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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"host family"”.
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Making Meaning of the American Student-Spanish Host Family Experience
… those they come into contact with, and their host families in particular. Yet little has been asked of the host families regarding what they may learn about American culture from having U.S. students living in their homes and what the hosting experience means to them. This study addresses a …
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Host Families’ Perspectives of the Impact of the Commodification of Education on the Student-Host Family Relationship in Study Abroad
… overlooked how these trends affect the student-host family relationship from the family's perspective. </p> <p>This study examines whether, and, if so, how Spanish host families perceive their roles and relationships with the American students they host have been impacted by these trends. Using …
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Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Novel Spiroplasma Isolates
… bacteria that have evolved to occupy broad host ranges including plants, insects and crustaceans. Spiroplasmas are the causative agent of several economically important agricultural diseases, but most host-microbe interactions appear to be commensal. Given the ubiquitous nature of these …
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Social and personal engagement and development during study abroad: experiential perspectives from Saudi language learners
… was difficult except for those who lived with a host family.
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Social and learner-specific factors in the acquisition of nativelike phonetic contrasts by study abroad students in Paris, France
… French proficiency, ideologies about the host community, contact with the French language in the host community, and locally-specific nasal vowel perception. These instruments included a cloze test and an elicited imitation test for proficiency, a battery of motivational and attitudinal …
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Information mismatch: what international students thought their community college experience would be like
… the community college is word of mouth from family and friends, agents, and online sources (Bodycott, 2009; Bohman, 2010; Doku, 2007; Hamrick, 2007; Jones, 2006; Lee, 2008; Ottinger, 2009; Zeszortarski, 2003). Little is known about what prospective students are learning during these …
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The Effect Of Peer Advisors On Esl Students' Perspectives Of University Academic Tasks
… foreign student orientation programs, host family programs, and programs linking foreign students with American student study partners.
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Speaking of culture : the tango of cultural sensitivity and language learning in a study abroad context
… sensitivity, students’ relationship with their host family, motivation to learn the language, the amount of time students’ spent interacting with native speakers, as well as students’ oral language skills during a seven-week study abroad program. Surveys were used to measure each of the …
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Korean diaspora in the age of globalization: early study abroad (ESA) college students in the Midwest
… of the participants, there was a potentially hostile climate for international students who experienced discrimination and segregation for the first time. A “Chilly Climate” of campus environment is not new in the US. As Smith (1989) points out, many studies suggest “some campus environments …
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Mimicry and speciation in the parasitic finches of Africa
… whydahs (genus Vidua), that occur across Africa. Host colonisation is tightly linked to speciation in Vidua because of their remarkable capacity to imprint on their hosts, with mating traits and host preferences being influenced by the parasite's early environment. The challenge of explaining why …