Byram / Feng Living and Studying Abroad

Research and Practice
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-85359-912-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Languages for Intercultural Communication and Education

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byram, Michael

Feng, Anwei

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Robert Crawshaw
1. Introduction - Michael Byram and Anwei Feng
Sojourns Far
2. Japanese Students in England – Mari Ayano
3. Irish Students in Japan - Aileen Pearson-Evans
4. The One Less Travelled by ….: The Experience of Chinese Students in a UK University – Christine Burnett and John Gardner
Sojourns Near
5. Reciprocal Adjustment by Host and Sojourning Groups: Mainland Chinese Students in Hong Kong - Carol Lam
6. Study Abroad and Experiences of Cultural Distance and Proximity: French Erasmus Students - Vassiliki Papatsiba
Short-Term Sojourns
7. Ethnographic Pedagogy and Evaluation in Short-term Study Abroad: Study Abroad and Experiences of Cultural Distance and Proximity – Jane Jackson
8. Student Perspectives in Short-term Study Programmes Abroad: A Grounded Theory Study - Gertrud Tarp
Lasting Effects on Sojourners
9. The Assistant Experience in Retrospect: An Interview Study Examining its Educational and Professional Significance in Teachers' Biographies - Susanne Ehrenreich
10. British Students in France: Ten Years On - Geof Alred and Mike Byram
Evaluating the Impact Identification and Assessment of Intercultural Competence as a Student Outcome of Internationalization - Darla Deardorff
References

Über Autor(innen)

Byram Michael:
Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at the University of Durham, UK and Guest Professor at the University of Luxembourg.Feng Anwei:
Dr Anwei Feng has teaching and research experience in tertiary institutions in many countries and regions including China, Hong Kong, Singapore as well as the UK. He is currently Reader in Education and directs Graduate Programmes in the School of Education at Bangor University, UK. His main research interests are in the areas of bi/trilingualism and bi/trilingual education and intercultural studies in education. His recent publications include Becoming Interculturally Competent through Education and Training (2009, with M. Byram and M. Fleming) and Bilingual Education in China: Practices, Policies and Concepts (2007). He also regularly publishes articles in these areas in peer-reviewed journals.Michael Byram is Professor of Education at Durham University where he has taught trainee teachers, and researched language teaching and the experience of living abroad on language students in Higher Education. He is also Adviser to the Council of Europe Language Policy Division. Anwei Feng lectures and supervises education doctoral students at Durham University. His research interests include intercultural studies, language education and the experience of students from Asia in the UK.