Foreign students' adaptation to living and studying conditions in Tatarstan

Abstract

At present the problem of foreign students’ adaptation is one of the most urgent issues in educational system. During cultural adaptation process two main factors are distinguished: the solution of different adaption students’ problems and the dynamics of their motivation. It is based not only on the system of cultural aspects and their changes, but also on various issues of interpersonal relations. Motives are as one of the important aspects of cultural adaption system. Social and psychological changes of foreign students’ motivational sphere depend on different cultural features, person’s intentions and aims of living in a new country, their further profession and career development. Though there are some works on cultural interaction and relations between representatives of different cultures; in Tatarstan the problem of foreign students’ adaptation to living and studying conditions still exist nowadays.