Intercultural Learning Assessment: The Link between Program Duration and the Development of Intercultural Sensitivity
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https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v10i1.141Keywords:
Intercultural learning, Assessment, Duration, Intercultural SensitivityAbstract
The study presented here aims to enhance our understanding of intercultural learning by focusing on the link between the development of intercultural sensitivity and the first of Engle and Engle’s key study abroad components, program duration.
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