The Transatlantic Orientation Exchange Project

Autor/inn/en	Gisevius, Annette; Weber, Robin A.
Titel	The Transatlantic Orientation Exchange Project
Quelle	In: Intercultural Education, 20 (2009), (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-5986
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; German; Volunteers; Cooperation; Student Exchange Programs; Study Abroad; Cultural Awareness; Program Descriptions; Secondary School Students; Learning Processes; Family Environment; Cultural Differences; Cognitive Style; Food; Eating Habits; Student Attitudes; Germany; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Deutscher; Freiwilliger; Co-operation; Kooperation; Schüleraustausch; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Sekundarschüler; Learning process; Lernprozess; Familienmilieu; Kultureller Unterschied; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Lebensmittel; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Schülerverhalten; Deutschland; USA
Abstract	The Transatlantic Orientation Exchange/Multiplikatorenschulung im transatlan-tischen Austausch is a collaboration between volunteers and staff in both the US and German AFS organizations. The goal of the project is to increase the level of intercultural learning of German and US secondary education exchange participants and their host families. Germany and the US are among the largest country groups in mutual exchanges within the network: every year around 450 American families host a student from Germany and around 100 German families welcome somebody from the USA. The project was conceived in part as a result of a paradigm shift within AFS in which participants and host family members are now viewed as equal partners in the intercultural learning process. The material presented in this paper was developed in a dialogue process between the work groups in both countries who met virtually and in person multiple times over the course of the project. This construct allowed for group members to engage in a parallel process of intercultural learning and discovery as they identified and applied to their own experience the concepts that would be useful to host families and participants in their respective countries. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10