Assessing Study Abroad Students' Intercultural Sensitivity with Narratives

Autor/inn/en	Tarchi, Christian; Surian, Alessio; Daiute, Colette
Titel	Assessing Study Abroad Students' Intercultural Sensitivity with Narratives
Quelle	In: European Journal of Psychology of Education, 34 (2019) 4, S.873-894 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Surian, Alessio)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-2928
DOI	10.1007/s10212-019-00417-9
Schlagwörter	Personal Narratives; Study Abroad; Student Attitudes; Student Mobility; Educational Cooperation; International Cooperation; Cultural Differences; Cultural Awareness; English (Second Language); Language of Instruction; Video Technology; Foreign Countries; Acculturation; Learning Experience; Cross Cultural Studies; Self Concept; Identification (Psychology); Educational Policy; College Students; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erlebniserzählung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Schülerverhalten; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Kultureller Unterschied; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Ausland; Akkulturation; Lernerfahrung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Selbstkonzept; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Collegestudent; Italien
Abstract	This study analyzed study abroad students' orientations to cultural differences as assessed with mixed methods, including traditional intercultural sensitivity measures and oral narratives of critical incidents in the foreign culture. Sixty students participated, 32 US study abroad students, and 28 Erasmus Mundus students, all studying in English-speaking programs in Italy. Data about students' acculturation orientation were collected through a self-report questionnaire, and students were asked to narrate a cultural experience that "puzzled" them in a video log format. Statistical analyses were designed to integrate the intercultural orientation (acculturation strategy) and the video log narrative analyses (plot analysis and cultural relevance definitions). Results indicated that Erasmus Mundus students expressed more ethnorelative orientations than the US study abroad students. For example, Erasmus Mundus students emphasized the setting and the ending of their experiences more than the US students did. Erasmus Mundus students presented lower identification scores with their conationals than US study abroad students did. We operationalize those concepts with an analysis of narrative video logs, as tools for students, as well as for researchers and educators involved in study abroad programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01