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The Semester Overseas: What Difference Does It Make?
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DeKeyser, Robert – ADFL Bulletin, 1991
A comparative study examined the influence of overseas experience on how learners put their second-language knowledge to use during communication, and how they compensate for gaps in their knowledge. Results do not suggest a strong dichotomy between language learning in the classroom and abroad or between grammar and oral proficiency. (20…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences