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Bar Chart250Count200150Major educationcountryAustraliaNot_Australia100500moreinteractionfewer hoursof face tofaceteachingmore selfstudymore groupassignmentsothersMain differences between teachingmethods here and in your previous …Figure 6.3Judging from the responses to this question, we could say that the teachingmethods used in Australian schools, specifically in classroom interactions and faceto-faceteaching, are significantly different from those used in their overseascounterparts. While 27% of the international students felt that there was moreinteraction between lecturers and students at university, less than 10% of theAustralian students agreed. Similarly, while 44% of the Australian students felt thatthere were fewer hours of face-to-face teaching at university, less than 18% of theinternational students felt the same.6.1.4 Communication“Lack of common interest” and “not confident in English” are the main difficulties forinternational students in communicating with Australian local people.Question V.1. Due to the cultural and language differences, sometimes it is not easyto communicate with those students from different cultural backgrounds. What doyou think are the main difficulties in communicating?A. I am not confident in English languageB. Lack of common interestsC. I only like to communicate in my own languageD. Others, please indicate_____________________105