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Bar Chart300200Major educationcountryAustraliaNot_AustraliaCount1000not confidentlack ofinterestsonly like ownlanguageothersWhat are the main difficulties in crossculture communicatingFigure 6.4Results show that both Australian and international students felt that “lack ofcommon interest” is the main difficulty in communicating with people from differentcultural background. However, nearly 35% of the international students stated that“not confident in the English language” was the second main difficulty. It is alsoimportant to note that nearly 26% of the Australian students stated that they only liketo communicate in their own language, while another 30% stated “others” as themain difficulty, which will need further investigation.6.1.5 Difficulties during lecturesMost international students have difficulties in trying to listen to lecturers and takingnotes at the same time due to language problems.Question V.2. Do you have any English language-related difficulties inunderstanding lecturers?A. I can’t understand my lecturers most of the timeB. I can understand my lecturers most of the time but it is hard to listen and takenotes at the same timeC. I cannot understand everything my lecturers say but I can catch up by readinglecture notes after classesD. No problem at all107