis descriptive study aims to examine English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students’ experiences in a study abroad context and the adaptation strategies they use to deal with academic and socio-cultural challenges. It also aims to show how the students’ experiences and resilience affect their self-efficacy. The data are collected from nine Algerian female students who were enrolled in a doctoral program at the University of Jordan at the time of data collection. Face-to-face interviews and a self-efficacy scale were used to collect data from the participants. The findings reveal that the student participants faced many academic and socio-cultural challenges in the target context but managed to overcome them using adaptation strategies such as familiarizing themselves with the new teaching context and developing their self-efficacy. The results obtained from the self-efficacy scale show that most of the students developed a sense of self-efficacy, and that their study abroad experiences positively affected their level of self-efficacy.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2199631Resilienceself-efficacystudy abroadadaptation strategies |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Rayyan Siham Zidouni Nimer Abusalim Sharif Alghazo Resilience and self-efficacy in a study abroad context: A case study Cogent Education Resilience self-efficacy study abroad adaptation strategies |
| title | Resilience and self-efficacy in a study abroad context: A case study |
| title_full | Resilience and self-efficacy in a study abroad context: A case study |
| title_fullStr | Resilience and self-efficacy in a study abroad context: A case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resilience and self-efficacy in a study abroad context: A case study |
| title_short | Resilience and self-efficacy in a study abroad context: A case study |
| title_sort | resilience and self efficacy in a study abroad context a case study |
| topic | Resilience self-efficacy study abroad adaptation strategies |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2199631 |
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