Author: Chong Pui Yee, Amli Hazlin Ahmad Mokhtar.

Malaysia under the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) aims to attract 200,000 international students by year 2020 (MoHE, 2007). Having more international students in the campus is excellent yet at the same time creates additional responsibilities and expectation onto the institutions. The university may have a system but it cannot be applied the same with both local and international students. As international students come to foreign country, they will experience foreignness. This is due to cultural difference both in academic and social aspect (Banumathy & Vikneswaran : 2008). They may experience different teaching and learning style as compared to their home country. Language seems to be the major problems that they faced in their learning (Banumathy & Vikneswaran, 2008; Akiba, 2008). This is particularly true when English Language is their second or foreign language. Existing research also found that there is a gap in expectation from these students on the academicians. Students expect greater level of interaction and involvement in research from academic staff and the lack for engagement by the academic staff with students. This paper aims to provide the learning experience from international students at two private institutions in Malaysia. Data will be gathered through a semi-structured interview with selective international students pursuing their degree at two private HEIs in Malaysia. It is hope that this paper may provide useful insight for universities and lecturers in managing international student learning at their institutions.