---
_id: '54440'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: This study focuses on a specific group of sojourners that has thus far remained
    rather unexplored in the context of study-abroad research, namely, students with
    extensive prior experiences of living in, traveling to, and/or familial ties with
    target-language mediated communities. To this end, this study examines data obtained
    through episodic interviews with three American students, who grew up in close
    contact with German-speaking communities and studied abroad in Austria for four
    weeks. By means of thematic analysis, the pre-study abroad sojourn motives and
    reflections on sense of self, home, and belonging are contrasted with these students’
    immediate and delayed post-study abroad accounts. The results shed light on both
    the challenges young adults grapple with due to their international biographies
    and the transformative effects students attribute to their short-term sojourns
    with regard to redefining who they are and what meaning different places of home
    and heritage have within their individual trajectories.
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Mareike
  full_name: Müller, Mareike
  id: '71540'
  last_name: Müller
  orcid: 0000-0002-4940-0297
citation:
  ama: 'Müller M. “It’s like I got a new pair of glasses”: Reflections on sense of
    self, home, and belonging among transnational students in short-term study abroad
    programs. <i>Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International
    Education</i>. 2024;9(2):188-216. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/sar.22024.mul">10.1075/sar.22024.mul</a>'
  apa: 'Müller, M. (2024). “It’s like I got a new pair of glasses”: Reflections on
    sense of self, home, and belonging among transnational students in short-term
    study abroad programs. <i>Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition
    and International Education</i>, <i>9</i>(2), 188–216. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/sar.22024.mul">https://doi.org/10.1075/sar.22024.mul</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Müller_2024, title={“It’s like I got a new pair of glasses”: Reflections
    on sense of self, home, and belonging among transnational students in short-term
    study abroad programs}, volume={9}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/sar.22024.mul">10.1075/sar.22024.mul</a>},
    number={2}, journal={Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and
    International Education}, publisher={John Benjamins Publishing Company}, author={Müller,
    Mareike}, year={2024}, pages={188–216} }'
  chicago: 'Müller, Mareike. “‘It’s like I Got a New Pair of Glasses’: Reflections
    on Sense of Self, Home, and Belonging among Transnational Students in Short-Term
    Study Abroad Programs.” <i>Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition
    and International Education</i> 9, no. 2 (2024): 188–216. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/sar.22024.mul">https://doi.org/10.1075/sar.22024.mul</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. Müller, “‘It’s like I got a new pair of glasses’: Reflections on sense
    of self, home, and belonging among transnational students in short-term study
    abroad programs,” <i>Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and
    International Education</i>, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 188–216, 2024, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/sar.22024.mul">10.1075/sar.22024.mul</a>.'
  mla: 'Müller, Mareike. “‘It’s like I Got a New Pair of Glasses’: Reflections on
    Sense of Self, Home, and Belonging among Transnational Students in Short-Term
    Study Abroad Programs.” <i>Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition
    and International Education</i>, vol. 9, no. 2, John Benjamins Publishing Company,
    2024, pp. 188–216, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1075/sar.22024.mul">10.1075/sar.22024.mul</a>.'
  short: M. Müller, Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International
    Education 9 (2024) 188–216.
date_created: 2024-05-24T07:11:29Z
date_updated: 2024-06-11T11:34:09Z
department:
- _id: '468'
doi: 10.1075/sar.22024.mul
intvolume: '         9'
issue: '2'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 188-216
publication: Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International
  Education
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2405-5522
  - 2405-5530
publication_status: published
publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
status: public
title: '“It’s like I got a new pair of glasses”: Reflections on sense of self, home,
  and belonging among transnational students in short-term study abroad programs'
type: journal_article
user_id: '71540'
volume: 9
year: '2024'
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