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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Short-term study abroad"”.
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Liminality and the short term study abroad experience
To date the relationship between study abroad and tourism has been largely understudied. This is particularly interesting given that many frameworks and concepts seeking to explain tourist experiences could also be used to investigate and understand study abroad participants’ experiences. Using a …
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Intercultural Now?: A Japanese Short-Term Study Abroad Experience
<p>This phenomenological study investigated the lived experience of seven Japanese university students who participated in short-term study abroad programs in Southeast Asia. The seven participants were a part of groups of twenty-four Japanese students who studied the local language and conducted …
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The Cultural Impact of Short-Term Study Abroad Programs
<p>This study explores the nature of the transformative experience that can occur for students as a result of participating in a short-term study abroad program. Eighteen University of South Carolina students who participated in a wide variety of topical, short-term study abroad programs during the …
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University student indigenous intercultural sensitivity and short-term study abroad
… of indigenous peoples within American study abroad programs, and student participants rarely gain an authentic experience, awareness, and intercultural sensitivity towards such groups. This case study seeks to address this disparity through the creation of a new geography short-term …
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Understanding short-term study abroad programs from a facilitator's perspective
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Task-based pragmatic interventions and intercultural communicative competency : a comparison of students in a short-term study abroad program with the home university
… undergraduate students. The data in the current study come from two different groups of students enrolled in third-semester lower-division German at the University of Texas at Austin (UT). The experimental or study abroad (SA) group is made up of 18 UT undergraduates who studied abroad for 10 …
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Short-Term Study Abroad And Dialect Acquisition: An Analysis Of The Acquisition Of The Ustedes-Vosotros Verbal Mixing By Study Abroad L2 Learners Of Spanish
Study abroad is often idealized as a panacea for language learning. The growth in the popularity of studying abroad has led to the proliferation of programs of various lengths, among which is the short-term study abroad program, typically lasting around one month. Much needed investigation remains …
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The Development of Intercultural Maturity in Second Year College Students
… of this mixed-methods, quasi-experimental study was to investigate the development of intercultural maturity in second year college students -- both those who complete a short-term study abroad experience and those who remain on campus. Pre-test, post-test, and three-month follow-up …
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The Relationship Between Study Abroad And Motivation, Attitude And Anxiety In University Students Learning A Foreign Language
… was to discover the program effects of long- and short-term study abroad for university students at a midwestern, public university. Affective outcomes, such as motivation, attitude and anxiety, were examined using Gardner's Attitudes and Motivational Test Battery (AMTB) survey and a student …
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Short-term Athletic Foreign Tours and Student Learning Outcomes: A Program Evaluation
… same student learning outcomes observed in long-term study abroad can be met during short-term programs, if executed correctly. Intercollegiate athletic foreign travel tours (AFTs) are similar to short-term study abroad programs, but little research has been done on these programs. By analyzing …
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Preparing Global Leaders: A Theoretical Model for Understanding the Development of Intercultural Competency
… a considerable body of research has found that studying abroad is one of the best ways for undergraduate students to develop at least one characteristic of ICC (Chieffo & Griffths, 2004; Deardorff, 2006; Sheridan, 2005). The question remains, however, whether or not study abroad programs can …
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An interpretive qualitative study of baccalaureate nursing students following an eight-day international cultural experience in Tanzania
Intercultural competence through study abroad is widely recognized as a preferred teaching approach for the development of globally competent health care practitioners. Colleges and universities are looking for multiple ways to encourage students to study abroad because of the noteworthy effects …
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Developing Social Networks and Language Learning: Japanese ESL Students in a Study Abroad Context
The current study investigates the relationship between the English language proficiency of Japanese students in a short term study abroad (SA) context and the structure of their social networks. Their personal social networks were investigated through individual interviews. Analyzing their …
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Faith development of Christian college students engaged in a one-month study abroad mission trip
… been conducted to show the relationship between short-term study abroad/mission experiences and the faith development of those who engage in them. Christian colleges and universities utilize these experiences to help develop their students' faith. This research analyzed the relationship between a …
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Speaking of culture : the tango of cultural sensitivity and language learning in a study abroad context
… and educational institutions are turning to study abroad programs as one of the primary means of providing students with important cross-cultural and linguistic skills. However, because of constraints on time and financial resources most students participate in short term programs lasting …
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The Short-Term Study Travel Experience for Adult Professionals: A Phenomenological Study
… and cross-cultural learning are achieved through study travel. This phenomenologial study was designed to better illuminate the short-term study travel experience for adult professionals, describing the phenomenon from the perspective of the participants and itsmeaning for those participants. The …
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Student perspectives on study abroad: the case of Louisiana State University's summer internships in the French Alps
While many studies have been conducted on study abroad programs, few have sought to examine the inner workings of a short-term, non-traditional (non-classroom based) program, particularly from the participants’ point-of-view. This in-depth case study explores a short-term (4-week) cultural and …
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Learning Language and Culture outside the Classroom: Korean Study Abroad Students' Experience
This qualitative study examined seven Korean students' language and culture learning experiences in a study abroad context. The purpose of this study is to gain insight about the processes of students' social interactions and development of communicative competence outside the classroom. My …
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Meeting the Self and the Other: Intercultural Learning During a Faculty-led Short-term Service-Learning Course to Belize
… sustainable, and pedagogically sound. This study examined how participants in a faculty-led short-term global service-learning course to Belize experienced and perceived cultural difference and how that professor attended to and sought to address cultural difference and issues of power, …