THE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES OF FOREIGN STUDENTS AT PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY DORMITORY

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyse the adaptation strategies of foreign students at President University dormitory, including male and female students at president university dormitory and want to find out what the dominant factor that influence the foreign student adaptation with local student at president university dormitory. This research was design using quantitative research, which involves analysis of numerical data in attempt to explain the matters observed. This research is using questionnaire to collect the data. The questionnaire was spread to 70 foreign students of President University Dormitory in order to get more precise information to answer the matters observed. Likert scale is use to measure the data, it is by collect entire statement that has connection with investigated problems. Based on the analysis, the researcher was found that foreign students at President University Dormitory usually play and studying with their own ethnic groups, because in Dormitory foreign students was living in the dormitory area of foreign people, which is separated from the local students area, but the foreign students is also accept the local culture from the local students. Based on the Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) stages, the researcher found that adaptation strategies of foreign students at President University Dormitory was on Adaptation stages at Ethnorelative stages, because the foreign students live in the different cultures environment, so they must understanding and adapt with people from different cultures. The researcher suggest to foreign students that live in dormitory to learn the local language from the local students, because it can make the foreign students more easily to interacting with the local students and for management staff of President University more often to make the event that can increasing the relationship between foreign students and local students.