Approaches to studying abroad in Brazil and their effects on language learning and intercultural contact. (April 2021)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- Approaches to studying abroad in Brazil and their effects on language learning and intercultural contact. (April 2021)
- Main Title:
- Approaches to studying abroad in Brazil and their effects on language learning and intercultural contact
- Authors:
- Diniz, Gabriela Loires
Noels, Kimberly A. - Abstract:
- Abstract: Even though student mobility is increasingly frequent, the predominant direction is mainly from countries considered peripheral to those that have more economic and political representation (Altbach, 2004; OECD, 2015). This study investigated the reasons why students go to Brazil, the composition of their social networks, and their implications for learning Portuguese as a foreign language. This research had a mixed methods longitudinal design, in which 98 participants completed two questionnaires (i.e. in August and November 2016). A thematic analysis of the reasons that participants presented for going to Brazil resulted in three general "approaches": Actors, interested in idiosyncrasies of studying in Brazil; Observers, interested in having an experience abroad; and Riders, who had Brazil as a convenient choice. This classification not only predicted Portuguese language levels, but was related to participants' home countries, supporting an articulation of SA in terms of core-periphery relations (Wallerstein, 2004).
- Is Part Of:
- System. Volume 97(2021)
- Journal:
- System
- Issue:
- Volume 97(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 97, Issue 2021 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 97
- Issue:
- 2021
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0097-2021-0000
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- Page End:
- Publication Date:
- 2021-04
- Subjects:
- Reasons to study abroad -- Brazil -- Social imaginary -- World-system model -- Core-periphery relations
Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals
Langage et langues -- Étude et enseignement -- Périodiques
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407 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0346251X ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.system.2020.102443 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0346-251X
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