International: Study Abroad Resources
Fifteen Good Places to Continue Learning Before You Go
* Althen, G. American Ways : A Guide for Foreigners in the United States . Yarmouth , ME : Intercultural Press, 1988. Although written for international students, this is an excellent and accessible description of US-American cultural patterns from which US-Americans can also learn a great deal.
* Angelou, M. All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes . New York : Random House (Vintage Books paperback), 1991. Angelou joins a community of black Americans in Ghana . She explores what it means to be an African-American on the "mother continent" where color no longer matters but "American-ness" asserts itself.
* Axtell, R. E. Do's and Taboos Around the World . Elmsford, New York, Benjamin Company, Inc., 1985.
* Axtell, R. E. Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World . New York , John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
* DeVita, P.R. & Armstrong, J.D., Eds Yang, H. Distant Mirrors: America as a Foreign Culture . Belmont , California : Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1993.
* Hall, E. T. Beyond Culture . New York , NY : Anchor Books, 1977.
* Hall. E. T. The Hidden Dimension . New York , NY : Anchor Books, 1990.
* Hall, E. T. & M. R. Hall. Understanding Cultural Differences: Germans, French, and Americans . Yarmouth ME : Intercultural Press. Inc., 1990.
* Hess, J. D. Studying Abroad/Learning Abroad . Yarmouth , ME : Intercultural Press, 1997.
* Kohls, L. R. Survival Kit for Overseas Living. 4th ed. Yarmouth , ME : Intercultural Press, 2001.
* Morrison, T. et al. Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: How to Do Business in Sixty Countries. Holbrook, ME : Adams Media Corporation, 1995.
* Paige, R. M., et.al . Maximizing Study Abroad: A Student's Guide to Strategies for Language and Culture Learning and Use . Minneapolis , MI : Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), University of Minnesota , 2002.
* Storti, C. The Art of Crossing Cultures. 2nd ed . Yarmouth , ME : Intercultural Press, 2001.
* Storti, C. Cross-Cultural Dialogues: 74 Brief Encounters with Cultural Difference . Yarmouth , ME : Intercultural Press, 1994.
* Storti, C. Figuring Foreigners Out: A Practical Guide . Yarmouth , ME : Intercultural Press, 1999.
* Storti, C. Old World/New World - Bridging Cultural Differences; Britain , France , Germany and the U.S. Yarmouth , ME : Intercultural Press, 2001.
Ten Good Places to Continue Learning About Reentry
* Austin , C. N. Cross-Cultural Re-Entry; A Book of Readings . Abilene TX : Abilene Christian University , 1986.
* Hess, J. D. The Whole World Guide to Culture Learning . Yarmouth , ME : Intercultural Press, 1994.
* Holm, B. Coming Home Crazy . Minneapolis , MN : Milkweed Editions, 1990.
* Kauffman, N. L., J. N. Martin and H. D. Weaver with J. Weaver. Students Abroad—Strangers at Home: Education for a Global Society . Yarmouth , ME : Intercultural Press, 1992.
* Kepets, D. Back in the USA : Reflecting on your study abroad experience and putting it to work. Washington , DC : NAFSA Association of International Educators, 1995.
* Peace Corps. Peace Corps Odyssey: The Voyage Home . Washington , DC : Peace Corps Returned Volunteer Services, Office of Domestic Programs, 1997.
* Smith, C. D. (Ed.). Strangers at Home: Essays on the Effects of Living Overseas and Coming " Home " to a Strange Land. Bayside, NY: Aletheia Publications, 1996.
* Storti, C. The Art of Coming Home . Yarmouth , ME : Intercultural Press, 1997.
* Ward, C., S. Bochner, & A. Furnham. The Psychology of Culture Shock, 2nd. ed. East Sussex, Great Britain : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2001. Chapter 7 (Sojourners: International students) deals with the study abroad and international educational exchange groups both in terms of adjustment abroad and upon return home.
*SOURCE: What's up with Culture?
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