Jane Jackson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640716 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jane Jackson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Jackson |
| SIGNATURE | JACKSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4833-0960 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 109 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Study Abroad
After providing a definition of study abroad, some of the many possible variations in programming (e.g., focus, format, duration) are outlined. Drawing on recent research, this entry identifies external elements (e.g., program characteristics, host receptivity) and internal variables (e.g., aims, motivation, agency) that can influence the language and intercultural learning of second or foreign language students who take part in a study abroad pr…
Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond
When ‘domestic’ and ‘international’ students study abroad
The present study examines the language- and culture-learning perceptions of domestic and international students from a Canadian university who participated in an intensive four-week-long Spanish language and cultural immersion program in Spain. The study draws on quantitative and qualitative data to explore the ways in which the participants’ previous international, language learning experiences influenced their acculturation in Spain. A languag…
L2 self-discrepancy, motivation, and study abroad (SA) contexts
In many theorizations of L2 motivation, the discrepancy between actual and possible L2 selves has been closely associated with motivation generation, and L2 selves are considered as highly interactive with the context. This article centres on the interplay between L2 self-discrepancy, motivation, and context by following two Chinese university students during their semester-abroad programme in Canada. Triangulating data from questionnaires, semi-…
Study Abroad
The entry defines “study abroad” and notes a significant increase in the number of tertiary students gaining some form of international educational experience. It then identifies external elements (e.g., program variations, host receptivity) and individual factors (e.g., motivation, agency) that can lead to differences in the developmental trajectories of foreign language students who study abroad. Recent advances in study abroad research, such a…
From EFL to EMI
Intervening in the intercultural learning of L2 study abroad students
As internationalization efforts intensify, institutions of higher education (HE) across the globe are increasing participation rates in study abroad programs. In this paper I argue that international experience alone is often not enough to propel students to higher levels of second language (L2) proficiency, global-mindedness, and intercultural sensitivity. Challenging the ‘immersion assumption’, contemporary study abroad research findings point …
Commentary 3
Breathing the smells of native-styled English’
This article centers on the developmental trajectory of a young woman who took part in a study that tracked the language and intercultural development of international exchange students from a Hong Kong university. ‘Serena’, a translation (Chinese–English) major, took steps toward a more intercultural mindset while studying in England. Compared with many of the other participants, she displayed a more positive attitude toward the host language an…
Preparing students for the global workplace
As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, employers are seeking 'global-ready graduates,' that is, individuals with an intercultural mindset, who can interact effectively and appropriately with people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. In response, tertiary institutions are creating more opportunities for international experience. This article centers on a mixed-method study that investigated the impact of a semester-long i…
Becoming interculturally competent
Teaching for Internationalization and Critical Citizenship
The trend of accelerating global interdependence presents both opportunities and challenges for communities, institutions, and citizens on all continents.
Study Abroad
As a consequence of globalization and the push for internationalization on campuses across the globe, we are witnessing a dramatic increase in the number of students who are studying abroad.
