Exploring the expectation–experience dynamics in academic sojourns
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The relationship between sojourner expectations and experiences has long interested intercultural researchers and trainers but has received limited attention recently – despite rising critical perspectives, growing concerns about essentialism, and renewed consideration of interculturality. To better understand the expectation–experience dynamics in academic sojourns, we applied Holliday's Grammar of Culture (GoC) to narratives from five Chinese international students at the start of their UK sojourns. Our analysis revealed three types of expectation–experience dynamics, potentially offering insights relevant to other forms of intercultural experience.
Authors: Jing Wang, Richard Fay, Nahielly Palacios
Institution: University of Manchester
Language: English
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4415259876