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Download full textSybille Heinzmann; Zeynep Köylü; Kristina Ehrsam – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
This paper presents insights from two interview studies with the aim of shedding light on the learning potential of studying abroad in an area where English is used as a lingua franca. The majority of previous research on study abroad focuses on students' experiences of studying abroad in target-language regions, for example learners of English…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Direct linkMcManus, Kevin – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2019
The current study examined second language (L2) learners' social networks during study abroad and how they changed over time. Participants were 29 British undergraduates majoring in French who were spending an academic year abroad in France. Social network data were collected three times during study abroad (beginning, middle, and end of a…
Descriptors: Correlation, Social Networks, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning
Köylü, Zeynep – Language Learning Journal, 2023
This study examines the influence of pre-departure proficiency on English as a second language (L2) oral development after a semester studying abroad in two distinct learning contexts. The data analysed were collected from tertiary level students (N = 33) who undertook an ERASMUS exchange semester in a European country where English was either the…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Decision Making, Study Abroad
Halenko, Nicola; Jones, Christian; Davies, Laura; Davies, Joseph – Intercultural Communication Education, 2019
This paper documents a cross-sectional look at L1 transfer and L2 contact for learners of English in a UK study abroad (SA) context. The study employed an instructional experimental design over a 6- month period with 34 Chinese students assigned to either an explicitly instructed group or a control group receiving no instruction. Instruction took…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Study Abroad, Transfer of Training, English (Second Language)
Llanes, Àngels; Tragant, Elsa; Serrano, Raquel – Language Learning Journal, 2018
The present study examines the effects that a 3-week study-abroad (SA) experience and a set of individual differences have on the foreign language (FL) development of a group of 64 Catalan/Spanish speakers, learners of English as an FL. Moreover, the present study attempts to account for the outcome differences between successful and less…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Study Abroad
Robson, Graham – International Education Studies, 2015
The use of structural modeling has helped to explain constructs leading to Willingness to Communicate (WTC) in L1 and L2 contexts. When WTC was conceptualized as a trait in the L1, more personality variables were used in models. When WTC moved into the realm of second language, researchers still used trait measurements to explain the construct,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Native Language, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Communication