Cultivating cosmopolitan, intercultural citizenship through critical reflection and international, experiential learning
This paper explores the notion of cosmopolitan, intercultural citizenship in relation to intercultural education and study abroad. As part of a larger investigation of the second language sojourn, the individual developmental trajectories of more than 100 Chinese university students were examined to better understand their language and intercultural learning and identity expansion. This paper presents an illustrative case study of a young woman w…
Intercultural learning on short‐term sojourns
This paper presents an ethnographic case study of advanced second language (L2) students from Hong Kong who took part in a short‐term sojourn in England after 14 weeks of preparation. While abroad, they lived with a host family, took literary/cultural studies courses, visited cultural sites, participated in debriefing sessions, and conducted ethnographic projects. Data consisted of interviews, an intercultural reflections journal, surveys, field …
An Exploration of Chinese EFL Learners' Unwillingness to Communicate and Foreign Language Anxiety
This article reports the results of a study of the unwillingness to communicate, and anxiety of Chinese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in English language classrooms. A 70‐item survey of 547 first‐year undergraduate non‐English majors revealed that (a) Most of the students were willing to participate in interpersonal conversations, but many of them did not like to risk using/speaking English in class; (b) more than one third of t…
Globalization, internationalization, and short-term stays abroad
Ethnographic preparation for short-term study and residence in the target culture
Case-based learning and reticence in a bilingual context
In search of a home
Excerpts from the cultural identity narratives and follow-up interviews of a group of ethnic Chinese majors in English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, identifying recurrent issues and metaphors. IN HONG KONG, how have recent political events such as the Handover (change of sovereignty from Britain to China) in 1997 impacted on young people's sense of self? What cultural groups do they now identify with and why? What self-labels do they pr…
Reticence in second language case discussions
Events, seminars and meetings
Changing Disease Patterns and Human Behaviour (Book)
Globalization, internationalization, and short-term stays abroad
From EFL to EMI
Cultivating cosmopolitan, intercultural citizenship through critical reflection and international, experiential learning
This paper explores the notion of cosmopolitan, intercultural citizenship in relation to intercultural education and study abroad. As part of a larger investigation of the second language sojourn, the individual developmental trajectories of more than 100 Chinese university students were examined to better understand their language and intercultural learning and identity expansion. This paper presents an illustrative case study of a young woman w…
Intercultural learning on short‐term sojourns
This paper presents an ethnographic case study of advanced second language (L2) students from Hong Kong who took part in a short‐term sojourn in England after 14 weeks of preparation. While abroad, they lived with a host family, took literary/cultural studies courses, visited cultural sites, participated in debriefing sessions, and conducted ethnographic projects. Data consisted of interviews, an intercultural reflections journal, surveys, field …
Ethnographic preparation for short-term study and residence in the target culture
Reticence in second language case discussions
Becoming interculturally competent
Intervening in the intercultural learning of L2 study abroad students
As internationalization efforts intensify, institutions of higher education (HE) across the globe are increasing participation rates in study abroad programs. In this paper I argue that international experience alone is often not enough to propel students to higher levels of second language (L2) proficiency, global-mindedness, and intercultural sensitivity. Challenging the ‘immersion assumption’, contemporary study abroad research findings point …
Breathing the smells of native-styled English’
This article centers on the developmental trajectory of a young woman who took part in a study that tracked the language and intercultural development of international exchange students from a Hong Kong university. ‘Serena’, a translation (Chinese–English) major, took steps toward a more intercultural mindset while studying in England. Compared with many of the other participants, she displayed a more positive attitude toward the host language an…
Preparing students for the global workplace
As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, employers are seeking 'global-ready graduates,' that is, individuals with an intercultural mindset, who can interact effectively and appropriately with people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. In response, tertiary institutions are creating more opportunities for international experience. This article centers on a mixed-method study that investigated the impact of a semester-long i…
L2 self-discrepancy, motivation, and study abroad (SA) contexts
In many theorizations of L2 motivation, the discrepancy between actual and possible L2 selves has been closely associated with motivation generation, and L2 selves are considered as highly interactive with the context. This article centres on the interplay between L2 self-discrepancy, motivation, and context by following two Chinese university students during their semester-abroad programme in Canada. Triangulating data from questionnaires, semi-…
Case-based learning and reticence in a bilingual context
Changing Disease Patterns and Human Behaviour (Book)
Events, seminars and meetings
In search of a home
Excerpts from the cultural identity narratives and follow-up interviews of a group of ethnic Chinese majors in English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, identifying recurrent issues and metaphors. IN HONG KONG, how have recent political events such as the Handover (change of sovereignty from Britain to China) in 1997 impacted on young people's sense of self? What cultural groups do they now identify with and why? What self-labels do they pr…
Reticence in second language case discussions
Case-based learning and reticence in a bilingual context
Ethnographic preparation for short-term study and residence in the target culture
An Exploration of Chinese EFL Learners' Unwillingness to Communicate and Foreign Language Anxiety
This article reports the results of a study of the unwillingness to communicate, and anxiety of Chinese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in English language classrooms. A 70‐item survey of 547 first‐year undergraduate non‐English majors revealed that (a) Most of the students were willing to participate in interpersonal conversations, but many of them did not like to risk using/speaking English in class; (b) more than one third of t…
Globalization, internationalization, and short-term stays abroad
Intercultural learning on short‐term sojourns
This paper presents an ethnographic case study of advanced second language (L2) students from Hong Kong who took part in a short‐term sojourn in England after 14 weeks of preparation. While abroad, they lived with a host family, took literary/cultural studies courses, visited cultural sites, participated in debriefing sessions, and conducted ethnographic projects. Data consisted of interviews, an intercultural reflections journal, surveys, field …
Cultivating cosmopolitan, intercultural citizenship through critical reflection and international, experiential learning
This paper explores the notion of cosmopolitan, intercultural citizenship in relation to intercultural education and study abroad. As part of a larger investigation of the second language sojourn, the individual developmental trajectories of more than 100 Chinese university students were examined to better understand their language and intercultural learning and identity expansion. This paper presents an illustrative case study of a young woman w…
Teaching for Internationalization and Critical Citizenship
The trend of accelerating global interdependence presents both opportunities and challenges for communities, institutions, and citizens on all continents.
