Authors
Dr Yuxing Zhou(correspondent author)received his Ph D in Screen and Media Culture from the University of Melbourne，where he teaches Asian cinema studies，Screenwriting，and Chinese literature.Yuxing has published in Asian Studies Review and The Journal of Chinese Cinemas.He also translates and writes film scripts.Email:zyx@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Shaoming Zhou is Senior Lecturer at Asia Institute，The University of Melbourne.His primary research interest is in culture studies focusing on China’s culture transformation since later Qing Dynasty.He has also been teaching a great range of Chinese language subjects of all levels at various Australian Universities.His publication in last two decades covers a wide range of research topics both in culture studies and language acquisition and understanding.
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[1]Enrolment figures are as follow—Management and Commerce:61 977，Engineering and Related Technologies:15 688，Information Technology:13 545，and Society and Culture:10 862 enrolments.
For more information about the distribution of Chinese international students by broad field of education，see“Where do international students come from and what do they study?”available at https://internationaleducation.gov.au/research/Data Visualisations/Pages/nationalitySummary.aspx(accessed July 2019).
[2]For a more comprehensive definition of critical thinking，see Lloyd and Bahr(2010:6).
[3]See Australian Bureau of Statistics Catalogue Number 5368.0.55.004，available at the Department of Education and Training of Australia website，https://internationaleducation.gov.au/research/Research-Snapshots/Documents/Export%20Income%202018%20Country%20Infographic.pdf(accessed June 2019).
[4]Ibid.
[5]A book-length study about female Chinese international students’life and study experience in Australia is forthcoming.
[6]A statistically insignificant percentage of the students might have completed their secondary education in a third country，such as the UK or the US，and then come to Australia for their tertiary studies.
[7]But mostly for senior secondary education in Australia，as 7548 students are enrolled in senior secondary education and only 2401 enrolled in junior secondary studies.For more information，see https://internationaleducation.gov.au/research/Data Visualisations/Pages/nationalitySummary.aspx(accessed July 2019).
[8]The Chinese government’s policies of“revitalising the nation with science，technology and education”(kejiao xingguo)might be another reason for these subjects being more popular with Chinese international students.
[9]ATAR refers to the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank.For more information，see https://www.uac.edu.au/future-applicants/atar(accessed July 2019).
[10]For more information about IELTS results，see https://www.ielts.org/about-the-test/how-ielts-isscored(accessed April 2020).
[11]Even when the instruction language of a subject is English，the native language is always at work for information processing，comprehension，memory and so on.
[12]The sample size of the control group and experimental group is 15.7%and 10.9%respectively.
[13]Students from Beijing feel related to the hutong culture in Shower，or those from Sichuan province might identify with the characters in Crazy Stone more strongly because of their accents.
[14]But the experimental group’s film review presentations are less impressive as students often have difficulties in conveying their ideas more accurately and coherently，which suggests that English presents a major challenge for achievement of better academic performance.
[15]Having a one-on-one consultation with the tutor or seeking help from the Academic Skills Centre can often help students improve the overall quality of their essays，but not every student makes use of these resources.