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Schwieter, John W.; Jackson, Jane; Ferreira, Aline – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
The present study examines the language- and culture-learning perceptions of domestic and international students from a Canadian university who participated in an intensive four-week-long Spanish language and cultural immersion program in Spain. The study draws on quantitative and qualitative data to explore the ways in which the participants'…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Student Attitudes
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Goldoni, Federica – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
This study is situated in the fields of language education, study abroad (SA) and intercultural communication. The interest in SA is increasing on the part of students, administrators, educators, and business companies for the learning opportunities that it offers. However, SA students are not always prepared to maximize their learning…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Second Language Instruction
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Bataller, Rebeca – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
This study addresses the development of the request strategies used in two service encounter scenarios by 31 nonnative speakers of Spanish spending 4 months living and studying in Valencia, Spain. The main method of data collection was an open role-play in which participants interacted with a Spanish native speaker. Results show that while there…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)