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The Saudi students' experience in intercultural communication
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Al musaiteer, Suliman Saleh
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1439568586
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Year and Degree
2015, Master of Arts, University of Akron, Educational Foundations-Social/Philosophical Foundations of Education.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the Saudi students’ experience and perceptions about the intercultural communication with American people. In particular, it concentrated on the factors that encourage and discourage the Saudi students to communicate with host national people. The researcher utilized the semi-structured interview to collect the data from three Saudi male students. The theoretical framework employed in this study was the Anxiety-Uncertainty Management (AUM) theory (Gudykunst, 2005). Four themes and twelve subthemes were emerged from the data. The four main themes were: detecting mutual interests, identifying what attracts Americans to communicate with you, what encourages Saudi students to communicate with Americans, and what discourage Saudi students to communicate with Americans. Furthermore, several recommendations were presented to enhance the intercultural communication by the participants and the researcher.
Committee
Li Huey-Li, Professor (Advisor)
Pages
97 p.
Subject Headings
Communication
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Education
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Higher Education
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Multicultural Education
Keywords
Intercultural communication, International Education
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Al musaiteer, S. S. (2015).
The Saudi students' experience in intercultural communication
[Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1439568586
APA Style (7th edition)
Al musaiteer, Suliman.
The Saudi students' experience in intercultural communication.
2015. University of Akron, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1439568586.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Al musaiteer, Suliman. "The Saudi students' experience in intercultural communication." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1439568586
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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