Pogorelova, IrynaTrenchs i Parera, Mireia2024-03-202024-03-202017Pogorelova I, Trenchs M. An exploration of life experiences during study abroad: a case study of bilingual students and their process of intercultural adaptation. In: Pérez Vidal C, López-Serrano S, Ament J, Thomas-Wilhelm DK (eds.). Learning context effects. Berlin: Language Science Press; 2017. p. 255-82. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1300636http://hdl.handle.net/10230/59503This qualitative case study investigates intercultural adaptation during a studyabroad (SA) of undergraduate bilingual Catalan/Spanish students, focusing specifi-cally on life experiences which resulted in inflection points in that process of adap-tation. Data were collected through a pre-departure questionnaire, individual in-terviews conducted before and after SA, and narrative diaries collected during thesojourn. The results point to the complexity and the nuances of the adaptation pro-cess, the diversity of life experiences that may affect adaptation (Bennett 1993) andthe need to expand existing explanatory theoretical models.application/pdfengThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Llenguatge i llengüesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookParthttp://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1300636info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess