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This 20 page paper explores the problems international students have using American academic libraries. Typically, when we think of barriers, we think about language but it goes much further than just a different language. There are both nonverbal and verbal communication factors. Another barrier is cultural differences and yet another is the differences between the student's homeland educational and library systems and those in America. Numerous barriers are identified and discussed. There are also recommendations for how to overcome the barriers with innovative examples from some college campuses. Bibliography lists 21 sources.
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number increased to 366,359 in 1988 and to 547,867 in 2001 (Badke, 2002). More than half (54 percent) are from Asian countries, 15 percent are from Europe and the other
31 percent are from numerous other countries in the world (Badke, 2002). According to some reports, over 42 percent of international students are studying at the graduate level (Chattoo, 2000).
These students generate about $7 billion dollars in the economy (Institute of International Education, 1997). This amount makes international students "the fifth largest export earner in America" (Institute of International
Education, 1997). International students are defined as those who are non-native English speakers and include immigrants, foreign-born residents, and individuals residing here on student visas (Brown, 2000). They come from
numerous diverse cultures (Brown, 2000). There are also non-immigrant adult learners (Chattoo, 2000; Brown, 2000), researchers and/or teachers who are not enrolled as students but who are conducting research or
guest lecturers/professors (Chattoo, 2000). Brown (2000) identifies specific linguistic barriers faced by internationals. First, there is the accent, which precludes on person from understanding another (Brown, 2000). This
goes both ways, the accent of the student and the accents of Americans living in different parts of the country (Brown, 2000). Americans may not recognize it themselves, but American
English is a complex language with complex sentence structures (Brown, 2000). We often speak in long sentences with various phrases and dependent clauses interspersed (Brown, 2000). The Open Doors Report
also cited different communication problems that included "pronunciation, intonation, speech patterns, and enunciation" (Institute of International Education, 1997). Librarians need to listen carefully and be patient in order to communicate
with many students. Brown asserts that librarians need to know about rivalries between different groups of foreign-born persons (2000). For instance, there is a strong rivalry between the Kurds and
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