英文摘要 |
Since Taiwan Executive Yuan promoted the new Southbound Policy in 2016, Southeast Asian students studying in Taiwan have steadily increased. In particular, the number of Vietnamese students has doubled and became the second-largest source of international students in Taiwan, after China. Most of the studies on the motivation of international students to study in Taiwan are discussed with the entire Southeast Asia region. Due to the international student community’s social background and cultural differences in each country, this study mainly focuses on Vietnamese students. Using an in-depth interview method, conducted by semi-structured interviews with 15 Vietnamese students enrolled in Taiwan Universities from 2016, the interview period from July 1, 2019 to August 1, 2019. The research results show that after the new Southbound Policy is promoted, the three main factors that motivate Vietnamese students to study in Taiwan are cultural experience, language ability/ language learning, and the pursuit of academic and career development. Among the different motivating factors, they can be divided into push and pull factors. Push factors including the Vietnam domestic educational environment are not conducive to academic and professional growth, language learning, Taiwanese teacher/company’s managers recommendation and family’s expectations; pull motives are Taiwan geographical, cultural experiences, affordable education expenses, scholarships, Taiwan public service conditions, social and political freedom, education and language environment. This research puts forward relevant suggestions based on the results. |