UDC 378.14: 316.77-057.87
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.36871/2306_8329_2024_94_2_10.
Authors
Krasova Tatyana Dmitrievna,
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
Associate Professor of the Department of Preschool and Special Education
Bunin Yelets State University
Chuikova Zhanna Vladimirovna,
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor
Associate Professor of the Department of Preschool and Special Education
Bunin Yelets State University
Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of the problem of adaptation of foreign students to the sociocultural conditions of Russia. The
interest in obtaining higher education in the Russian Federation remains quite high nowadays despite sanctions from Western European
countries. That is why the problem of adaptation of foreign students to the conditions of living and studying in Russia as an unusual linguistic
and socio-cultural environment is becoming urgent.
Purpose. Identification of the peculiarities of the adaptation process by foreign students at the university in a small town.
Methodology and methods. The sociocultural approach was used to understand the process of adaptation by foreign students at a university
in a small town. The questionnaire survey was used to identify the specifics of adaptation process among students who came from different
countries.
Scientific novelty. The study revealed the features of adaptation of foreign students to the conditions of a small city. For optimal passage of the
adaptation period students need to have a support system that is including the development of special programs covering familiarization with
the cultural, national, socio-economic, and regional characteristics of the students’ place of residence and forming an effective interaction
with representatives of various ethnic groups.
Practical significance. The identified features of adaptation of foreign students can be used to form an effective system of support for university
students in a small town.
Keywords
adaptation, foreign students, educational process, questionnaire, universities, small town.
