article published Mareike Müller author 715400000-0002-4940-0297 468 department 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. John Benjamins Publishing Company2024 eng 2405-5522 2405-553010.1075/sar.22024.mul 92188-216 @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} } 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> 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>. M. Müller, Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 9 (2024) 188–216. 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>. 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>. 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> 544402024-05-24T07:11:29Z2024-06-11T11:34:09Z