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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bettina G Hansel |
| ISBN: | 9781931930314 1931930317 |
| OCLC Number: | 85892243 |
| Description: | xiv, 166 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | What does it mean to be an exchange student? -- What does the host family offer? -- Cultural baggage: beyond the customs counter -- What you need to know about culture -- Cross-cultural challenges for the host family -- Feeling secure in a new country -- Connections back home -- The adjustment cycle -- Stage 0. preparing to go abroad -- Stage 1. arrival -- Stage 2. settling in -- Stage 3. deepening the relationship -- Stage 4. culture shock -- Stage 5. the holidays -- Stage 6. culture learning -- Stage 7. the last weeks -- Stage 8. readjustment -- Postscript; special issues and concerns. |
| Responsibility: | Bettina Hansel. |
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Abstract:
A guide for young people traveling abroad, helping them better understand the experience of international exchange programs and avoid common misunderstandings and problems that may occur in the course of their adjustment to a new culture, a new family, a new school and a new community.
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?The Exchange Student Survival Kit will be of tremendous help for everyone involved in the exchange student field, and by extension, everybody who deals with cross-cultural differences.?
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