Transforming Study Abroad : : A Handbook / / Neriko Musha Doerr.
Written for study abroad practitioners, this book introduces theoretical understandings of key study abroad terms including “the global/national,” “culture,” “native speaker,” “immersion,” and “host society.” Building theories on these notions with perspectives from cultural anthropology, political...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Global and the National: Does the Global Need the National, and If It Does, What’s Wrong with That?
- 2 Culture: Is It a Homogeneous, Static Unit of Difference?
- 3 “Native Speakers” Do They Really Exist, and Should Students Aim to Speak Like Them?
- 4 Immersion: Is It Really about “Living Like a Local”?
- 5 Host Society and Host Family: Who Are They, and Who Shapes Their Lives?
- 6 Border Crossing: Do We Instead Construct Borders through Learning and Volunteering?
- 7 Self-Transformation: Do Assessing and Talking about Self-Transformation Involve Power Politics?
- Conclusion and Departure: New Frameworks for Study Abroad
- References
- Index