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Lemmons, Kelly – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
American universities are decreasing the length of study abroad programs in an effort to send more students abroad. Recent publications find that "short-term" programs struggle to increase participants' cultural understanding. However, these research findings fail to offer an explanation as to why shorter programs are falling short. This…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Focus Groups
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Cope, Lida – Language and Education, 2011
Texas Czech is a product of over a century and a half of contact between Moravian Czech and English in Texas. While Texans of this descent have largely maintained a sense of distinctive ethnic identity and have creatively re-authenticated their ancestors' traditions into a unique Texas Czech culture, their language is now on the verge of…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Participant Observation, Foreign Countries, Slavic Languages