Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context
Published on 12. October 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
345 pages
978-1-55619-543-3 (ISBN)
Description
Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context brings together for the first time a series of studies which explore the relationship between language learning and the study abroad experience. Utilizing different research methodologies (quantitative, qualitative, descriptive), the focus in this collection is on various aspects of second language learning, including the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence, the acquisition of fluency, the use of communicative strategies and the development of oral and written skills. The studies are cross-linguistic and deal with student populations at the secondary and college levels who spent between three months and one year in study abroad or exchange programs in Japan, Russia, Spain, Mexico, France or Canada.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
790 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55619-543-3 (9781556195433)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
1. Foreword (by Ferguson, Charles A.); 2. 1. Introduction; 3. Language Learning and Study Abroad (by Freed, Barbara F.); 4. 2. Predicting and Measuring Language Gains in Study Abroad Settings; 5. Predictors of Foreign Language Gain During Study Abroad (by Brecht, Richard D.); 6. A Canadian Interprovincial Exchange: Evaluating the Linguistic Impact of a Three-Month Stay in Quebec (by Lapkin, Sharon); 7. 3. Comparison Studies; 8. Getting Into, Through and Out of a Survival Situation: A Comparison of Communicative Strategies Used by Students Studying Spanish Abroad and 'At Home' (by Lafford, Barbara A.); 9. What Makes Us Think That Students Who Study Abroad Become Fluent? (by Freed, Barbara F.); 10. The Peace Corps Experience: Language Learning in Training and in the Field (by Guntermann, Gail); 11. The Effects of Overseas Language Programs: Report on a Case Study of an Intensive Japanese Course (by Huebner, Thom); 12. 4. Sociolinguistic Studies; 13. The Acquisition of Politeness Patterns by Exchange Students in Japan (by Marriott, Helen); 14. Individual Differences and Study Abroad: Women Learning Japanese in Japan (by Siegal, Meryl); 15. The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Native Speech Norms: Effects of a Year Abroad on Second Language Learners of French (by Regan, Vera); 16. 5. Diary Studies; 17. Language Learning and Living Abroad: Stories from the Field (by Polanyi, Livia); 18. Folklinguistic Theories of Language Learning (by Miller, Laura); 19. On the Value of Formal Instruction in Study Abroad: Student Reactions in Context (by Brecht, Richard D.); 20. Index