Many individuals who study abroad return to their home country with the hope of applying new learnings. This article reports on a videotaped group debate with three such returnees, in-service English language educators from Vietnam. It considers ways that these educators feel that they have changed through their study abroad experiences and how these changes are accepted and challenged after their return to Vietnam by their students, colleagues and the public. By examining the themes that appear, the authors open up debate about how returnees embrace, negotiate and contest diverse aspects of multiple worlds and the intricate and layered nature of post-return identity.