Cuba Study Abroad: A Pedagogical Tool for Reconstructing American National Identity

Rogers, Lee F.

doi:10.1111/j.1528-3585.2012.00478.x

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“…It suggests that the communication and argumentation on Twitter can enhance the student's sense of national identity. As a result, social media provides students with a good opportunity to reflect on and reevaluate their previous views of self-identification, as well as the ability to build a new national identity with more openness and inclusivity (France & Rogers, 2012). Some implications for language education can be derived from the study's findings.…”

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Exploring the Impacts of Social Media Usage on a Chinese International Student’s Identity Development

2022

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International students’ experiences of studying abroad include constructing their identities in an intercultural context. While much scholarly work on international students’ identity development has concentrated on language learning and adaptation to the host culture, there has been limited investigation on how the usage of social media influence international students’ identity development. Social media, such as Twitter, has opened up a wide range of possibilities for cross-cultural engagement. Although Twitter is officially restricted in mainland China, it has become a popular and cross-national digital platform for Chinese students who study abroad. This paper responds to the need for intercultural research on social media by examining how the media shapes an international student’s identity. Informed by positioning theory, it chose the case of Wei, a Chinese postgraduate student at the University of Edinburgh. By examining Wei’s identity position in her narrative about Twitter, the findings demonstrated that the arguments on Twitter would strengthen the students’ sense of national identity and responsibility of being an intercultural mediator. Furthermore, it implied that social media had a great potential for developing students’ critical intercultural thinking and intercultural competence.

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Exploring the Impacts of Social Media Usage on a Chinese International Student’s Identity Development

2022

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“…Linguistic outcome was not measured in the primary studies. That is, some studies investigated the construction of participants’ national identity after their sojourn abroad (Diao, 2017; France & Rogers, 2012; Huang, 2015). Although study abroad experiences might possibly influence learners’ national identity, this was not the focus of the present meta-analysis.…”

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Revisiting the effectiveness of study abroad language programs: A multi-level meta-analysis

Tseng

Liu²,

Hsu³

et al. 2021

Language Teaching Research

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This study set out to re-examine the effectiveness of study abroad programs in second language (L2) acquisition through a multi-level meta-analysis. Overall, 42 primary studies published between 1995 and 2019 were identified, and in total 283 effect sizes were meta-analysed. This study implemented a three-level random effects model to account for the clustered, mutually dependent effect sizes often nested in the primary studies of L2 study abroad research. The results indicated a medium-to-large effect ( g = 0.87) on study abroad language programs. Essentially, the featured moderators in general explained more heterogeneity variances at level 3 (i.e. the between-study level) than at level 2 (i.e. the within study level). For study abroad language learners, language acquisition is optimal when learners, in particular those of a lower proficiency level, take both formal and content-based language courses while living with host families. Learners’ age and pre-program training may not moderate the effectiveness of study abroad language programs. Importantly, this study further established that the length of study abroad programs are positively associated with learners’ language gains, but that an extended and prolonged domestic program does not necessarily lead to such gains. Research and pedagogical implications are further discussed based on the research findings.

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“…Dolby (2004Dolby ( , 2005Dolby ( , 2007 analyzed reflections of U.S. college students who studied abroad, and discussed how the students negotiated, questioned, and reconstructed their national identity. Similarly, studying abroad in Cuba influenced U.S. college students' reexamination of their national identity (France & Rogers, 2012). Gao (2011) examined reformation of Chinese national identities among Chinese students who studied abroad in Britain.…”

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Okinawan Consciousness and Identity Salience and Development among Okinawan University Students Studying in Hawai‘i

Taira

Yamauchi

2018

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After Japan’s annexation in 1879, Okinawa came under the unprecedented influence of Japanization. This research examined how learning in Hawaiʻi influenced the Okinawan sense of identity of 11 Okinawan students. Grounded theory analysis of interview transcripts indicated that students became more conscious as Okinawan through encounters and interactions with local people, including Okinawans, and Hawaiians in Hawai‘i, and Okinawan events and activities there. Participating in an Okinawan club at the university provided opportunities for the students to express their Okinawan identity, interact with club members, and take responsibility as representatives of Okinawa, which promoted students’ Okinawan consciousness and identity salience.

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Cuba Study Abroad: A Pedagogical Tool for Reconstructing American National Identity

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

Exploring the Impacts of Social Media Usage on a Chinese International Student’s Identity Development

Exploring the Impacts of Social Media Usage on a Chinese International Student’s Identity Development

Revisiting the effectiveness of study abroad language programs: A multi-level meta-analysis

Okinawan Consciousness and Identity Salience and Development among Okinawan University Students Studying in Hawai‘i

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