Second language acquisition in a study abroad context
Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context brings together for the first time a series of studies which explore the relationship between language learning and the study abroad experience. Utilizing different research methodologies (quantitative, qualitative, descriptive), the focus in this collection is on various aspects of second language learning, including the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence, the acquisition of fluency, the use of communicative strategies and the develo…
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- Full title :Second language acquisition in a study abroad context / edited by Barbara F. Freed.
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Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context brings together for the first time a series of studies which explore the relationship between language learning and the study abroad experience. Utilizing different research methodologies (quantitative, qualitative, descriptive), the focus in this collection is on various aspects of second language learning, including the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence, the acquisition of fluency, the use of communicative strategies and the development of oral and written skills. The studies are cross-linguistic and deal with student populations.
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- Publication Date:©1995.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):J. Benjamins
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1995.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xv, 345 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027282781, 9027282781
- oclc:ocn744333829
- LC Classification:P118.2
- Dewey Decimal:418/.007
Table of Contents
Language learning and study abroad / Barbara F. Freed -- Predictors of foreign language gain during study abroad / Richard D. Brecht, Dan E. Davidson and Ralph R. Ginsberg -- A Canadian interprovincial exchange : evaluating the linguistic impact of a three-month stay in Quebec / Sharon Lapkin, Doug Hart and Merrill Swain -- Getting into, through and out of a survival situation : a comparison of communicative strategies used by students studying Spanish abroad and 'at home' / Barbara A. Lafford -- What makes us think that students who study abroad become fluent? / Barbara F. Freed -- The Peace Corps experience : language learning in training and in the field / Gail Guntermann -- The effects of overseas language programs : report on a case study of an intensive Japanese course / Thom Huebner -- The acquisition of politeness by exchange students in Japan / Helen Marriott -- Individual differences and study abroad : women learning Japanese in Japan / Meryl Siegal -- The acquisition of sociolinguistic native speech norms : effects of a year abroad on second language learners of French / Vera Regan -- Language learning and living abroad : stories from the field / Livia Polanyi -- Folkli…
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