Transforming study abroad : a handbook /
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 p...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
[2019]
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The global and the national : does the global need the national, and if it does, what's wrong with that?
- Culture : is it a homogeneous, static unit of difference?
- Native speakers : do they really exist, and should students aim to speak like them?
- Immersion : is it really about "living like a local"?
- Host society and host family : who are they, and who shapes their lives?
- Border crossing : do we instead construct borders through learning and volunteering?
- Self-transformation : do assessing and talking about self-transformation involve power politics?
- Conclusion and departure : new frameworks for study abroad.