The ability to communicate in the host country’s language: A universal skill requirement for enhancing confidence among expatriate academics

• Main Authors: Irma Wani Othman, Wardatul Akmam Din, Noraini Said, Ameiruel Azwan Ab Aziz
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Global Academic Excellence 2021
• Subjects: LB2331.7-2335.8 Teaching personnel; P87-96 Communication. Mass media
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32899/1/The%20ability%20to%20communicate%20in%20the%20host%20country%E2%80%99s%20language.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32899/2/The%20ability%20to%20communicate%20in%20the%20host%20country%E2%80%99s%20language%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32899/; http://www.ijepc.com/PDF/IJEPC-2021-43-11-30.pdf; https://doi.org/10.35631/IJEPC.643013

This paper highlights the association of language use skills with self-confidence as a contributing factor to the determination of expatriate self adaptability in a foreign cultural environment. The objective of this study was to examine whether the skills of using the local language of the host cou...