LEARNING READINESS AMONG INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN SELECTED UNIVERSITIES IN CHINA

Abstract

Nowadays, there are many issues encountered by international students that affect their academic achievement. Therefore, this study aims to study international student learning readiness in selected universities in China. To achieve the research objectives, a quantitative survey was conducted by distributing questionnaires to 275 international students from the following regions: Central Asian, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East and North Africa, and Europe. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistic methods such as percent, mean and standard deviation, as well as inference statistic method (Pearson Chi Square). This study found significant relationship between students' origins and their performance with the value of p<0.05. Their effectiveness level of learning readiness was also good with mean scores ranging from 4.61 to 5.80. The implications of these research findings suggest that stakeholders, especially policy makers and universities, need to identify specific mechanisms to improve students’ physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual and social achievement to generate human capital-based labor