Study Abroad
As a consequence of globalization and the push for internationalization on campuses across the globe, we are witnessing a dramatic increase in the number of students who are studying abroad.
Preparing students for the global workplace
As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, employers are seeking 'global-ready graduates,' that is, individuals with an intercultural mindset, who can interact effectively and appropriately with people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. In response, tertiary institutions are creating more opportunities for international experience. This article centers on a mixed-method study that investigated the impact of a semester-long i…
Becoming interculturally competent
Breathing the smells of native-styled English’
This article centers on the developmental trajectory of a young woman who took part in a study that tracked the language and intercultural development of international exchange students from a Hong Kong university. ‘Serena’, a translation (Chinese–English) major, took steps toward a more intercultural mindset while studying in England. Compared with many of the other participants, she displayed a more positive attitude toward the host language an…
Commentary 3
Study Abroad
The entry defines “study abroad” and notes a significant increase in the number of tertiary students gaining some form of international educational experience. It then identifies external elements (e.g., program variations, host receptivity) and individual factors (e.g., motivation, agency) that can lead to differences in the developmental trajectories of foreign language students who study abroad. Recent advances in study abroad research, such a…
From EFL to EMI
Intervening in the intercultural learning of L2 study abroad students
As internationalization efforts intensify, institutions of higher education (HE) across the globe are increasing participation rates in study abroad programs. In this paper I argue that international experience alone is often not enough to propel students to higher levels of second language (L2) proficiency, global-mindedness, and intercultural sensitivity. Challenging the ‘immersion assumption’, contemporary study abroad research findings point …
When ‘domestic’ and ‘international’ students study abroad
The present study examines the language- and culture-learning perceptions of domestic and international students from a Canadian university who participated in an intensive four-week-long Spanish language and cultural immersion program in Spain. The study draws on quantitative and qualitative data to explore the ways in which the participants’ previous international, language learning experiences influenced their acculturation in Spain. A languag…
L2 self-discrepancy, motivation, and study abroad (SA) contexts
In many theorizations of L2 motivation, the discrepancy between actual and possible L2 selves has been closely associated with motivation generation, and L2 selves are considered as highly interactive with the context. This article centres on the interplay between L2 self-discrepancy, motivation, and context by following two Chinese university students during their semester-abroad programme in Canada. Triangulating data from questionnaires, semi-…
Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond
Study Abroad
After providing a definition of study abroad, some of the many possible variations in programming (e.g., focus, format, duration) are outlined. Drawing on recent research, this entry identifies external elements (e.g., program characteristics, host receptivity) and internal variables (e.g., aims, motivation, agency) that can influence the language and intercultural learning of second or foreign language students who take part in a study abroad pr…
Psychology (19 works) · Pedagogy (17 works) · Sociology (16 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (13 works) · International Student and Expatriate Challenges (12 works) · Study abroad (11 works) · Intercultural communication (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works)