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Cioltan-Draghiciu, Andra; Stanciu, Daniela – Research-publishing.net, 2020
The aim of this Virtual Exchange (VE) project was to bring together students from the Andrássy Gyula German speaking university (AUB) in Budapest, Hungary, and Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu (LBUS), Romania, in order for them to get to know their neighbors and reflect on the way the end of WWI is remembered 100 years later. In this case study,…
Descriptors: Student Exchange Programs, International Educational Exchange, Foreign Countries, Universities
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Cunico, Sonia – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Language tandem exchanges offer students valuable opportunities for autonomous learning and authentic intercultural communication encounters. This paper will discuss the key principles of tandem language exchange, and in particular online ones, and then present the EU-funded European University Tandem (EUniTa) project which was developed by…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Downey, Greg; Gray, Tonia – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
Web 2.0 technologies create opportunities for distance learning with particular promise for students while they are on international exchange. The current generation of students departing for study abroad is electronically literate or "digital natives", who have thoroughly integrated internet and communication technologies into their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Web 2.0 Technologies, Electronic Publishing
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Gisevius, Annette; Weber, Robin A. – Intercultural Education, 2009
The Transatlantic Orientation Exchange/Multiplikatorenschulung im transatlan-tischen Austausch is a collaboration between volunteers and staff in both the US and German AFS organizations. The goal of the project is to increase the level of intercultural learning of German and US secondary education exchange participants and their host families.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, German, Volunteers
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Mollica, Anthony – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1985
Discusses student cultural exchange programs in Canada, focusing on: (1) the value of cultural exchanges and (2) the findings of research studies on the effects of student exchanges on second-language proficiency and student attitudes toward the people they are visiting. A list of current exchange programs is appended. (SED)
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Exchange, Intercultural Communication
Weaver, Henry D., Ed. – 1989
This bibliography brings together a comprehensive listing of studies from all disciplines about United States students studying abroad. The bibliography lists 267 items, many with abstracts, covering the years 1951 through 1988. Its scope include all published reports as well as unpublished papers. The studies are arranged by author, with…
Descriptors: College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Higher Education
Good, Johnny L.; Campbell, Sherri L. – 1997
A study abroad program in Jordan has been run by Ambassador University (Texas) for the last 15 years. During this time, nearly 150 Ambassador University students have participated in a work-study program in Amman sponsored by the Ambassador Foundation. During their stay in Jordan, the students teach Jordanian students with physical and mental…
Descriptors: College Programs, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Junrod, Sylvia – International Understanding at School, 1983
Swiss college students relate their impressions concerning a visit they made to Senegal as part of a Swiss-Senegalese student exchange. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Awareness, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
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Chambers, Gary – Language Learning Journal, 1994
Discusses the development and implementation of a student exchange program between the University of Leeds in England and the Institut fur Praxis der Theorie der Schule in Kiel, Germany. Ten Leeds students participated in the program, which was designed to give students an appreciation of German culture, language, and vocational teaching methods.…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, German, Higher Education
Nixon, Harold L. – 1989
The Wright State University International Student Exchange Program is described. This school's approach to student exchange programs immerses students in the daily life of countries in Asia and South America at minimal cost to the participating institutions. Through exchange agreements with universities in Japan, Brazil, and China, students get 4…
Descriptors: College Students, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Culture
Du Tilly, Geraldina Margain de H. – 1979
The paper describes an international student exchange program for 11-year-old children, and discusses the operation and goals of the program in Mexico. The main objective of the program is to create a base for world friendship and global understanding during the pre-adolescent years, which are believed to be formative for acquiring basic social…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs, Elementary Education
Agurcia, Joan Bundy – 1984
The development and implementation of a high school program bringing together 8 limited-English-proficient Hispanic students and 20 students of Spanish as a foreign language is described. The program's objective was to improve relations and decrease linguistic and cultural separation between the two groups. The approach used was multicultural,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education Programs, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
Donovan, Katherine C. – 1981
This handbook suggests many different ways in which volunteers in community groups can assist students and scholars from the People's Republic of China (PRC) in adjusting to life in the United States. First, the introduction deals with the background of the attitudes and expectations of the men and women now coming to the United States and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Chinese Culture, Community Programs, Community Role