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Language and Culture Exchange in Foreign Language Learning: An Experiment and Recommendations
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Lockley, Thomas; Yoshida, Chiharu – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
This study attempts to build on the little work that has been done so far on empirically and systematically researching what language and culture exchange (LCE) in the classroom between students of different foreign languages means to those students. It describes the context and method used to build such an exchange and after reviewing relevant…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Japanese
L2 Academic Discourse Socialization through Oral Presentations: An Undergraduate Student's Learning Trajectory in Study Abroad
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Kobayashi, Masaki – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2016
The present study provides an in-depth, longitudinal account of an undergraduate student's L2 discourse socialization in an academic exchange program in Canada. By invoking Rogoff's (1995) notion of participatory appropriation, this qualitative case study examined an L2 student's task-related strategies and performance as they evolved over time in…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Socialization, Undergraduate Students, Study Abroad
Un Echange pas commes les autres: Normaliens et GTA's. (An Exchange Unlike the Others: Normal School Students and Graduate Teaching Assistants).
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Millman, Mary M.; Cadenhead, Kenneth – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Presents the benefits and problems of an unusual exchange program involving graduate teaching assistants from Auburn University (Alabama) and prospective teachers from the Ecole Normale (Caen, France). Through journal entries, the students related their problems with living arrangements, differences in teaching methods, and their increased…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries
Internationalizing the Universities. AIR 1985 Annual Forum Paper.
Fransson, Lars – 1985
The program for internationalizing undergraduate studies at Swedish universities and colleges is described, with attention to the background for program development, current methods to implement the program, and outcomes. In addition to using Sweden and Uppsala University as an example, suggestions for integrating internationalization in the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, College Second Language Programs, Exchange Programs, Faculty Development
Culture and Language Learning in Higher Education.
Byram, Michael, Ed. – 1994
A collection of papers concerning cultural studies within college and university second language programs, particularly for foreign students, includes program descriptions from a variety of countries and discussions of cultural education and cultural conflict. Themes include the nature of cultural teaching, cultural education as a discipline,…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Culture Conflict
Inventory of International Education Activities at Southeast Florida Colleges and Universities.
Saunders-Hamilton, Tanya R. – 1984
Information concerning international education activities at 15 Southeast Florida colleges and universities is presented. Twelve of the schools are members of the Southeast Florida Educational Consortium. A questionnaire was administered in 1982-1983 to determine foreign student presence, academic programs, contracts and grants, and administrative…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Programs, College Second Language Programs