Living and Studying Abroad: Research and Practice

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Michael Byram, Anwei Feng
Multilingual Matters, Jan 1, 2006 - Education - 276 pages
'Living and Studying Abroad' looks at 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.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Sojourns
11
Diaries of Irish Students
38
The Experience of Chinese
64
Sojourns Near
91
Study Abroad and Experiences of Cultural Distance
108
ShortTerm Sojourns
134
Student Perspectives in ShortTerm Study Programmes
157
Lasting Effects on Sojourners
186
10 Years
210
Evaluating the Impact
232
References
257
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Michael Byram is Professor Emeritus at Durham University, England. Having studied languages at Cambridge University, he taught French and German in school and adult education and then did teacher education at Durham. He was adviser to the Language Policy Division of the Council of Europe and then on the expert group which produced the Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture. His research has included the education of minorities, foreign language teaching and intercultural competence, and more recently on how the PhD is experienced and assessed in a range of different countries. Anwei Feng is Professor of Language Education at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC). He has had teaching and research experience in many countries and regions including China, Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore and the UK. His research areas include multilingualism, multilingual education, and intercultural studies in education.

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