Instructions to students: Contact an international student at our university, either one you have already met or one you don’t know. Arrange to meet with them in person and discuss…
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Instructions to students: Describe your initial response to your new environment. You will need to be very descriptive and precise with your language in order to help the reader understand…
Bus ride
Instructions to students: Ride the city bus for at least 30 minutes. Observe the people on the bus. What are they doing and how do they interact with each other?…
Cross-Cultural Engagement and Re-entry
INS 152 is the third course in the Cross-Cultural Engagement course series. The objective of this course is to facilitate re-entry after a study abroad experience, to identify intercultural competency…
Cross-Cultural Engagement While Abroad
INS 151 is the second course in the Cross-Cultural Engagement course series. The course is intended to help students to engage with the host culture while abroad; in so doing, they will…
Observing Public Spaces
Instructions to students: There are many new variables in your new environment, so careful observation can both help you make sense of it and also stimulate your curiosity to learn…
Interviewing a Host National
Instructions to students: First, access the interview questions guide sheet (see below). Follow directions below, and write a 2-page paper and upload in the course module. Note: the list of…
Interaction and Cultural Integration
Instructions to students: Reading: “Strategies for Intercultural Communication” in Maximizing Study Abroad, 2nd edition, pp. 125-142. Choose A, B, or C and write one page about either activity; submit in…
Interaction and Cultural Analysis
Instructions to students: Reading: “Strategies for Making Cultural Inferences to Enhance Your Culture Learning” in Maximizing Study Abroad, 2nd edition, pp. 113-117. Write 1-2 pages and submit in the course…
Reflection Essay
Instructions to students: Write a reflective essay, 2-3 pages in length, addressing as many of the following questions as possible: What is one of the most important things you learned…