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LIVING AND STUDYING ABROAD
RESEARCH AND PRACTICE |
By: |
Michael Byram (Editor), Anwei Feng (Editor) |
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ISBN 10: |
1853599107 |
ISBN 13: |
9781853599101 |
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Publisher: |
CHANNEL VIEW PUBLICATIONS LTD |
Pub. date: |
18 August, 2006 |
Series: |
Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education |
Pages: |
296 |
Description: |
Studies of students who travel to other countries for study. It includes students travelling within Europe, from Europe and America to East Asia and China and vice versa. The articles report the results of research and also give detailed accounts of the research methods used, and this will be particularly useful to other researchers. |
Synopsis: |
The internationalisation of higher education has led to study abroad being a large scale phenomenon. Students spend short periods on study tours or a year or more taking courses in foreign universities. Studying aboard cannot be dissociated however from learning to live in another country and culture. The need to adapt to a new education system is obvious but the inevitable difficulties of living in another culture for the purpose of study are also an important facet of the whole experience. Chapters in this book report research into this whole phenomenon. Authors have researched students travelling across the world, from East to West and West to East, and also the effects of studying in countries which seem to be more like students' own. Each chapter explains the case in question, the findings from the research and what the implications might be. The second part of each chapter is then a critical reflection on the research methods used. The book thus provides a guide to the complexity of this kind of research and how that complexity can be handled with appropriate techniques and methods. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Multilingual Matters |
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