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distribution of these comments across the five universities.Figure 4.1 Main differences in Teaching Methods indicated by students from the fiveuniversitiesThe second main difference which undergraduate students cited is the environment(13.37%), including study and living environments.The third difference students identified is that the social communication in Australiais very different from that of their home countries. This can be seen from the 23comments (11.39%) made by undergraduate students.The price of textbooks and how to understand the contents of textbooks were alsonoted as a main difference (21 comments (10.40%) from five different universities).One student from Curtin University claims that he/she needs more time tounderstand textbook content because the language is English.There are three other aspects that students perceived as main differences:assignment methods (12 comments (5.94%) from 202 comments), universityregulation (11 comments (5.45%) from 202 comments), and cross-cultural issues (2comments (1%) from 202 comments). For example, one student from the Universityof Sydney argues that the assignments are more challenging in Australia. Regardinguniversity regulation, a student from Edith Cowan University states that “in China,one semester has more than 16 weeks and more than 6 courses (subjects)”.Figures 4.2 to 4.6 show the distribution of countries for these identified issues in thefive universities.64