Short Term Student Exchanges And Intercultural Learning

Author : Gareth Humphreys
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781009356695

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Short-Term Student Exchanges and Intercultural Learning by Gareth Humphreys Pdf

Short-term student exchanges can offer valuable opportunities for intercultural learning and to engage in intercultural communication using English (the language focus in this Element). However, research and educational practices often assume that the most effective intercultural learning occurs through interactions with local individuals in 'target' culture learning and adherence to standard English language norms. These assumptions overlook important learning opportunities from interactions in culturally and linguistically diverse settings as features of many international exchange experiences. This Element proposes a perspective in student exchange research and practice that reflects this diversity and encompasses the intercultural learning model of intercultural awareness, intercultural citizenship education, and Global Englishes.

Author : Peter Jones,Debra Miles,Narayan Gopalkrishnan
Publisher : UTS ePRESS
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780994503992

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Intercultural Learning by Peter Jones,Debra Miles,Narayan Gopalkrishnan Pdf

The ability to recognise and understand your own cultural context is a prerequisite to understanding and interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds. An intercultural learning approach encourages us to develop an understanding of culture and cultural difference, through reflecting on our own context and experience.

Author : Bettina Hansel
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529380378

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The Exchange Student Survival Kit 3rd Edition by Bettina Hansel Pdf

FOR STUDENTS GOING ABROAD, THE EXCHANGE STUDENT SURVIVAL KIT IS THE FIRST THING TO PACK! Study exchange has never been more important. Ask anyone who has been an exchange student. As we come more and more to realize how interconnected our world is, living for a time in another culture may be the most valuable experience a young person needs in the 21st Century. Students embarking on this life-changing adventure need tried-and-true advice. THE EXCHANGE STUDENT SURVIVAL KIT is the essential guide for young people interested in traveling abroad on an international exchange program. In an approach that documents each phase of the experience, it shows students how to avoid many common misunderstandings and problems that can occur in the course of their adjustment to a new culture, a new family, a new school and a new community. The book is full of examples taken from the experiences of dozens of exchange students from a broad spectrum of cultures and shows how to manage the unexpected "culture shock" and deal with the specific issues that emerge when immersing yourself in an unfamiliar culture.

Author : Olav Schewe
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475951592

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The Exchange Student Guidebook by Olav Schewe Pdf

As an exchange student, you receive the opportunity to experience another culture from the inside out. You live with a host family, you become part of the local community, and you learn the language. Even so, an exchange year is not one long holiday. It can be tough, and it may take time to adjust to the new culture and find new friends. In The Exchange Student Guidebook, author Olav Schewe presents a practical handbook to prepare you for life as an exchange student and help you tackle common challenges. Schewe considers • understanding the basics of student exchange; • evaluating reasons for going; • choosing a destination country and exchange organization; • living in a foreign culture; • staying with a host family; • finding new friends; and • dealing with homesickness and other challenges. Filled with practical advice and tips, The Exchange Student Guidebook provides you with a foundation to make your experience successful and memorable.

Author : Jane Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351581080

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Online Intercultural Education and Study Abroad by Jane Jackson Pdf

With the increasing focus on international education and study abroad programmes, Online Intercultural Education and Study Abroad meets the need for a text that addresses ways in which technology may be harnessed to enhance student experience. Combining case studies with theoretical insights, this book critically investigates the effectiveness of a fully online study abroad intervention that was designed to optimise intercultural learning in an international context. Intercultural education researchers and practitioners are provided with theory-based practical ideas such as eLearning strategies and online mentoring tips to help students maximise their intercultural education journey, intercultural competence development, and social engagement while abroad. Both practical and research-focused, this volume considers a wide range of topics, including: Contemporary notions of experiential learning Guided critical reflection through e-mentoring A social contructivist orientation towards eLearning pedgagogy Tools to help understand and measure learner development abroad Online Intercultural Education and Study Abroad is suitable for both novice and experienced study abroad practitioners, researchers, and administrators. Satisfying the growing interest in using eLearning within study abroad programmes, this book will be a necessary point of reference for any institution that aims to enhance international educational experience, especially through the use of technology.

