Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Speech Communication
Advisor
Jan Marie Oehlschlaeger
Date of Award
1989
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech Communication
Department
Speech Communication
Physical Description
1 online resource (96 p.)
Subjects
Host families of foreign students -- United States, Multicultural education
DOI
10.15760/etd.5781
Abstract
This study investigated the host family experience, specifically examining the goals of host families and intercultural training of host families. It compares the the importance and accomplishment of goals between interculturally trained host families and untrained host families.The focus of the research addressed the following research questions:
1) Do host families who receive intercultural training rate their goals differently than families who do not receive intercultural training?
1a) Do host families who receive intercultural training rate differently the goals in which the student meets intra-family needs than families who do not receive intercultural training?
2) Do host families who receive intercultural training report the level of accomplishment of their goals differently than host families who do not receive intercultural training?
2a) Do host families who receive intercultural training report the level of accomplishment of goals regarding cultural awareness differently than families who do not receive intercultural training?
3) To what extent is there a relationship between trained host family ratings of importance and ratings of accomplishment of goals?
3a) To what extent is there a relationship between untrained host family ratings of importance and ratings of accomplishment of goals?
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21777
Recommended Citation
Oehlschlaeger, Jan Marie, "Intercultural training and international exchange : an exploratory study of the association of intercultural training with hosting goals of American families" (1989). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3897.
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3897
10.15760/etd.5781
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Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, International and Intercultural Communication Commons
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