Living and studying abroad : research and practice / edited by Michael Byram and Anwei Feng.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Byram, Michael.

Feng, Anwei, 1954-

Series:

Languages for intercultural communication and education ; 12.

Languages for intercultural communication and education ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign study.

Foreign study--Research.

Foreign study--Research--Methodology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon [England] ; Buffalo, NY : Multilingual Matters Ltd., 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The internationalisation of higher education has led to study abroad being a large scale phenomenon. Students spend short periods on study tours or a year or more taking courses in foreign universities. Studying aboard cannot be dissociated however from learning to live in another country and culture. The need to adapt to a new education system is obvious but the inevitable difficulties of living in another culture for the purpose of study are also an important facet of the whole experience. Chapters in this book report research into this whole phenomenon. Authors have researched students travelling across the world, from East to West and West to East, and also the effects of studying in countries which seem to be more like students’ own. Each chapter explains the case in question, the findings from the research and what the implications might be. The second part of each chapter is then a critical reflection on the research methods used. The book thus provides a guide to the complexity of this kind of research and how that complexity can be handled with appropriate techniques and methods.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword

About the Authors

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Japanese Students in Britain

Chapter 3. Recording the Journey: Diaries of Irish Students in Japan

Chapter 4. The One Less Travelled By . . .: The Experience of Chinese Students in a UK University

Chapter 5. Reciprocal Adjustment by Host and Sojourning Groups: Mainland Chinese Students in Hong Kong

Chapter 6. Study Abroad and Experiences of Cultural Distance and Proximity: French Erasmus Students

Chapter 7. Ethnographic Pedagogy and Evaluation in Short-Term Study Abroad

Chapter 8. Student Perspectives in Short-Term Study Programmes Abroad: A Grounded Theory Study

Chapter 9. The Assistant Experience in Retrospect and its Educational and Professional Significance in Teachers’ Biographies

Chapter 10. British Students in France: 10 Years On

Chapter 11. Assessing Intercultural Competence in Study Abroad Students

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-276)

ISBN:

9786610609659

9781280609657

1280609656

9781853599125

1853599123

OCLC:

299570469

Publisher Number:

9781853599125