Academic Mobility through the Lens of Language and Identity, Global Pandemics, and Distance Internationalization

This book takes a critical perspective on international academic mobility and contextualizes this mobility through different key factors including global pandemics, identity construction, intercultural sensitivity, and cultural engagement. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the volume investigates the current trends of international mobility programs with consideration to the new normal through social, political, economic, and educational factors among mobility exchange actors. Contesting established approaches to international academic mobility in paradigmatic contexts, the volume investigates the effects and implications of distance internationalization as an emerging concept, juxtaposing the traditional context of academic mobility with a newly emerging virtual one as a key catalyst for change. Offering a range of authentic studies, reviews, and cases to challenge international global education, this timely book will appeal to researchers, scholars, and postgraduate students in the fields of higher education research, international and comparative education, and the sociology of education more broadly.

Tamilla Mammadova is Assistant Professor in Humanities and Social Science, ADA University, Azerbaijan.

General Introduction Part 1: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION WITHIN INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY 1. Shaping European Identity via Mobility Exchange Programs for CIS Country Students 2. The Impact of Englishization of Higher Education on Exchange Students' Attitudes Toward Local Languages 3. (Inter)-national mobility in Swiss Higher Education: Bilingual policies, multilingual students, and 'Englishization' 4. Language Attitudes and Identity Construction Through Minority Language Learning in a Host Country: A Case Study of Chinese in Catalonia 5. Study Abroad in diverse contexts. A comparative analysis of the role of the linguistic and cultural setting in study abroad through the Erasmus program 6. Ground Realities of International Students in China: Identity, Social Network, Language and Literacy Socialization 7. 'Not just English': Identity and Positionality Among Japanese Bilingual Returnees 8. In-between varied identities: Engagement of Indian Students as Partners in an Australian University 9. Intercultural Awareness and International Identities: Necessary Support and Preparation for Academic Staff Part 2: INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY IN THE LIGHT OF GLOBAL PANDEMICS 10. Travel policies and international student mobility in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: A general review of cases in Australia and China 11. Coordinating an Outbound Study Abroad Program During a Pandemic: A Case Study of Academic Staff Experiences in Japan 12. Maintaining and Mobilizing Network Capital: Exchange Students' Friendships During the COVID-19 Pandemic 13. Assessing the Quality of International Student Mobility in Spain in the Time of COVID-19: A study of International Students' Reflections on their Cross-Cultural and Linguistic Competencies 14. Student engagement before and after the global pandemic: a case of international students in a Pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes Programme (PEAP) 15. Internationalizing Nursing Education Programs with COIL: A Case Study of Pandemic Policy Analysis Part 3: EMERGING DISTANCE INTERNATIONALIZATION AS A NEW PARADIGM OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC MOBILITY 16. Globalization of Higher Education: A Review of Emerging Distance Internationalization 17. On Technology-Based Mobility: Harnessing Intercultural Experiences during Virtual Student Mobility 18. (Re)Imagined Communities and (Re)Invented Literacy Practices through Internalization at Home 19. Virtual Student Mobility: The case of an action research project between Japan, China, and Spain 20. Developing Intercultural Sensitivity and Discomfort Through Collaborative Virtual Exchange 21. Virtual Internationalization in Teacher Education - Experiences from four Projects conducted at German Higher Institutions General Conclusion