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Qiu, Ruoyi; Fedeli, Monica – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
The transitional and adaptive process of studying abroad for international students is challenging. This study explores the motivation to study abroad (MSA) and the intercultural adaptation (IA) of international Chinese doctoral students (ICDS) at an Italian university by conducting a narrative inquiry approach through semi-structured interviews.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment
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Bano, Sara; Xia, Qing; Dirkx, John – Commission for International Adult Education, 2021
In this paper we will share successful teaching techniques for creating effective learning experiences for adult learners in an international context. We studied the experiences of two groups of Chinese undergraduate students from public health and nursing in short-term study abroad programs in the United States. We used the experiential learning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, College Students, Experiential Learning, Public Health
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Salin, Sandra, Ed.; Hall, Damien, Ed.; Hampton, Cathy, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This volume draws together a selection of papers from YAC2018, the first meeting in the annual Year Abroad Conference series, which took place at Newcastle University in September 2018. The contributions collected here examine some of the opportunities, gains, and challenges the Year Abroad brings for both students and staff. They are presented…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Mental Health, Student Attitudes, Employment Potential
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Peng, Ying; Wright, Clare – Research-publishing.net, 2020
Study Abroad (SA) can be expected to promote personal growth, future employability, greater intercultural awareness, adaptability, and efficacy, alongside language improvement. However, students can encounter high thresholds to meeting their own expectations, and may struggle with personal and academic transition into and on return from SA. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Student Experience, Expectation
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Goria, Cecilia, Ed.; Guetta, Lea, Ed.; Hughes, Neil, Ed.; Reisenleutner, Sandra, Ed.; Speicher, Oranna, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This volume examines many of the complex issues regarding the language skills and professional competencies acquired by students studying Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) at universities in the United Kingdom and across Europe. It also outlines the innovative pedagogical strategies, methods, and resources employed by language academics to help…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Language Teachers
Wang, Yujia – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
The overseas schooling choice as a spatial strategy of capital accumulation has recently attracted scholarly attention (Findlay et al 2012; Ong 1999; Waters 2005, 2006; Brooks and Waters 2011). This paper follows an exploration of the links between geographical mobilities incurred by educational choices, capital accumulation, and class identities…
Descriptors: School Choice, Ethics, Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism
Campbell, Russell N. – 1991
A foreign language curriculum is described that was designed especially for students enrolled in a master's in business education program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The program's goals are for students: (1) to attain a high-intermediate level of proficiency in speaking, listening, and reading in the target language; and…
Descriptors: Business, Business Administration Education, Chinese, College Second Language Programs