World Languages

For all Study Abroad programs.

Via personalized exercises, this self-directed workbook guides students through five distinct strands of development, all of which are necessary to fully capitalize on their study abroad experience. Strands include: personal development, learning about one's own culture, learning about another culture, professional development, and learning a language, and each is addressed at the three crucial phases of the experience: before, during and after the sojourn. One major goal of the text is to offer a purposeful agenda to help students move from being the conventional tourist to an explorer who truly acquires an authentic view of another culture.

• Unique and personalized workbook format—Offers a guided exploration of the study abroad experience via open-ended questions, exercises, and a professional interest project.

  • Invites students to take an active role in and responsibility for their personal, academic and professional growth.

  • Offers students an opportunity to choose exercises and projects they perceive as most relevant to their goals.

  • Results in a comprehensive record that charts students' personal, academic and professional growth.

• Three-part organization—Mirrors the phase of the study abroad experience: pre-departure, onsite, and re-entry.

  • Joins students at each phase of the study abroad experience, ensuring they get the most out of the phase they are currently living.

  • Avoids the traditional pre-departure information overload.

• Self-directed format—Requires little effort on the part of program administrators to integrate this workbook into their existing orientation.

  • Enables students to use this text in a structured orientation program/class or independently.

• Wide variety of exercises—Range from open-ended questions, to information gathering activities to a student-generated professional interest project.

  • Offers students creative choices for fully capitalizing on their study abroad experience.

• Reflective approach—Requires students to critically evaluate their beliefs, attitudes and behaviors over time.

  • Challenges students to engage in activities outside of their comfort zone.

  • Encourages students to move beyond conventional tourism and into the realm of cross-cultural exploration.

• Lined, bound pages.

  • Makes it easy for students to record their experiences with periodic reminders to review their goals.

PREDEPARTURE.

Exercise 1: The Choice to Study Abroad.Exercise 2: Establishing Personal Goals for Study Abroad.
Exercise 3: What Does It Mean To Be An American?
Exercise 4: Researching Historical, Political, and Cultural Information About Your Host Site.Exercise 5: Understanding the Difference between Fact and Opinion in the Context of other Cultures.Exercise 6: Introduction to On-Site Journaling.
Exercise 7: Establishing Professional Goals for Study Abroad.Exercise 8: The Resume and Job Interview.Exercise 9: The Professional Interest Project.
Exercise 10: Establishing Language-Learning Goals for Study Abroad.Exercise 11: Identifying Possible Roadblocks to Achieving Language-Learning Goals.Exercise 12: Jump-Starting your Language-Learning Experience.

ON-SITE.

Exercise 13: Being a Foreigner.Exercise 14: Working through Culture Shock.Exercise 15: Fitting In While Pursuing Personal Goals.
Exercise 16: Proud to Be an American?
Exercise 17: Updating Political, Historical, and Cultural Information about Your Host Site.Exercise 18: Cross-Cultural Observations Through Journal Writing.Exercise 19: Cross-Cultural Activities.
Exercise 20: Professional Interest Project: Successes and Challenges.Exercise 21: Professional Adaptation and Problem Solving Skills.
Exercise 22: Language Journal.

RE-ENTRY.

Exercise 23: Fitting your New Self into an Old Environment: Coping with Re-Entry Shock.Exercise 24: Maintaining Traditions From Your Experience.
Exercise 25: Reminiscing, Sharing, and Educating Others.
Exercise 26: A Final Look at Political, Historical, and Cultural Information about Your Host Site.Exercise 27: A Private Journal Critique—What Did You Study?Exercise 28: A Private Journal Critique—Where Did Problems Arise?Exercise 29: A Private Journal Critique—Contexts of Communication.Exercise 30: Staying Internationalized and Sharing Your Experiences with Others.
Exercise 31: Professional Goals Attainment.Exercise 32: Critically Examining Your Professional Interest Project.Exercise 33: Using Your Professional Interest Project within a Professional Network.
Exercise 34: Creating a Language Resource.Exercise 35: Maintaining and Further Developing Your Language Skills.Exercise 36: Sharing Your Language Learning with Others.Appendix 1: Implementation Tips for the Study Abroad Administrator/Faculty Director.Appendix 2: My Contact Information Abroad.Appendix 3: Address Book.Appendix 4: Packing List.Appendix 5: Money Matters.Appendix 6: Taking Care of Personal Business.Appendix 7: Extracurricular Travel Plans.Appendix 8: Journal Pages.

Study Abroad - Spanish (Spanish)
Study Abroad - French (French)
Study Abroad - German (German)

 

"By far the most exciting aspect of this book is that it provides an explicit mechanism for engaging students in the success of their own ventures overseas. It spells out for them what we educators think is , important, and hope they will accomplish, and, more important, it does this in a way that is not condescending and is unlikely to be off-putting to students." — William Cressey, Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Council on International Educational Exchange

Written by a study abroad coordinator (Musky) and a faculty director from a foreign language department (Dowell), Study Abroad: How to Get the Most Out of Your Experience is designed to maximize the quality and impact of this unique experience!

Study Abroad encourages students to create a whole narrative from the fragments of the experience.

Features

• The text promotes self-directed, guided reflection.
• It is written in journal-style with space to write.
• A well-articulated journey helps students address key issues throughout the pre-, during, and post- study abroad experiences.
• Great activities focus on the same five themes during each stage of the experience to enhance continuity and growth.
• Interesting activities are included throughout the text.
• The completed book is a permanent record of the study abroad experience.
• Practical appendices include Packing List, Money Matters, and Taking Care of Personal Business.

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• French on the Internet, 1999-2000
  Stull
  © 2000 | Prentice Hall | Paper | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013013810X | ISBN-13: 9780130138101
  
  
  

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