Author : Ron Darvin,Tongle Sun
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781009206761

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Intercultural Communication and Identity by Ron Darvin,Tongle Sun Pdf

This Element asserts how identity as a construct enables a critical awareness of how speakers position themselves and are positioned by others in intercultural encounters. It discusses how identity vis-à-vis culture has been theorized through social psychological, poststructuralist, and critical lenses, and how identity is discursively constructed and mediated. Rejecting essentialist notions of language and culture, this Element demonstrates how inscriptions of identity such as race, ethnicity, nationality, and class can be used to critically examine the dynamics of situated intercultural encounters and to understand how such interactions can index competing and colluding ideologies. By examining identity research from different parts of the world, it casts a light on how identities are performed in diverse intercultural contexts and discusses research methodologies that have been employed to examine identity in intercultural communication.

Author : Susan B. Goldstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781009293488

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Intercultural Learning through Study Abroad by Susan B. Goldstein Pdf

Over the past three decades, the population of international students throughout the world has steadily increased. Although university students choose to study in locations other than their home country for a variety of reasons, including professional development and disciplinary training, nearly all education abroad programs have intercultural learning as a central goal. In this Element, perspectives derived from cross-cultural psychological research are applied to an investigation of the effectiveness of study abroad as a mechanism for intercultural learning. Effectiveness is broadly defined and includes not only overall favorable program outcomes, such as gains in intercultural skills, knowledge, attitudes, and awareness, but also a recognition that study abroad experiences and outcomes may vary depending upon participants' diverse and intersectional identities. Best practices for facilitating intercultural learning through study abroad are identified and strategies are outlined for addressing the methodological challenges of research in this area.

Author : Viktoria Schneeweiß
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783668261723

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Exchange programs. The effects on a young person concerning cognitive and emotional skills by Viktoria Schneeweiß Pdf

Pre-University Paper from the year 2016 in the subject Pedagogy - Intercultural Pedagogy, grade: 1,0, , language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the issue of how taking part in an exchange program affects a young person. Of course, beside cognitive effects there are a lot of changes in personality that a long time abroad at such a young age will cause. This paper will reveal what kind of changes most exchange students face with themselves and find out whether a kind of paragon of how an exchange student diversifies exists or not. In order to receive reliable answers, the questionnaire which provides the basis for this disquisition consulted 98 returnees and 34 hopees of “into Schüleraustausch”. It contains detailed questions concerning expectations on how the exchange will change the young people and their delivery.

Author : Jane Jackson,Susan Oguro
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351996822

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Intercultural Interventions in Study Abroad by Jane Jackson,Susan Oguro Pdf

As a consequence of globalization and internationalization, there has been a dramatic increase in the number and diversity of students who are gaining international educational experience. Making connections between contemporary study abroad research, theory, and practice, Intercultural Interventions in Study Abroad describes innovative programmes that have been designed to deepen the intercultural learning and engagement of student sojourners. In addition to reviewing the benefits and limitations of these interventions, this volume offers recommendations for further enhancements in the field. Exploring examples of intercultural interventions in a wide variety of countries from pre- to post-study abroad, this book helps readers develop a critical awareness of their strengths and limitations, and provides directions for future developments in intercultural pedagogy. Written by intercultural educators and study abroad scholars from different parts of the world, each chapter describes an innovative pedagogical intervention that has been designed to enhance intercultural learning and engagement, including: designing and implementing pre-sojourn intercultural workshops; using guided, critical reflection to deepen students' intercultural learning and engagement; monitoring class interaction to maximize intercultural learning; optimizing intercultural learning and engagement abroad through online mentoring. Truly international in scope, this text is essential for study abroad professionals who seek to enhance the intercultural development, global-mindedness, and second-language learning of students through innovative intercultural programming.

Author : Sarah Boye
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783830984092

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Intercultural Communicative Competence and Short Stays Abroad: Perceptions of Development by Sarah Boye Pdf

The idea of interculturality being an essential part of a language learner's toolkit is widely accepted. Less certain is exactly what interculturality is and how to determine who has it, who does not have it and, importantly, how to get it: this book is concerned with these questions. The work presented here explores the concept of intercultural communicative competence as an aim of foreign language learning. It examines in particular the role of student mobility and how short stays abroad affect higher education students' perceptions of their development of this complex competence. It explores the coinage of the term intercultural communicative competence and the current debate regarding its definition, usage and usefulness. The work then moves on to describing an empirical study in which students who are studying English at a German university participate in an eight-week short stay abroad to the English-speaking world and are asked about their perceived development of intercultural communicative competence and the ways in which their expectations for the stay abroad are met. Developing intercultural communicative competence is an institutional aim of the stay abroad, and therefore the ways the participants make sense of this competence are of interest. Through case study research and quantitative questionnaires data are gathered, analysed and described. The study shows that even a short stay abroad helps develop intercultural communicative competence albeit in individually different ways.

