非洲学生来华留学动机调查分析——以武汉六所高校来华留学非洲新生为例

Analysis of the Motivations of Studying in China among African Students——Take the First Year African Students from Six Universities in Wuhan as an Example

本文以问卷调查与数据分析为主要方法,研究了武汉部分高校非洲学生来华留学动机的分布规律和基本类型,并分析了他们的个体因素对来华留学动机的影响。研究结果发现:对中国语言和文化感兴趣是非洲学生来华留学的首要动机,外界环境在来华留学动机中起主导作用。非洲学生来华留学动机可分为四种类型:"学习生活环境"动机、"社会学校名声"动机、"自身发展需要"动机和"入学优惠政策"动机。在非洲学生招生、管理和教学的过程中要充分考虑个体差异因素对来华留学动机的影响。

Based on the survey data of African students who studied in China in the first year of university,this article reports the distribution of motivations of Studying in China and types of those motivations.Results propose that being interested in Chinese language and culture and external environment are playing important role at attracting African students to study in China.We found that four types of those motivations are learning and living condition;Reputation of society and university;Requirements of individual development;Preferential admission policy.The article also suggests that personality factors should be considered when we recruit,manage,teach African students.