Exchange programs. The effects on a young person concerning cognitive and emotional skills

Pre-University Paper from the year 2016 in the subject Pedagogy - Intercultural Pedagogy, grade: 1,0, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the issue of how taking part in an exchange program affects a young person. Of course, beside cognitive effects there are a lot of changes in personality that a long time abroad at such a young age will cause. This paper will reveal what kind of changes most exchange students face with themselves and find out whether a kind of paragon of how an exchange student diversifies exists or not. In order to receive reliable answers, the questionnaire which provides the basis for this disquisition consulted 98 returnees and 34 hopees of "into Schüleraustausch". It contains detailed questions concerning expectations on how the exchange will change the young people and their delivery.