First time college undergraduate students from China face linguistic and cultural barriers when seeking academic help from their faculty members, but there is little research addressing these students' experiences of encountering these barriers, nor how the barriers are overcome. This qualitative transcendental phenomenological study sought understanding of these students' experiences, identified linguistic help-seeking behaviors exhibited by this population, and contributed to the knowledge on encouraging these students to access the support services available to them. This project specifically introduced the concept of "help-seeking behaviors" (borrowed from medical or clinical sciences) to the field of linguistics. Additionally, this project identified several linguistic and cultural barriers experienced by this population. This project explored the experiences shared by Chinese undergraduate students at a large, urban, mid-south research university in the United States, specifically, the linguistic and cultural barriers preventing them from successfully seeking and/or receiving academic help. This topic has additional ramifications in student physical health, mental health, ESL needs, and the development of social and academic skills in the US. The results of this project include information that could enable students from China to better access the support services available to them through educating faculty and staff about the unique linguistic helpseeking behaviors employed by this population, and the linguistic and cultural barriers this population faces. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]