An international student jots down his notes in Thai language.
In my survey, I wrote four questions tending to shed light on the international students’ experiences at the library when they were at their home schools and during this semester at Texas A&M- Commerce. Eleven international students participated in filling out the surveys. Here are the answers preceded by the questions:
1- Do you visit the library? How often?
Five participants visit the library every day, and three of them did the same when they were home. Four participants visit the library 2-4 times a week, and two of them did not go the library when they were home.
2- If you have the call-number for a book in the library, are you able to find it by yourself or, you had to consult the reference desk? How often?
Seven participants maintained that they can find it themselves at this school and at their previous schools. On the other hand, four participants wrote they have to counsel with the reference desk, and two of them wrote that they were able to find it when they were home.
3- For what purposes do you go to the library?
All participants mentioned the word: study. Several of them added checking emails, research, meeting friends.
4- From where do you usually get your books?
All of them mentioned that they get their books from the library, and most of those added: from bookstore. Three of the participants mentioned that they get their textbooks from online at Texas A&M-Commerce, but they were not able to get them online when they were at their home institutions.
Interesting! What light did this set of questions and answers shed on your overall research project, especially if you are working with they key arguments noted in your previous post? (ala Brandt on sponsorship)
ReplyDeleteVery interesting...when I was learning Hebrew I used to jot down some notes in Arabic and English..and that was really so much helpful..I guess some students use multilingual dictionaries here in Campus though I did not use it ...but I used to use it in the past....But I know some students who use Electronic Dictionaries that give synonyms in more than one language for one word...You can think of this ...using the digital devices and dictionaries does not eliminate the possibility...I'm sure many international students have such a dictionary...!!!
ReplyDeleteExcellent Qs proposed
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