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 science, educational studies, linguistics, and narrative studies, it suggests ways to incorporate them in study abroad practices. Through attention to daily activities via the concept of immersion, it reframes study abroad not as an encounter with cultural others but as an occasion to analyze…mehr
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 science, educational studies, linguistics, and narrative studies, it suggests ways to incorporate them in study abroad practices. Through attention to daily activities via the concept of immersion, it reframes study abroad not as an encounter with cultural others but as an occasion to analyze constructions of "differences" in daily life, backgrounded by structural arrangements.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Neriko Musha Doerr teaches at Salameno School of American and International Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA. Her research interests include bilingual and heritage language education and the anthropology of education.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Sample Questions Chapter 1. The Global and the National: Does the Global Need the National, and If It Does, What's Wrong with That? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Chapter 2. Culture: Is It a Homogeneous, Static Unit of Difference? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Activity: Study Abroad Checklist Chapter 3. "Native Speakers": Do They Really Exist, and Should Students Aim to Speak Like Them? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Chapter 4. Immersion: Is It Really about "Living Like a Local"? Recommended Readings Activity: Daorba Yduts Sample Questions Chapter 5. Host Society and Host Family: Who Are They, and Who Shapes Their Lives? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Chapter 6. Border Crossing: Do We Instead Construct Borders through Learning and Volunteering? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Chapter 7. Self-Transformation: Do Assessing and Talking about Self-Transformation Involve Power Politics? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Conclusion and Departure: New Frameworks for Study Abroad References Index
Acknowledgments Introduction Sample Questions Chapter 1. The Global and the National: Does the Global Need the National, and If It Does, What's Wrong with That? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Chapter 2. Culture: Is It a Homogeneous, Static Unit of Difference? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Activity: Study Abroad Checklist Chapter 3. "Native Speakers": Do They Really Exist, and Should Students Aim to Speak Like Them? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Chapter 4. Immersion: Is It Really about "Living Like a Local"? Recommended Readings Activity: Daorba Yduts Sample Questions Chapter 5. Host Society and Host Family: Who Are They, and Who Shapes Their Lives? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Chapter 6. Border Crossing: Do We Instead Construct Borders through Learning and Volunteering? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Chapter 7. Self-Transformation: Do Assessing and Talking about Self-Transformation Involve Power Politics? Recommended Readings Sample Questions Conclusion and Departure: New Frameworks for Study Abroad References Index
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