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Overview

Study abroad has never been so popular. Students are embarking on life-changing adventures, and they need some tried and true advice. The Exchange Student Survival Kit has become the essential guide for young people traveling abroad, helping them better understand the unique experience of international exchange programs. More important, it shows students how to avoid many common misunderstandings and problems that can occur in the course of their adjustment to a new culture, a new family, a new school and a new community. Based on her years of research and professional involvement with AFS Intercultural Programs, Dr. Hansel has filled the book with examples taken from the experiences of dozens of exchange students from a broad spectrum of cultures.

This much-awaited new edition includes: New communications technology as it affects the experience: e-mail, instant messaging, cell phones, online games and blogs and information searches. Important advice on personal safety and pressing concerns for parents and students in light of war, terrorism and crime. Changes in society and family life that affect travelers: fast food replacing family meals, a new emphasis on religious beliefs, consumerism and globalism. For students going abroad, the Survival Kit is the first thing to pack!

About the Author:
Bettina Hansel is Director of Research at the international office of AFS Intercultural Programs, based in New York City

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781931930314
  • Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
  • Publication date: 4/28/2007
  • Edition description: 2nd Edition
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 180
  • Sales rank: 395,083
  • Product dimensions: 6.11 (w) x 9.12 (h) x 0.54 (d)

Table of Contents


Preface   Janet M. Bennett     xi
Acknowledgments     xiii
On Being an Exchange Student     1
What Does It Mean to Be an Exchange Student?     5
Your Role in the Family     6
Your Role in the Community     11
What Does the Host Family Offer?     15
Cultural Baggage: Beyond the Customs Counter     23
What You Need to Know about Culture     31
Cross-Cultural Challenges for the Host Family     39
Feeling Secure in a New Country     43
Unwanted Affection from Someone You Know     44
Natural Disasters     48
When the News Worries You     49
Connections Back Home     51
The New World of Communications     51
Managing Your Internet Use     52
The Adjustment Cycle     57
Preparation     58
Arrival Excitement and Fatigue     60
Homesickness     61
Settling In     62
Deepening the Relationship     63
Culture Shock     64
The Holidays     71
Culture Learning     72
The Last Weeks     73
Guidelines and Suggestions for the Exchange Student     75
Stage 0. Preparing to Go Abroad     77
Feeling Excited, Feeling Nervous     77
Preparations     79
Stage 1. Arrival     85
Customs and Immigration     85
Meeting Your Hosts     87
Exhaustion and Jet Lag     87
Health and Cleanliness     88
Food and Diet     89
Relax!     91
Stage 2. Settling In     93
Adjusting Your Expectations     94
Fitting In     97
Your Host Family Adjusts to You     99
Adjusting to School     100
Stage 3. Deepening the Relationship     103
Rules, Spoken and Unspoken     103
Sharing Your Culture     106
Host Brothers, Host Sisters, and Friends     108
Stage 4. Culture Shock     111
Stage 5. The Holidays     121
Stage 6. Culture Learning     127
What You Have Learned     127
Friends Are Important     130
Feeling at Home with the Family     131
Other Challenges     135
Stage 7. The Last Weeks     137
Stage 8. Readjustment     147
Postscript-Special Issues and Concerns      153
Changing Host Families     153
Shorter Exchange Programs     155
What You Should Expect from an Exchange Program     157
Suggested Reading List     160
Index     163

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