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Table of Contents Chapter I: Introduction ........................................................................................ 1 Study abroad: a personal perspective .......................................................... 1 Research objectives .................................................................................... 3 Research questions ..................................................................................... 4 Research methodology................................................................................ 4 Research audience ...................................................................................... 5 Defining key terminology........................................................................... 5 The program............................................................................................... 6 The participants.......................................................................................... 8 Chapter II: The Review of Literature................................................................ 10 Study abroad............................................................................................. 10 Why do students choose to study abroad?......................................... 10 Approaches to classifications of study abroad programs................... 11 Short or not? .................................................................................... 12 The advantages of long-term study abroad programs........................ 13 The advantages of short-term study abroad programs....................... 14 Identity..................................................................................................... 17 Defining identity.............................................................................. 17 Identity and language learning.......................................................... 18 Gender identity and ethnic identity: differences and similarities....... 19 Acculturation............................................................................................ 20 Culture shock................................................................................... 20 Variables that affect acculturation .................................................... 22 The difference between the native and the target cultures ........ 22 Pre-departure orientation ......................................................... 23 Gender...................................................................................................... 25 Gender in the study abroad research................................................. 25 The need for more research ..................................................... 25 viii
Overview of gender-related research in study abroad............... 26 Gender differences........................................................................... 30 Feminism and gender inequality.............................................. 30 From the social structure to cultural traditions ......................... 31 Gender in Russia.............................................................................. 33 The patriarchal nature of the Russian society........................... 33 Gender in Soviet Russia .......................................................... 34 Gender in Post-Soviet Russia................................................... 34 Ethnicity................................................................................................... 41 Ethnicity in the study abroad research. ............................................. 41 Study abroad experiences of ethnic minority participants......... 41 Why ethnic minorities are still underrepresented in US study abroad programs......................................................................... 42 Racial and ethnic differences............................................................ 44 Defining terminology .............................................................. 44 From mass media and education to everyday stereotyping....... 46 Ethnicity in Russia ........................................................................... 48 Is Russia ethnically homogenous? ........................................... 48 The impact of the Chechen conflict ......................................... 49 Contemporary Russian nationalism ......................................... 50 Chapter III: Methodology................................................................................. 53 Theoretical foundations of the study ......................................................... 53 Data collecting techniques ........................................................................ 58 The structure of the interviews.................................................................. 59 Approach to data analysis ......................................................................... 61 Coding procedures.................................................................................... 64 Chapter IV: Acculturation Analysis.................................................................. 68 Culture shock............................................................................................ 68 Cultural understanding.............................................................................. 74 Short duration of the program................................................................... 76 ix
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Page 3 and 4: Defining Self: Negotiating Cultural
Page 5 and 6: Acknowledgements I would like to ex
Page 7: Students belonging to ethnic minori
Page 11 and 12: Recommendations for study abroad pr
Page 13 and 14: environment I found myself in, and
Page 15 and 16: eproduced through the dominant ideo
Page 17 and 18: Acculturation is the process of ada
Page 19 and 20: their knowledge of the Russian cult
Page 21 and 22: STUDY ABROAD Chapter II: The Review
Page 23 and 24: learning more about self. Instituti
Page 25 and 26: abroad for a short time only, they
Page 27 and 28: proficiency as long-term programs,
Page 29 and 30: Identity and language learning Acco
Page 31 and 32: identities similar, however, is the
Page 33 and 34: Variables that affect acculturation
Page 35 and 36: information on the following topics
Page 37 and 38: In the study abroad context, howeve
Page 39 and 40: gender and, consequently, to the av
Page 41 and 42: called “gender-effect” is no lo
Page 43 and 44: eport in 1980, women do two thirds
Page 45 and 46: literature of the pre-communist per
Page 47 and 48: sex-role identity and women’s des
Page 49 and 50: of glasnost promoted by Gorbachev r
Page 51 and 52: everyday life of Russian women into
Page 53 and 54: influential change in perceiving th
Page 55 and 56: analysis of the experiences of a fe
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and following Hello’s et al. conc
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negative attitude towards Islam in
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against Russia exists. Brym and Deg
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Arminio 20). Since the subject of t
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It is important to keep in mind, ho
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DATA COLLECTING TECHNIQUES This stu
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At the conclusion of the pilot stud
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in abundance, it is the theoretical
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spell out things that are “sensit
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Acculturation Culture shock Cultura
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CULTURE SHOCK Chapter IV: Accultura
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to a new cultural environment, and
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American countries tend towards the
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It just seemed really weird to be b
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cross-cultural adjustment implies t
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stay in the dormitory and living wi
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could be also that women are more w
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eing interested in fashionable clot
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I saw that the Russians took their
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in Moscow: the Independent Women’
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my fate depends on me, and not on t
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Vsekh Form Diskriminatsii v Otnoshe
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socio-cultural context, including t
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sexual freedom or promiscuity of Ru
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As for catcalling situations, two f
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Moscow. The suburbs of Moscow that
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In terms of inter-gender behavior,
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domestic duties. This real inequali
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esearch on Russian women’s attitu
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policemen pulls you over, it’s pr
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favoritism or, on the contrary, bia
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Chapter VI: Ethnicity Analysis ETHN
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among those arrested, prosecuted, i
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Azerbaidzhan are not that rare in R
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Russians were literally segregated
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As an American you stand out… eve
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Azerbaijani, Georgians, Tajiki, etc
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usage; and 2) the confusion non-nat
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hypothesize that Russians use it pr
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purpose of the training of the inha
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The incident described by the parti
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incidents of ethnic intolerance hap
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and cultural background influence h
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She believed that Russians and Amer
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Rita expressed an opinion that Russ
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same way: familial and hospitable.
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I had Russian people telling me thi
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viewed her as “chernaya” [black
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eflecting on physical appearance an
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The results of the study reveal tha
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Another unexpected finding of the r
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going abroad is gradually increasin
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their trip goals more realistic; an
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5. Were you ever denied access to c
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Carlson, J., et al. Study Abroad: T
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Johnson, Ericka. Dreaming of a Mail
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Olson, David H., and Mikhail S. Mat
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Vondrova, Kristine. "The Value of S
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