ACCULTURATION: A STUDY OF INTEGRATIONAL ASPECTSAMONG INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN TALLINN, ESTONIA

Due to globalization and ever increasing human movements, number of international students in Estonia have been increasing over the last one decade.International students are facing various challenges in a new environment.Despite of the increasing numbers, very few scholarly works attempted to address international student's integrational aspects.The Purpose of this study was to examine acculturation preferences among International students in Tallinn.The survey sample comprise of 151 International students from Bangladesh, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ukraine, Nepal, India, Pakistan.Data were obtained through survey and analyzed by using Berry's (2005) model of acculturation.Due to the sample size, the results cannot be generalized.Using Berry's original model of Acculturation, results showed that Integration was the most preferred strategy and the tendency towards integration varies when analyzing different socio-cultural domains of Marriage, Language, Education, Friends etc. Interview data to know the reasons of choosing different acculturation domains however suggests that even though integration has been the most preferred strategy, it can have different point of understanding for respondents.This study finally suggests that more in-depth study is required in order understand international student's integrational aspects.