INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES OF ADAPTATION AT THE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The research reveals various aspects of foreign students’ difficulties of the adaptation at the North-Eastern Federal University n.a. M.K. Ammosov The diagnostic method of the study is interviewing S. Kvale. The identified deep problems are analyzed in terms of their frequency and those educational and socio-cultural vectors in Russian university that contributes to minimizing difficulties in adaptation of foreign students. The adaptation process directly affects the increase in the success of an international student in the learning process and directly depends, in addition to generally accepted factors (geographical location, the university position in the educational services market, the availability of a clear strategy) on the degree of internal readiness of the academic and socio-cultural environment of the university to implement the learning process of foreign students. The systemic impact on the socio-cultural environment of the university makes it possible to attract more actively not only the best graduates of regional schools, but also international students.