The Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among International Students in a Malaysian Public University

The Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among International Students in a Malaysian Public University

Postgraduate students from different nationalities and cultural backgrounds enrol at Malaysian universities to have better learning opportunities, and gain new social and cultural skills. Students may also gain essential competence through their contacts with their peers from different cultures, but...

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Main Authors: Sarwari, Abdul Qahar, Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2016
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H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling ump-153082017-09-14T05:34:49Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15308/ The Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among International Students in a Malaysian Public University Sarwari, Abdul Qahar Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab H Social Sciences (General) Postgraduate students from different nationalities and cultural backgrounds enrol at Malaysian universities to have better learning opportunities, and gain new social and cultural skills. Students may also gain essential competence through their contacts with their peers from different cultures, but some factors may affect their daily interactions. English language is the main means of interactions among international students in Malaysian universities. This study therefore was conducted to examine the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP) and intercultural communication competence among international postgraduate students at a Malaysian public university. A mixed method research design which includes quantitative and qualitative data was employed. Participants were 120 postgraduate students from 17 different countries, in which, 12 participants were interviewed. The findings confirm that ELP is among the main factors that influence interactions among international postgraduate students in a Malaysian public university. The students’ ELP has helped them to have more interactions and improve their intercultural communication competence. The results also illustrate that daily interactions have helped the students to improve their ELP and discover new strategies to deal with different linguistic and communicative challenges while they are in a multicultural collegiate environment. Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2016-11-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15308/1/IJLEAL005-published-.SARWARIWAHAB.pdf Sarwari, Abdul Qahar and Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab (2016) The Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among International Students in a Malaysian Public University. International Journal of Language Education and Applied Linguistics (IJLEAL), 5. pp. 1-9. ISSN 2289-7208 (print); 2289-9294 (online) http://ijleal.ump.edu.my/images/volume5/IJLEAL005.SARWARIWAHAB.pdf
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Sarwari, Abdul Qahar
Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab
The Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among International Students in a Malaysian Public University
description Postgraduate students from different nationalities and cultural backgrounds enrol at Malaysian universities to have better learning opportunities, and gain new social and cultural skills. Students may also gain essential competence through their contacts with their peers from different cultures, but some factors may affect their daily interactions. English language is the main means of interactions among international students in Malaysian universities. This study therefore was conducted to examine the relationship between English language proficiency (ELP) and intercultural communication competence among international postgraduate students at a Malaysian public university. A mixed method research design which includes quantitative and qualitative data was employed. Participants were 120 postgraduate students from 17 different countries, in which, 12 participants were interviewed. The findings confirm that ELP is among the main factors that influence interactions among international postgraduate students in a Malaysian public university. The students’ ELP has helped them to have more interactions and improve their intercultural communication competence. The results also illustrate that daily interactions have helped the students to improve their ELP and discover new strategies to deal with different linguistic and communicative challenges while they are in a multicultural collegiate environment.
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author Sarwari, Abdul Qahar
Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab
author_facet Sarwari, Abdul Qahar
Muhammad Nubli, Abdul Wahab
author_sort Sarwari, Abdul Qahar
title The Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among International Students in a Malaysian Public University
title_short The Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among International Students in a Malaysian Public University
title_full The Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among International Students in a Malaysian Public University
title_fullStr The Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among International Students in a Malaysian Public University
title_full_unstemmed The Relationship between English Language Proficiency and Intercultural Communication Competence among International Students in a Malaysian Public University
title_sort relationship between english language proficiency and intercultural communication competence among international students in a malaysian public university
publisher Universiti Malaysia Pahang
publishDate 2016
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15308/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15308/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15308/1/IJLEAL005-published-.SARWARIWAHAB.pdf
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