Higher education institutions (HEIs) must ensure that their graduates possess not only
professional know-how, but also the global competence to address the challenges posed in …

With internationalisation continuing at an ever-increasing pace, Japan incentivises student
mobility via study abroad (SA) programmes in the hope of cultivating the global human …

The book fills a critical research gap by more fully examining the theory and practice of
teacher education in a changing time when national identities and cross-border mobilities …

The present study examines the language-and culture-learning perceptions of domestic and
international students from a Canadian university who participated in an intensive four-week …

Although students are the key actors in their transition to higher education, there is limited
research concentrating on student agency in a successful transition. This study examines …

Despite the burgeoning trend of transnationalism over the past few decades and how it
affects education in general and language teaching and learning in particular, critical …

Intuition tells us that immersion in a host speech community offers second language (L2)
learners the best opportunity to enhance their L2 proficiency, intercultural competence, and …

Intent on develo** methods of evaluation of L2 study abroad (SA) programs relevant for
the 21st century, this study centered on sixteen Generation Z undergraduates affiliated with …

This longitudinal mixed-methods case study aimed to explain why a seemingly ordinary US-
affiliated hyper-connected French language learner (Nancy) achieved extraordinary …

Since the initial application of the 'affordances' concept to the context of language learning
by van Lier, relatively few studies have continued to explore its implications for second …