Resilience and self-efficacy in a study abroad context: A case study

Abstract

This descriptive study aims to examine English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students' experiences in a study abroad context and the adaptation strategies they use to deal with academic and socio-cultural challenges.It also aims to show how the students' experiences and resilience affect their self-efficacy.The data are collected from nine Algerian female students who were enrolled in a doctoral program at the University of Jordan at the time of data collection.Face-to-face interviews and a self-efficacy scale were used to collect data from the participants.The findings reveal that the student participants faced many academic and sociocultural challenges in the target context but managed to overcome them using adaptation strategies such as familiarizing themselves with the new teaching context and developing their self-efficacy.The results obtained from the self-efficacy scale show that most of the students developed a sense of self-efficacy, and that their study abroad experiences positively affected their level of self-efficacy.

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