Study Abroad, Second Language Acquisition and Interculturality

Edited by Martin Howard

Publication date:

07 August 2019

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781788924146

This book unites a range of emerging topics in the burgeoning transdisciplinary fields of second language acquisition and interculturality in a study abroad context. It explores key issues, trends and approaches within each strand and how the strands relate to one another, painting a big picture of the diversity and complexity underpinning second language acquisition in a study abroad context. The chapters highlight themes such as social networks, input and interaction issues, learner identities and study abroad in lingua franca contexts, while also presenting other themes spanning the breadth of second language acquisition and interculturality research, such as individual differences and linguistic development. This comprehensive and cohesive volume showcases the latest innovative research using quantitative, qualitative and mixed method approaches across a range of source and target language learner cohorts, and highlights emerging themes and directions for future research.

Introduction. Martin Howard: Second Language Acquisition and Interculturality During Study Abroad: Issues and Perspectives. An Introduction to the Volume

Chapter 1. Jane Jackson: “Cantonese is my own eyes and English is just my glasses:” The Evolving Language and Intercultural Attitudes of a Chinese Study Abroad Student

Chapter 2. Sònia Mas-Alcolea: Study Abroad and the Students’ Discourse on ‘Cultural Difference’: A Longitudinal View

Chapter 3. Tiina Räisänen: Discursive Identity Work and Interculturality During Blue-collar Work Practice Abroad: Finnish Engineering Students as Language Learners and Users

Chapter 4. Leah Geoghegan and Carmen Pérez-Vidal:English as a Lingua Franca, Motivation, and Identity in Study Abroad

Chapter 5. Àngels Llanes: Study Abroad as a Context for Learning English as an International Language: An Exploratory Study

Chapter 6. Fanny Forsberg Lundell: Long-term Residence Abroad and SLA: The Case of Cultural Migrants in France

Chapter 7. Rebekah Rast: What First Exposure Studies of Input can Contribute to Study Abroad Research

Chapter 8. Rozenn Gautier: Understanding Socialisation and Integration through Social Network Analysis: American and Chinese Students During a Stay Abroad

Chapter 9. Noriko Iwasaki: Individual Differences in Study Abroad Research: Sources, Processes and Outcomes of Students’ Development in Language, Culture and Personhood

Chapter 10. Celeste Kinginger: Four Questions for the Next Generation of Study Abroad Researchers

In this informative and timely volume highly respected international researchers provide answers to important issues related to interculturality and study abroad, as well as suggestions on how to move the field forward. Practitioners and researchers alike will find in this volume an excellent resource for the study of linguistic and personal development in immersive contexts.