Academic Mobility through the Lens of Language and Identity, Global Pandemics, and Distance Internationalization

ISBN-13: 9781032431796 / Twarda / 2023 / 296 str.

Opis

This book takes a critical perspective on international academic mobility and contextualises this mobility through different key factors including global pandemics, identity construction, intercultural sensitivity, and cultural engagement.

Spis treści

General Introduction  Part 1: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION WITHIN INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY 1. Shaping European Identity via Mobility Exchange Programs for CIS Country Students  2. The Impact of Englishization of Higher Education on Exchange Students’ Attitudes Toward Local Languages  3. (Inter)-national mobility in Swiss Higher Education: Bilingual policies, multilingual students, and ‘Englishization’  4. Language Attitudes and Identity Construction Through Minority Language Learning in a Host Country: A Case Study of Chinese in Catalonia  5. Study Abroad in diverse contexts. A comparative analysis of the role of the linguistic and cultural setting in study abroad through the Erasmus program  6. Ground Realities of International Students in China: Identity, Social Network, Language and Literacy Socialization  7. ‘Not just English’: Identity and Positionality Among Japanese Bilingual Returnees  8. In-between varied identities: Engagement of Indian Students as Partners in an Australian University  9. Intercultural Awareness and International Identities: Necessary Support and Preparation for Academic Staff  Part 2: INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY IN THE LIGHT OF GLOBAL PANDEMICS 10. Travel policies and international student mobility in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: A general review of cases in Australia and China  11. Coordinating an Outbound Study Abroad Program During a Pandemic: A Case Study of Academic Staff Experiences in Japan  12. Maintaining and Mobilizing Network Capital: Exchange Students’ Friendships During the COVID-19 Pandemic  13. Assessing the Quality of International Student Mobility in Spain in the Time of COVID-19: A study of International Students’ Reflections on their Cross-Cultural and Linguistic Competencies  14. Student engagement before and after the global pandemic: a case of international students in a Pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes Programme (PEAP)  15. Internationalizing Nursing Education Programs with COIL: A Case Study of Pandemic Policy Analysis  Part 3: EMERGING DISTANCE INTERNATIONALIZATION AS A NEW PARADIGM OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY 16. Globalization of Higher Education: A Review of Emerging Distance Internationalization  17. On Technology-Based Mobility: Harnessing Intercultural Experiences during Virtual Student Mobility  18. (Re)Imagined Communities and (Re)Invented Literacy Practices through Internalization at Home  19. Virtual Student Mobility: The case of an action research project between Japan, China, and Spain  20. Developing Intercultural Sensitivity and Discomfort Through Collaborative Virtual Exchange  21. Virtual Internationalization in Teacher Education – Experiences from four Projects conducted at German Higher Institutions  General Conclusion

O autorze

Tamilla Mammadova is Assistant Professor in Humanities and Social Science, ADA University, Azerbaijan.