"Have You Noticed any Changes upon your Return"? Vietnamese Alumni After Their Australian University Experiences. Issue 3 (4th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Starks, Donna; Nicholas, Howard
• Is Part Of: Journal of intercultural communication research. Volume 46:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 247
• Page End: 272
• Publication Date: 2017-05-04
• Subjects: Communicative resources -- returnees -- study abroad -- contested identity -- western -- presentation of self -- synchonicity; Intercultural communication -- Periodicals; 303.482
• DOI: 10.1080/17475759.2017.1319403
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1747-5759

Abstract

Abstract: Many individuals who study abroad return to their home country with the hope of applying new learnings. This paper reports on a videotaped group discussion with three such returnees, in-service English language educators from Vietnam. It considers ways that these educators feel that they have changed through their study abroad experiences and how these changes are accepted and contested after their return to Vietnam by their students, colleagues and the public. By exploring the themes that emerge, we open up discussion about how returnees embrace, negotiate and contest diverse aspects of multiple worlds and the complex and layered nature of post-return identity.