Author : Jane Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Cultural awareness
ISBN : 1349357987

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Intercultural Journeys by Jane Jackson Pdf

Intercultural Journeys: From Study to Residence Abroad explores the language and (inter)cultural learning of second language students before, during, and after a short-term sojourn in the host culture. Drawing on current theories of intercultural (communicative)/ global competences and the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), it examines the students' developmental trajectories. The findings raise awareness of the multifarious internal and external factors that can influence sojourn outcomes. Linking theory with the actual experience of sojourners, the author suggests innovative ways to enhance language and intercultural learning both at home and abroad. While the book examines the linguistic, intercultural, and identity development of Chinese sojourners, elements of their stories reach across ethnic, linguistic, and geographic lines and resonate with L2 learners in other parts of the world. The book provides a valuable reference for international educators, second language specialists, interculturalists, study abroad professionals, adult educators, and sojourners.

Author : Michael Byram,Adelheid Hu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781136235542

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Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning by Michael Byram,Adelheid Hu Pdf

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an authoritative reference dealing with all aspects of this increasingly important field of study. Offering a comprehensive range of articles on contemporary language teaching and its history, it has been produced specifically for language teaching professionals and as a reference work for academic studies at postgraduate level. In this new edition, every single entry has been reviewed and updated with reference to new developments and publications. Coverage has been expanded to reflect new technological, global and academic developments, with particular attention to areas such as online and distance learning, teacher and learner cognition, testing, assessment and evaluation, global English and teacher education. Themes and disciplines covered include: Methods and materials, including new technologies and materials development Contexts and concepts, such as mediation, risk-taking in language learning and intercomprehension Influential figures from the early days of language teaching to the contemporary Related disciplines, such as psychology, anthropology and corpus linguistics It covers the teaching of specific languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Arabic and African languages, as well as English, French, German and Spanish. There are thirty five overview articles dealing with issues such as communicative language teaching, early language learning, teacher education and syllabus and curriculum design. A further 160 entries focus on topics such as bilingualism, language laboratories and study abroad. Numerous shorter items examine language and cultural institutions, professional associations and acronyms. Multiple cross-references enable the user to browse from one entry to another, and there are suggestions for further reading. Written by an international team of specialists, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an invaluable resource and reference manual for anyone with a professional or academic interest in the subject.

Author : Milton J. Bennett
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780983955856

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Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication by Milton J. Bennett Pdf

In the long-awaited second edition of Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication, Milton J. Bennett provides a comprehensive overview of the field from a constructivist perspective. In addition to his insightful analysis, Bennett offers a full complement of classic readings on the topic of intercultural communication, including: "Science and Linguistics," by Benjamin Lee Whorf "The Power of Hidden Differences," by Edward T. Hall "Culture: A Perceptual Approach," by Marshall R. Singer "Communication in a Global Village," by Dean Barlund "Cultural Identity: Reflections on Multiculturalism," by Peter S. Adler

Author : Tony Wall
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031559969

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Sustainability in Business Education, Research and Practices by Tony Wall Pdf

Author : Darla K. Deardorff,Lily A. Arasaratnam-Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781315529233

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Intercultural Competence in Higher Education by Darla K. Deardorff,Lily A. Arasaratnam-Smith Pdf

Intercultural Competence in Higher Education features the work of scholars and international education practitioners in understanding the learning outcomes of internationalization, moving beyond rhetoric to concrete practice around the world. Devoted exclusively to exploring the central learning outcomes of internationalization efforts, this edited volume contains a refreshing combination of chapters and case studies from interdisciplinary and cross-cultural contributors, including: cutting-edge issues within intercultural competence development, such as intersectionality, mapping intercultural competence, and assessment; the role of higher education in developing intercultural competence for peacebuilding in the aftermath of violent conflict; facilitating intercultural competence through international student internships; interdisciplinary and cross-cultural contributions from over 19 countries including Japan, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, and Vietnam; the latest research and thinking on global, intercultural, and international learning outcomes, with a unique emphasis on newer voices. Intercultural competence has become an essential element in international as well as domestic education. This text provides the latest thinking and research within the context of internationalization, presents practical case studies on how to integrate this into the preparation of global-ready students and will be of interest to postgraduate students, international education administrators, and practitioners, as well as scholars and researchers in a variety of disciplines who have an interest in intercultural and global competence.