This wide-ranging and well-structured resource provides fascinating insights into various aspects of study-abroad experiences. Including views from pre-service, in-service language teachers and language teacher educators, it captures diverse and multidimensional perspectives. The chapters practical implications will be invaluable for teacher educators in their efforts to design and support appropriate educational experiences. * Steve Mann, University of Warwick, UK * COVID has disrupted, and demanded a re-imagining of studying abroad, often a crucial component in language teacher education programmes. This book brings together soul-searching empirical studies from diverse educational contexts to explore the meaning of studying abroad for language teachers. These deeply reflective narratives from language teachers and language teacher education researchers provide an up-to-date and humanistic understanding of a critical approach to internationalisation studies. * Alice Chik, Macquarie University, Australia * ...a vital resource for understanding the complex experiences of language teachers in foreign contexts. It adeptly balances theoretical insights with practical implications, making it an essential read for those involved in language teacher education, study-abroad program development and administration. As the landscape of language education continues to expand and transform, works like this will play a key role in guiding the future of language teacher education in transnational contexts. * Hongni Gou, The University of Arizona, USA, System 121, 2024 * The book is useful for at least two reasons. First, for those planning to study abroad, this book can serve as a compass as to how to traverse a seemingly complicated journey of living and studying in a foreign country. Second, this book can give people who organize LTSA programmes a better idea as to how their programmes can be further improved. The teachers and teacher educators can get relevant information as to what and how they should prepare before, during and even after studying abroad. * Noel T. Franco, Jr, Bulacan State University, Philippines, ELT Journal 2024 *
