Interviews confirm students use AI across all four challenge domains throughout the migration timeline, including for academic communication support¶
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q1 i? Interview participants reported using AI for socio-cultural, academic, logistical, and emotional dimensions of adaptation, beginning before arrival in the US. → Nourian 2026
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Nourian 2026¶
Nourian, L.; Callis, A.; Patterson, S.; Miao, J.; Heard, J.; Tigwell, G. W. (2026). Understanding How International Students in the U.S. Are Using Conversational AI to Support Cross-Cultural Adaptation. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15127 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2605.15127
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Semi-structured interview study with 14 international students, analysed via reflexive thematic analysis. Participant P14 illustrates academic use of AI for communication: "let the AI to correct me, let the AI tell me if I have any grammar mistakes." Qualitative interview data; no effect size reported.
"When I was doing teamwork, [and] communicate with somebody online, I will firstly, tell the AI what kind of thing that I want to say for my own sentence, and send it to AI, and let the AI to correct me, let the AI tell me if I have any grammar mistakes."
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Related Claims¶
- International students use conversational AI predominantly for task-oriented academic and logistical support rather than for psychological or chronic emotional challenges — related
- Across all four challenge domains, students' intent to continue using AI significantly exceeds their current satisfaction with it — related
- Perceived usefulness of AI and intent to continue using it differ significantly across challenge domains, with academic tasks rated most useful — related
- Students rate AI's helpfulness positively overall, with academic challenges receiving the highest usefulness, satisfaction, and intent-to-continue scores — related
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Interviews confirm students use AI across all four challenge domains throughout the migration timeline, including for academic communication support |
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Interviews confirm students use AI across all four challenge domains throughout the migration timeline, including for academic communication support |
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