L2 Progress and Changes in Participants’ Intercultural Competence Abroad

Bruna, Ana Maria Moreno; Goethals, Patrick

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Study Abroad as a Pedagogical Framework

Vidal¹

2023

The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics

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International mobility or study abroad (SA) consists of a formative stay in a country other than one's own in between periods of instruction at home. Pedagogical approaches to foster the potential benefits of SA periods are based on the assumption that the unique experience of living, studying, and integrating into a new community will result in linguistic, cultural, and personal development. When linguistic benefits are obtained, learners improve their listening abilities, become more fluent, and have greater and more diverse syntactic and lexical resources; particularly, if they also attend language courses abroad, are at an intermediate level, and have signed a language pledge. Culturally, it is also assumed that sojourners may develop as more autonomous learners and adopt a new outlook toward the target language culture and the world at large, with potentially positive effects on their future careers. However, research measuring the SA effects shows wide variability in results. Not all SA programs and settings offer the same opportunities, and not all individuals have the functional linguistic level and communication strategies to take advantage of the opportunities, features closely related to personality. For this reason, educational initiatives have been undertaken that seek to embed SA more firmly in the curriculum through pedagogic predeparture preparation, support during the stay, and debriefing upon return. SA these days takes place in multilingual settings where the new trend is toward the internationalization of education, with English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) being used as the medium of instruction on many courses (EMI).

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Study Abroad as a Pedagogical Framework

Vidal¹

2023

The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics

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Chapter 13. Individual variables in study abroad contexts

Albert

Bowden

Csizér

2023

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics

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This chapter aims to provide a critical overview of the methodologies related to investigating individual variables in study abroad (SA) contexts both in terms of the constructs examined and the research methods applied. We will begin by summarizing key contributions that the research related to individual variables in SA has made to understanding linguistic and personal development in this context. Following, we will address limitations and gaps in this research and its methodologies. The chapter concludes by proposing recommendations that are expected to drive the research of individual variables in SA forward.

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Shifting perspectives when it comes to the cultural ‘other’: students’ reflections of their intercultural encounters during study abroad

Bruna

Goethals

2022

Language and Intercultural Communication

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L2 Progress and Changes in Participants’ Intercultural Competence Abroad

Cited by 6 publications

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Study Abroad as a Pedagogical Framework

Study Abroad as a Pedagogical Framework

Chapter 13. Individual variables in study abroad contexts

Shifting perspectives when it comes to the cultural ‘other’: students’ reflections of their intercultural encounters during study abroad

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