STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ABOUT THE MALAYSIAN SHORT MOBILITY PROGRAM GUIDE BOOK AT HANKUK UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES, SOUTH KOREA

Abstract

Since 1980, short mobility program has started with a small number of requests from students all around the world. As the time goes by, the request increased as the program got a lot more interesting. Universities around the world have a lot to offer for the short mobility program. Therefore, it is necessary for the universities to provide a guide book to help incoming and outgoing students to participate in short mobility program. The objectives of this study are to identify and discuss about students’ perception about the Malaysian short mobility program guide book. The samples of the study consist of 10 Korean students. The subjects are between 20 to 28 years old at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies South Korea. This study was taken place at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea. An interview session and observation have been carried out to get students’ perception on the Malaysian short mobility program guide book. The subjects were interviewed individually for 5 minutes for each subject and they were asked questions on their perception about the short mobility program guide book. Based on the interview session, the subjects were observed on their points and opinions about the Malaysian short mobility program guide book. The results of the study revealed that the subjects preferred to participate in a short mobility program if a guide book is provided for them to refer to in order to get a better understanding about the program beforehand. The guide book could help the participants to feel less insecure about what to expect and what to do as everything is already given on the guide book. 

Keywords: short mobility program, mobility program, short mobility program guide book, guide book, perception, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies South Korea