Exploring the Impact of Study Abroad on Students’ Intercultural Communication Skills: Adaptability and Sensitivity

By Tracyann Williams. 2005

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Subfields: Communication, Education, Social Psychology

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On the Cognitive Benefits of Cultural Experience: Exploring the Relationship between Studying Abroad and Creative Thinking (2012, background): “Researchers have found that study abroad programs benefit students in various ways, including increased international knowledge and understanding of global issues (Carlson & Widaman, 1988), a more mature and objective perception of their home and foreign countries (Cushner & Karim, 2004; Kitsantas, ”
One Year Later: The Influence of Short-Term Study Abroad Experiences on Students (2011, background): “exhibited higher levels of adaptability, tolerance, and empathy for other cultures (Bates, 1997; Black&Duhon, 2006; Williams, 2005); increased comfort and ability to communicatewithpeople fromother cultures, especially non-English speakers (Drews&Meyer, 1996; Hadis, 2005); possessed greater knowledg”
Going Global: Understanding the Choice Process of the Intent to Study Abroad (2009, background): “1990; Douglas and Jones-Rikkers 2001), more favorable attitudes toward other cultures (Carlson and Widaman 1988; Kitsantas 2004), stronger intercultural communication skills (Anderson et al. 2006; Williams 2005), improved personal and professional self image”
The Meaning Students Make as Participants in Short-Term Immersion Programs (2012, background): “…student interest in learning more about global and crosscultural issues and international affairs (Carlson et al., 1990; Hadis, 2005; Hutchins, 1996), improved student understanding of global interdependence (Sutton & Rubin, 2004), and substantive knowledge of other cultures (Williams, 2005).”
The Effect of Study Abroad on Intercultural Competence Among Undergraduate College Students (2013, background): “…of the host culture (Carlson & Widaman, 1988; Chieffo & Griffiths, 2004), an expanded global perspective or world mindedness (Douglas & Jones-Rikkers, 2001; Pedersen, 2009), and an increase in intercultural awareness and sensitivity (Anderson, Lawton, Rexeisen, & Hubbard, 2006; Williams, 2005).”
Predictors of Study Abroad Intent, Participation, and College Outcomes (2015, background): “Some of the benefits include (a) sophisticated cognitive skills (Graban 2007; McKeown 2006), (b) greater intercultural awareness and communication skills (Gammonley et al. 2007; Kitsantas 2004; Langley and Breese 2005; Pascarella and Terenzini 2005; Salisbury 2011; Williams 2005), (c) advanced secon”
Cultural Competence (2010, background): “However, Rundstrom (2005) found in a study exploring the impact of studying abroad on students’ intercultural communication, that women reported greater increases in ethnorelativism than men (stages of acceptance, adaptation, and integration of culture); however, as a result of methodological…”
The effect of positive orientation and perceived social support on foreign language classroom anxiety (2018, background): “…homemight be attributed to their improvement in language skills, for instance oral or auditory ability (Allen&Herron, 2003; Serrano, Llanes, & Tragant, 2016), pragmatic comprehension (Taguchi, 2011; Taguchi, Xiao, & Li, 2016), and intercultural adaptability and sensitivity (Williams, 2005).”
Engaging Study Abroad Students in Intercultural Learning Through Blogging and Ethnographic Interviews (2012, methodology): “For example, in her study using a pretest and posttest to measure students’ cross-cultural adaptability and sensitivity, Williams (2005) found that the majority of the students exhibited a greater change in their intercultural skills after one semester studying abroad.”
Does Higher Education Attained Abroad Lead to International Jobs? (2008, background): “Outcomes of study abroad have been measured in terms of self-assessed language improvement (Maiworm & Teichler, 2002) and development of extracurricular skills such as intercultural communication skills (Williams 2005) and international understanding (Carlson, Burn, Useem, & Yachimowicz, 1990), show”
Assessing Intercultural Competence in Higher Education: Existing Research and Future Directions (2016, background): “However, initial evidence suggests that ICC is a malleable construct and that higher education may improve students’ ICC (e.g., Williams, 2005).”