1st Edition
Study Abroad and interculturality Perspectives and discourses
Introduction: Interculturality in study abroad 1. Difference and awareness in cultural travel: negotiating blocks and threads 2. ‘Breathing the smells of native-styled English’: a narrativized account of an L2 sojourn 3. Cultural adaptation in different facets of life and the impact of language: a case study of personal adjustment patterns during study abroad 4. ‘I am Italian in the world’: a mobile student’s story of language learning and ideological becoming 5. Mobile students’ appraisals of keys to a successful stay abroad experience: hints from the IEREST project 6. Englishisation at a global space: students and staff making sense of language choices 7. Student mobility and internationalisation in higher education: perspectives from practitioners 8. English as an academic lingua franca and intercultural awareness: student mobility in the transcultural university 9. Interculturality and the study abroad experience: students’ learning from the IEREST materials 10. Enhancing student experiences abroad: the potential of dynamic assessment to develop student interculturality Pedagogical forum 11. Intercultural preparation for future mobile students: a pedagogical experience 12. Intercultural education in practice: two pedagogical experiences with mobile students
Biography
Claudia Borghetti is Research Fellow in Language Learning and Teaching at the Department of Modern Languages, Literature and Cultures, University of Bologna, Italy.
Ana Beaven is an English Language teacher at the University Language Centre, University of Bologna, Italy.
