Is a short-term sojourn abroad just a "short" sojourn? A study for an integrative learning network implementation in "secondary-type" short-term mobility situations

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The initial results of the research are as follows:Theoretical results: no international consensus on the definition of "short-term" study abroad: STSA refers to an infinite number of lengths of stay. The teachers' point of view of the content and objectives of the stay favored; tendency to make the short stay a reduction of a long stay. Teachers tend to note that STSA is insufficient to develop new language or intercultural skills, so the stay is often accompanied by a preparatory course during a semester and sometimes also by a post-stay course. Thus, STSA is only a parenthesis in a "normal" curriculum. Moreover, STSA becomes a period of hyper control on the part of the teachers.* practical results: Setting up preparation sessions (4 times) before the departure to make the city of Tours, its region, and Paris real before the stay in France ; Implementation of the missions and experimentation on two cohorts of 5 students each; reports from the students in Japanese and French which are accessible through two networks Padlet and Facebook group.The missions are divided into two parts: those of the first week and those of the 2nd and 3rd weeks. Missions are "a la carte".The objectives of the missions of week 1 seem to be fulfilled (first discursive analysis of the interviews with students of both cohorts). New extra-curricular contacts were made to reinforce the students' anchorage in the local society.