scholarly journals Korean Study-Abroad Students’ Retrospective Narratives of Adjustment Experience in the Host Country

English21 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-457
Author(s):  
Hohsung Choe
English Today ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hohsung Choe ◽  
Eunmi Son

The number of Korean students studying abroad has dropped drastically in the last decade. In 2014, 10,907 students ranging from age six to 18 went abroad, just over one-third of the total in 2006 when the number hit its highest peak at 29,511 (Korea Herald, 2015). There are a number of reasons for this apparent trend. First, study abroad students have a hard time adjusting themselves to life in the host country, and it is also common for them to experience readjustment difficulties when returning to Korea. Second, parents believe that children can learn ‘authentic’ English in Korea: various English immersion programmes are now available for young learners. Third, studying abroad no longer guarantees children's future success. Returnees are not preferred in the job market due to their in-between identity.


2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Edward Jay Quinto ◽  
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Bernardino C. Ofalia ◽  
Jinho Bae ◽  
Lean Syhing Salonga ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Radha M. K. Nambiar ◽  
Noraini Ibrahim ◽  
Tamby Subhan Mohd Meerah

Author(s):  
Christian Tarchi ◽  
Alessio Surian

AbstractUniversities have been promoting study abroad programmes for a long time to improve intercultural competence. However, the mere exposure to cultural differences while studying abroad does not ensure intercultural competence, unless study abroad students’ reflective processes are explicitly targeted. The article presents the results of a short intervention grounded in the problem-based approach aimed at improving intercultural competence in study abroad students. Students were assigned to three conditions: a video-log condition (in which they have to narrate a critical incident occurred to them), a reflection-induced video-logs (in which they were prompted to reflect on the video-logs produced), and an active control condition. The reflection-induced video-log intervention improved students’ perceived proficiency in Italian and perceived opportunities for cultural reflection, but it did not contribute to improve students’ applicable and conceptual knowledge of intercultural competence.


2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 873-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Tarchi ◽  
Alessio Surian ◽  
Colette Daiute

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-62
Author(s):  
Fumie Kato

A language assistant (LA) program was introduced into a university-level Japanese program. The LAs in this program consisted of Japanese study abroad students, that is English as a second language students, coming to study from Japanese universities for either one semester or one academic year, as well as American learners returning from a one-year academic study abroad program in Japan. In the southeastern region of the United States, the Japanese language is not yet considered a major foreign language, thus few opportunities exist for American learners to connect with native speakers of Japanese. The LA program endeavors to ease this limitation. It has been extremely beneficial for our American learners to have opportunities to communicate regularly with Japanese study abroad students in the classrooms. Furthermore, it was found tremendously valuable for Japanese study abroad students and greatly helpful for the instructors as well. This paper describes the procedures and examines the effectiveness of introducing an LA program into Japanese language classes. To analyze the program, questionnaires were distributed to LAs (N=20); five department instructors wrote comments concerning the program; and five Japanese language learners submitted reflection papers. Analyses of the qualitative data indicate that the LA program has many advantages for everyone participating.


2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 338-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie B. Hartjes ◽  
Linda C. Baumann ◽  
Jeffrey B. Henriques

Author(s):  
William David Fell ◽  
Siobhan Wright

This chapter is a case study of Carroll Community College, a small rural community college, and its plan to develop a viable travel program by using a hybrid model. This model includes three distinct cohorts: study abroad students (students who travel and take an associated credit course), lifelong learning students (travelers who take a continuing education course to prepare for the travel experience), and educational tourists (travelers who do not take an associated course). By allowing not only study abroad students but also lifelong learners (often called continuing education students) to participate in an international travel program, Carroll's mission is addressed. This chapter is a case study of how and why Carroll implemented the hybrid model as an example for other small community colleges that might wish to achieve similar results.


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