Participating in a Fulbright teacher exchange increases intercultural awareness, understanding, and competence while offering extensive opportunities for professional and personal development. The presenter describes her experiences as a member of a group of U.S. and Brazilian educators who shared ideas, theories, and teaching during a 7-week exchange in each country. The symposium will discuss possible consequences for the other languages and the responsibility of education to respond with a new approach to teaching English to maintain cultural variety and identity within Europe. This technique provides an experiential way for students to learn the principles and practices of intercultural communication. The presenter explores foreign learners' perception and expression of emotion.
Research shows that emotion and cognition are inseparable.
Therefore, emotion should be part of what we teach as well as how. Using selected narratives collected over 12 years from ESL students, U.S. teachers, and expatriates abroad, the presenter tells cultural adjustment stories in the words of these sojourners. The session closes with comments on what we can learn from sojourners' stories. He concludes by advancing a strategy for defending multiculturalism while acknowledging its limitations. 125 International students from urban areas face double culture shock when they arrive at small colleges in rural U.S. towns.