Introduction
The global and the national : does the global need the national, and if it does, what's wrong with that?
Culture : is it a homogeneous, static unit of difference?
Native speakers : do they really exist, and should students aim to speak like them?
Immersion : is it really about "living like a local"?
Host society and host family : who are they, and who shapes their lives?
Border crossing : do we instead construct borders through learning and volunteering?
Self-transformation : do assessing and talking about self-transformation involve power politics?
Conclusion and departure : new frameworks for study abroad.