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Bai, Jieru; Larimer, Susan; Riner, Mary Beth – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2016
This article discusses some practical strategies for designing and implementing a cross-cultural interprofessional study abroad course, including pre-departure preparation, facilitating small groups with local students, establishing a weekly theme, utilizing role-play and reflective assignments, and implementing meaningful evaluation strategies.…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cross Cultural Training, Educational Strategies, Educational Practices
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O'Sullivan, Novella; Amirabdollahian, Farzad – Journal of International Students, 2016
This study explores the dietary experiences of international students in a British university, and how these phenomena differ from what they experienced in their home country. Ten participants were recruited using purposive sampling. The inclusion criteria were international students who had lived in England for less than a year; those with…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Acculturation, Student Attitudes, Study Abroad
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DeWaele, Jean-Marc; Wei, Li – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2013
The present study investigates the link between multilingualism and the personality trait Tolerance of Ambiguity (TA) among 2158 mono-, bi- and multilinguals. Monolinguals and bilinguals scored significantly lower on TA compared to multilinguals. A high level of global proficiency of various languages was linked to higher TA scores. A stay abroad…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Correlation
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Chachkine, Elsa – Research-publishing.net, 2020
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO, 2019), many of today's skills will not match the jobs of tomorrow. Lifelong learning and learning to learn are thus crucial. The main objective of this exploratory research is to investigate how the social dimension of the Russian course sustains autonomisation and whether it supports the…
Descriptors: Russian, Apprenticeships, Engineering Education, Action Research
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Tang, Xiaokang; Collier, Daniel A.; Witt, Allison – Journal of International Students, 2018
This qualitative research was conducted on Chinese international students preparing to study in the United States about their expectation and perception of American universities. It explored motivation for pursuing degrees in the United States, expectations of life in the United States, and plans post-graduation. Findings suggest that these…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Students, Student Attitudes, Parent Aspiration
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Jin, Li – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2018
Different from the traditional term language input, affordance, an ecological term, has been deployed to analyze the perceived opportunities for second language (L2) learning an environment provides to L2 learners. L2 learning occurs only when the semiotic resources in the environment resonate with the learner's capacities such as their abilities,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Educational Environment, Linguistic Input
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Fleckenstein, Johanna; Leucht, Michael; Köller, Olaf – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
Most English-medium programs at European universities require prospective students to take standardised tests for English as a foreign language (EFL) to be admitted. However, there are contexts in which individual teachers' judgements serve the same function, thus having high-stakes consequences for the higher education entrance of their students.…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Rating Scales, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
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Hijazo-Gascón, Alberto – Language Learning Journal, 2018
This article explores the second language acquisition of motion events, with particular regard to cross-linguistic influence between first and second languages. Oral narratives in Spanish as a second language by native speakers of French, German and Italian are compared, together with narratives by native Spanish speakers. Previous analysis on the…
Descriptors: French, German, Spanish, Italian
Hao, Jing – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study was designed to explore the experiences of Chinese international students attending a research university in the United States, from the time they received offers of acceptance to study abroad until they left China (pre-arrival period) through the end of their first quarter as freshmen (early post-arrival period). The researcher sought…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Asians, Chinese, Undergraduate Students
Nguyen, Bao Q. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
While internationalization in higher education is widely documented, little research has been conducted on how internationalization efforts at the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States have been operated. Through three exploratory case studies at Boston College, Saint Louis University, and the University of San Francisco,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Church Related Colleges, Christianity, Institutional Mission
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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
Fischer, Karin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
In the 2009-2010 academic year, women accounted for nearly two-thirds of the 270,600 American students going overseas. Indeed, the proportion of men studying overseas has remained the same--or flatlined, to put it less charitably--for more than two decades. Sending a broader cross-section of majors abroad has not made a dent in the gender gap…
Descriptors: Females, Majors (Students), Study Abroad, Gender Differences
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Cameron, Margaux; Lacy, T. Austin; Siegel, Peter; Wu, Joanna; Wilson, Ashley; Johnson, Ruby; Burns, Rachel; Wine, Jennifer – National Center for Education Statistics, 2021
This First Look report presents basic findings about undergraduate student experiences during COVID-19 in spring 2020. These findings are based on preliminary data from the 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20), a national survey of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled any time between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Experience
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Brown, Lisa R., Ed.; Holyoke, Laura, Ed.; Hunter-Johnson, Yvonne, Ed.; McNamara, Billie, Ed. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
The American Association for Adult Continuing Education Conference Theme Adaptability, Flexibility, and Sustainability--Adult Education in Dynamic Times is a reflection of the association's global commitment to Transforming Lives and Communities across the spectrum. For the past three years, the American Association has worked to codify and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Educational Change, Art Education
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Marin, Elena – Journal of Educational Sciences, 2017
This present study has as a starting point the dual responsibility that universities have nowadays and this refers to the university as a promoter for economic growth, but also as propeller for fostering social cohesion. In this sense, we can bring into discussion the steps that have been made at a legislative level by mentioning the Bologna…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Social Integration, Inclusion
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