Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1: Sojourns Far -- Chapter 2. Japanese Students in Britain -- Chapter 3. Recording the Journey: Diaries of Irish Students in Japan -- Chapter 4. The One Less Travelled By . . .: The Experience of Chinese Students in a UK University -- Part 2: Sojourns Near -- Chapter 5. Reciprocal Adjustment by Host and Sojourning Groups: Mainland Chinese Students in Hong Kong -- Chapter 6. Study Abroad and Experiences of Cultural Distance and Proximity: French Erasmus Students -- Part 3: Short-Term Sojourns -- Chapter 7. Ethnographic Pedagogy and Evaluation in Short-Term Study Abroad -- Chapter 8. Student Perspectives in Short-Term Study Programmes Abroad: A Grounded Theory Study -- Part 4: Lasting Effects on Sojourners -- Chapter 9. The Assistant Experience in Retrospect and its Educational and Professional Significance in Teachers' Biographies -- Chapter 10. British Students in France: 10 Years On -- Part 5: Evaluating the Impact -- Chapter 11. Assessing Intercultural Competence in Study Abroad Students -- References