Parando la accióntransformaciones identitarias en las narrativas en L1 y L2 de alumnos estadounidenses durante su estancia en el extranjero

  1. Asunción Martínez Arbelaiz 1
  2. Isabel Pereira 2
  1. 1 University Studies Abroad Consortium
  2. 2 New York University
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    New York University

    Nueva York, Estados Unidos

    ROR https://ror.org/0190ak572

Journal:
E-Aesla

ISSN: 2444-197X

Year of publication: 2018

Issue: 4

Pages: 77-84

Type: Article

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Abstract

Study abroad offers opportunities for students to learn about the practices, beliefs, and values of the target community through reflection on their experience. In our analysis of the narratives of 27 American university students in Madrid, we observed that frequent tensions emerge between the local and the global, as well as between the participants’ identity and the local identity. These tensions cause identitary destabilization that often entails breaking stereotypes about the target culture, although in some cases, preconceptions are reinforced and students regress to a sense of superiority of their own community.

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