Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Confucius Institutes and the Teaching of Chinese -- 3. Intercultural Competence: The Experience of Sojourning -- 4. Motivation, Acculturation and Self-development -- 5. Case Study: Su -- 6. Case Study: Qiao -- 7. Case Study: Shan -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Participants and Methods -- Appendix B. Data Analysis -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index