This chapter brings together some of the theoretical approaches which link residence
abroad, social networks, and second language learning, and then confronts them with some …

Integration is vital to student well-being in higher education but integrating new students
from different countries can be challenging. To ascertain students' integration into their new …

Crossing borders features prominently as a theme in study abroad, not only in terms of
students' physical border crossings but also in their intercultural interactions with second …

This qualitative case study investigates intercultural adaptation during a study abroad (SA)
of undergraduate bilingual Catalan/Spanish students, focusing specifically on life …

With a social interaction perspective, this research investigates the development of
Transcultural Competence in a multi-dimensionally internationalized university classroom …

Este artículo presenta un análisis cualitativo del impacto de los modelos de socialización de
estudiantes universitarios en el desarrollo de su CCI (Competencia Comunicativa …

Objetivo: Validar el instrumento de medición diseñado para evaluar los factores que facilitan
el proceso de aculturación en estudiantes de Educación Superior durante su intercambio …

Although contexts of learning abroad have traditionally been conceived as optimal settings
for language and intercultural learning, Researchers advocate the implementation of …

This dissertation is the product of a study that examined the experiences of 21 Australian
and New Zealand undergraduate students who spent a semester or more on exchange in …

Internationalisation is a strategy for over 90 percent of universities and student mobility is a
key part of that strategy. At the same time, home and international students do not tend to …