The Impact of English Language Anxiety on the Cross-Cultural Adaptability of Chinese Overseas Students in Malaysia  

作　　者：Yang Xiaohan Liu Yu 

机构地区：[1]Universiti Teknologi Malaysia [2]Southwest Jiaotong University

出　　处：《Contemporary Social Sciences》2025年第1期83-101,共19页当代社会科学(英文)

基　　金：funded by the 2022 Annual Key Research Project on Theoretical and Practical Studies of Ideological and Political Education for University Students in Guangxi;Special Focus on University Counselors:Exploration and Practice of a Cultivation Ecosystem for Cultivating Both Moral Character and Talent Through “One Virtue+Two Lines+Three Stages+Four Micro-Education Methods” for Ideological and Political Education in Universities from the Perspective of Peer Language Systems,Project No.:2022MSZ031

摘　　要：With the deepening of cross-cultural educational cooperation between China and Malaysia,the cross-cultural challenges that Chinese overseas students face in Malaysia due to language and cultural differences have become increasingly prominent.Focusing on Chinese graduate students at a public university in Malaysia where English is the medium of instruction,this study employs a scale survey method in conjunction with IBM SPSS 26.0 and Smart PLS 4.0 for data analysis to quantitatively explore the level of language anxiety and its relationship with cross-cultural adaptability and learning motivation.The results indicate that most Chinese graduate students experience notable language anxiety,which is significantly negatively correlated with cross-cultural adaptability,especially academic adaptability,but is not related to learning motivation.Furthermore,the study reveals the complex influencing mechanism of language anxiety within multicultural educational environments and offers suggestions for improvement tailored to Malaysia’s unique educational context.These include utilizing technological tools for language interventions,optimizing classroom teaching strategies,enhancing language learning motivation through external incentives,strengthening training for cross-cultural adaptation skills,and promoting deeper cross-cultural communication.This study provides theoretical support and practical references for alleviating language anxiety and enhancing the cross-cultural adaptability of Chinese overseas students.

关 键 词：language anxiety cross-cultural adaptability learning motivation MALAYSIA overseas students 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]