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U.S.-Based Short-Term Public Health Cultural Immersion Experience for Chinese Undergraduate Students
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Powell, Dorothy Lewis; Biederman, Donna J. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2017
A U.S. and Chinese university developed a short-term student exchange program in public/community health. The program--which consisted of lectures, seminars, field trips, cross-cultural experiences, and a synthesis excursion--resulted in high levels of program satisfaction, increased intrapersonal awareness, and skill acquisition. Program content…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Public Health, Immersion Programs, Student Exchange Programs
Study Abroad Contexts for Enhanced Foreign Language Learning. Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies (ALCS) Book Series
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Velliaris, Donna M., Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
Popular opinion has long assumed that learning a foreign language requires not only traditional classroom instruction but also immersion among native speakers of the language. This opinion is so strongly held that students who study through immersion are believed to become more proficient than those who do not. "Study Abroad Contexts for…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Travel, Learner Engagement
Developing Cultural Intelligence for Global Leadership through Mindfulness
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Tuleja, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2014
Understanding how businesses function in relation to cultural and societal influences is critical for today's business leader who wants to interact competently across borders. However, developing and evaluating such competence is a challenge. One concept that provides a holistic conceptualization of intercultural competence is the notion of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Metacognition, Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education
IT and the Year of the Chinese Campus
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Schaffhauser, Dian – Campus Technology, 2010
The lure of entering the China "market" has led numerous North American colleges and universities to open campuses or offices on Chinese soil--in anticipation of bolstering enrollment numbers, wooing a promising supply of Chinese students, and offering their American or other international students the opportunity to live and study…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Masters Programs, Foreign Countries, Chinese
A Change in Teaching Philosophy: The Effects of Short-Term Teaching Immersion on English Teaching Beliefs and Practice
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Wong, Ruth Ming Har – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
Research has shown that the underlying teaching beliefs or theories of any particular teacher have generally been considered relatively stable and static throughout his or her career. However, this study investigates how one teacher's beliefs regarding both teaching and learning were changed during a short-term study and immersion program abroad.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Career Development, Beliefs
Language Magazine: The Journal of Communication & Education, 2002.
Ward, Ben, Ed. – Language Magazine: The Journal of Communication & Education, 2002
These 12 issues of the journal include articles on such topics as the following: classical languages; early literacy; ancient languages; study abroad; teacher training; dialects; computer uses in education; classroom techniques; illustrated dictionaries for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students; communication through poetry; bilingual…
Descriptors: Ancient History, Bilingual Education, Classical Languages, Classroom Techniques