A Strategies-Based Approach to Culture and Language Learning in Education Abroad Programming
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https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v17i1.246Keywords:
Evaluation, Study abroad, Education abroad, Study abroad professionals, Training materialsAbstract
This article presents a study designed to evaluate available training materials, in terms of their value to study abroad professionals, focused on culture and language learning strategies for study abroad program professionals who prepared study abroad participants. In addition, the study intended to provide the international education field with ideas for language and culture teaching, and ultimately the enhancement of language and culture learning in and out of class during the study abroad sojourn.
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Paige, R. M., Rong, J., Zhang, W., Kappler, B., Hoff, J., & Emert, H. (2002). Strategies Inventory for Learning Culture. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota.
Bennett, M. J. (1993). Toward ethnorelativism: A developmental model of intercultural sensitivity. In R. M. Paige (Ed.) Education for the intercultural experience, 2nd. Edition (pp. 21–71). Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.
Brislin, R. W. & Yoshida, T. (1994). The content of cross-cultural training: An i ntroduction. In R.W. Brislin and T. Yoshida (Eds.) Improving intercultural interactions: Modules for cross-cultural training programs (pp. 1–16). New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Carlson, J.S., Burn, B. B., Useem, J. & Yachimowitz, D. (1990). Study abroad: The experience of American undergraduates. New York: Greenwood Press.
Center for Global Education. (2005). Project for learning abroad, training, and outreach. Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California. Retrieved at website:
http://www.lmu.edu/globaled/plato/curriculum.html on September 18, 2005.
Center For Women’s Intercultural Leadership. (2003) Re-entry course resources. St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana. Retrieved at website: http://www.saintmarys.edu/%7Ecwil/php/intercultural.learning/reentry.course. resources.php on February, 22, 2005.
Cohen, A. D., Oxford, R. L., & Chi, J. C. (2001). Language Strategy Survey. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota.
Cohen, A. D., & Shively, R. L. (2002). Speech Act Measure of Language Gain. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota.
Cohen, A. D., Paige, R. M., Shively, R. L., Emert, H., & Hoff, J. (2005). Maximizing study abroad through language and culture strategies: Research on students, study abroad program professionals, and language instructors. Retrieved at website: http://www.carla.umn.edu/maxsa/research.html on November 26, 2006.
Engle, L. and Engle, J. (2004). Assessing language acquisition and intercultural sensitivity development in relation to study abroad program design. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. Volume X, Fall 2004.
Hammer, M. R., & Bennett, M. J. (1998, 2001). The Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) manual. Portland, OR: Intercultural Communication Institute.
Johnson, S., Rinehart, N., Van Cleave, L. (2005) Program designs and strategies. In J.Brockington, W. Hoffa, & P. Martin (Eds.) NAFSA’s Guide to Education Abroad for Advisers and Admininstrators, 3rd Edition (pp.345–371). NAFSA: Associations of International Educators, Washington, D.C.
Juffer, K.A. (1993). The first step in cross-cultural orientation: Defining the problem. In R. M. Paige (Ed.) Education for the i ntercultural experience, 2nd. Edition (pp. 201–218). Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.
Kohls, R. L. (1998). The survival kit for overseas living. Yarmouth, Maine: Intercultural Press.
La Brack, B. (1993). The missing linkage: The process of i ntegrating orientation and re-entry. In R. M. Paige (Ed.) Education for the intercultural experience, 2nd. Edition (pp. 241–280). Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.
La Brack, B. (2004). What’s up with culture? On-line cultural training resource for study abroad. Retrieved at website: http://www.pacific.edu/sis/culture/ on March 21, 2004.
Larsen, D. (2002). Knowing who we are. International Educator, 11, 11–13, 42.
Laubscher, M. R. (1994). Encounters with difference: Student perceptions of the role of out-of-class experiences i n education abroad. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press
Lundy Dobbert, M. L. (1998). The i mpossibility of i nternationalizing students by adding materials to courses. In Mestenhauser, J. & Ellingboe, B. (Eds.). Reforming the higher education curriculum, i nternationalizing the campus (pp. 53–68). Phoenix: Oryx Press.
Martin, J. N. (1989). Predeparture orientation: Preparing college sojourners for intercultural interaction. Communication Education, 38, 249–257.
Medina-Lopez-Portillo, A. (2004). Intercultural learning assessment: The link between program duration and the development of i ntercultural sensitivity. Frontiers: The interdisciplinary journal of study abroad, 10, 179–200.
Paige, R. M., Cohen, A. D., Shively, R (2004). Assessing the i mpact of a strategies-based curriculum on language and culture learning abroad. Frontiers: The interdisciplinary journal of study abroad, 10, 253–276.
Paige, R. M., Cohen, A. D., Kappler, B., Chi, J. C., & Lassegard, J. P. (2002). Maximizing study abroad: A students’ guide to strategies for language and culture learning and use. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota.
Paige, R. M., Cohen, A. D., Kappler, B., Chi, J. C., & Lassegard, J. P. (2002). Maximizing study abroad: A program professionals’ guide to strategies for language and culture learning and use. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota.
Paige, R. M., Rong, J., Zhang, W., Kappler, B., Hoff, J., & Emert, H. (2002). Strategies Inventory for Learning Culture. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, University of Minnesota.
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2008-12-30
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Hoff , J. G., & Paige, R. M. (2008). A Strategies-Based Approach to Culture and Language Learning in Education Abroad Programming. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 17(1), 89–106. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v17i1.246
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