Papers from Moving Beyond Mobility Conference, Berlin 2008
Experiences and Coping Strategies of Host Families in International Youth Exchange
Arne Weidemann
Chemnitz University of Techonology, Germany
arne.weidemann@phil.tu-chemnitz.de
Frances Blüml
Vienna University of Economics and Business
frances.blueml@wu-wien.ac.at
Abstract
Between 2006-2007 twenty narrative interviews were conducted with German host parents concerning their experiences with the one-year stay of a guest student in their family. The study was executed as a one-year students’ research project as part of the research-oriented MA course “Intercultural Communication – Intercultural Competence” at Chemnitz University of Technology.
Experiences and Coping Strategies of Host Families in International Youth Exchange
Arne Weidemann
Frances Blüml
