ISBN:
9781789201161
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
232 p.
Edition:
1st edition
Keywords:
Study Abroad, International Education, Educational Studies, Cultural Immersion, International Students, Global Students
Abstract:
Written for study abroad practitioners, this book introduces theoretical understandings of key study abroad terms including ́the global/national,́ ́culture,́ ́native speaker,́ ́immersion,́ and ́host society.́ Building theories on these notions with perspectives from cultural anthropology, political science, educational studies, linguistics, and narrative studies, it suggests ways to incorporate them in study abroad practices. Through attention to daily activities via the concept of immersion, it reframes study abroad not as an encounter with cultural others but as an occasion to analyze constructions of ́differenceś in daily life, backgrounded by structural arrangements.
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Sample Questions -- Chapter 1. The Global and the National: Does the Global Need the National, and If It Does, What́s Wrong with That? -- Recommended Readings -- Sample Questions -- Chapter 2. Culture: Is It a Homogeneous, Static Unit of Difference? -- Recommended Readings -- Sample Questions -- Activity: Study Abroad Checklist -- Chapter 3. ́Native Speakerś: Do They Really Exist, and Should Students Aim to Speak Like Them? -- Recommended Readings -- Sample Questions -- Chapter 4. Immersion: Is It Really about ́Living Like a Locaĺ? -- Recommended Readings -- Activity: Daorba Yduts -- Sample Questions -- Chapter 5. Host Society and Host Family: Who Are They, and Who Shapes Their Lives? -- Recommended Readings -- Sample Questions -- Chapter 6. Border Crossing: Do We Instead Construct Borders through Learning and Volunteering? -- Recommended Readings -- Sample Questions -- Chapter 7. Self-Transformation: Do Assessing and Talking about Self-Transformation Involve Power Politics? -- Recommended Readings -- Sample Questions -- Conclusion and Departure: New Frameworks for Study Abroad -- References -- Index --
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