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Career Development Told through Narrative Research: Exploring the Stories of Italian and English Young People
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Di Palma, Tiziana; Reid, Hazel – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2019
To construct a career is a complex developmental task that involves several contextual and personal factors. The uncertainty and instability that characterise modern societies are evident in many European countries. The present study aimed to explore the processes of career development and meaning-making, and how cultural and contextual factors…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cultural Context, Career Choice, College Freshmen
Learning How to Tell, Learning How to Ask: Reciprocity and Storytelling as a Community Process
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De Fina, Anna; Paternostro, Giuseppe; Amoruso, Marcello – Applied Linguistics, 2020
In this article, we discuss the discursive processes that surround storytelling of traumatic experiences in the case of minor asylum seekers involved in the recent migration flow to Italian ports. We argue that in order to understand not only how traumatic experiences are told but also how they are overcome, it is necessary to focus on the…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Trauma, Refugees, Children
Assessing Study Abroad Students' Intercultural Sensitivity with Narratives
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Tarchi, Christian; Surian, Alessio; Daiute, Colette – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2019
This study analyzed study abroad students' orientations to cultural differences as assessed with mixed methods, including traditional intercultural sensitivity measures and oral narratives of critical incidents in the foreign culture. Sixty students participated, 32 US study abroad students, and 28 Erasmus Mundus students, all studying in…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Study Abroad, Student Attitudes, Student Mobility
Caught in the Middle: Child Language Brokering as a Form of Unrecognised Language Service
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Antonini, Rachele – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
This paper will present the findings of a wide-scale research aimed at studying the phenomenon of Child Language Brokering (henceforth CLB) in Italy. After providing a description of recent immigration patterns and the provision of language services in Italy, and an overview of current research in this field, this study will discuss narrative data…
Descriptors: Child Language, Translation, Foreign Countries, Immigration
Discursive Dances: Narratives of Insider/Outsider Researcher Tensions
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Aiello, Jacqueline; Nero, Shondel J. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2019
In this article, two applied linguistics researchers who conducted qualitative studies in educational contexts in Italy and Jamaica reflexively interrogate identity tensions among their ascribed, felt and evolving insider/outsider identities and positions. The juxtaposition of selected discursively analyzed research vignettes reflects similarities…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Researchers, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context
Developing Intercultural Understanding for Study Abroad: Students' and Teachers' Perspectives on Pre-Departure Intercultural Learning
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Holmes, P.; Bavieri, L.; Ganassin, S. – Intercultural Education, 2015
This study reports on students' and teachers' perspectives on a programme designed to develop Erasmus students' intercultural understanding prior to going abroad. We aimed to understand how students and their teachers perceived pre-departure materials in promoting their awareness of key concepts related to interculturality (e.g., essentialism,…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes