TY - JOUR
T1 - International students' emotional security and dignity in an Australian context
T2 - An aspect of psychological well-being
AU - Tananuraksakul, Noparat
AU - Hall, David
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - This article explores non-native English-speaking students' emotional security and dignity responses to their English language proficiency in an Australian context. Confidence is a source of emotional security bolstering dignity. Without it, students lack emotional security, diminishing their dignity when communicating with culturally different others. Emotional security and dignity have a synergistic relationship, in that lack of confidence emotionally threatens one's face, identity and dignity. The study offers insights that help us to understand how international students' psychological well-being is affected by English performance.
AB - This article explores non-native English-speaking students' emotional security and dignity responses to their English language proficiency in an Australian context. Confidence is a source of emotional security bolstering dignity. Without it, students lack emotional security, diminishing their dignity when communicating with culturally different others. Emotional security and dignity have a synergistic relationship, in that lack of confidence emotionally threatens one's face, identity and dignity. The study offers insights that help us to understand how international students' psychological well-being is affected by English performance.
KW - cross-cultural transition
KW - dignity
KW - emotional security
KW - international students
KW - non-native English speakers
KW - psychological well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052855291&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1475240911410784
DO - 10.1177/1475240911410784
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052855291
SN - 1475-2409
VL - 10
SP - 189
EP - 200
JO - Journal of Research in International Education
JF - Journal of Research in International Education
IS - 2
ER -