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Sybille 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
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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
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Gogolin, Ingrid – European Educational Research Journal, 2021
Public education systems in Europe were created in the course of the foundation of the 'classical' nation state in the 18th and 19th centuries. Historical analyses show that it was part of their destiny to contribute to the consolidation of the respective states' national self-design. In the 19th century, the myth developed that a nation state is…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Immigration, Monolingualism
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Sahin, Idris – Educational Research and Reviews, 2018
In Turkey, education in state schools can be delivered in foreign languages such as German, French and English. However, mother tongue education cannot be provided in the languages of minorities or local groups other than those officially accepted as minorities (that is, according to the Treaty of Lausanne). In this regard, the primary aim of this…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Native Language Instruction, Graduate Students, State Schools