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Intercultural journeys : from study to residence abroad / Jane Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Jane, 1954-
- Series:
- Language and globalization
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International education.
- Foreign study.
- Cultural awareness.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 251 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke, England ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
- Summary:
- "Focusing on the actual experiences of L2 students who travelled from their homes to foreign lands as part of a faculty-led, short-term SA program, the author explores the linkage between intercultural awareness and sensitivity, language development (e.g., sociopragmatic awareness), and identity reconstruction in young adult L2 learners"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Globalization, internationalization, and study abroad
- Intercultural and global competencies
- Groundwork for the illustrative case studies
- Presojourn language and (inter)cultural development
- Nora and Mimi's sojourn and reentry
- Lana and Jade's sojourn and reentry
- New ways of being
- Cultivating global and intercultural competencies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230527218
- 0230527213
- OCLC:
- 237885798
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