International Chinese Postgraduate Students’ Adaptation Strategies for Oral English Communication Practices in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions

Table 1

Participants’ profiles.

Participant’s name	Gender	Age	Degree level	Field of the study	Time in Malaysia (months)	IELTS score (speaking competence)	IELTS score (listening competence)
HY	Female	33	Ph.D.	Musician	10	5.5	6.5
KQ	Male	33	Ph.D.	Human resources	10	5.0	5.5
XZ	Female	33	Ph.D.	Mass communication	10	5.0	6.5
HC	Male	25	Master’s (course-work)	Economics	10	5.0	5.5
MR Q	Male	26	Master’s (course-work)	Corporate communication	10	5.0	5.0
ZZ	Female	26	Master of science	Water resources	10	5.5	5.0