Language Learners in Study Abroad Contexts

Edited by Dr. Margaret A. DuFon, Dr. Eton E. Churchill

Publication date:

18 January 2006

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

210x148mm
6x8"

ISBN-13: 9781853598524

Examining the overseas experience of language learners in diverse contexts through a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, studies in this volume look at the acquisition of language use, socialization processes, learner motivation, identity and learning strategies. In this way, the volume offers a privileged window into learner experiences abroad while addressing current concerns central to second language acquisition.

Preface

1. Evolving Threads in Study Abroad Research - Eton Churchill and Margaret DuFon

Part I

2. Learning to Take Leave in Social Conversations: A Diary Study - Tim Hassall (Australian National University)

3. Learning to Say ‘You’ in German: The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Competence in a Study Abroad Context - Anne Barron (Universität Bonn)

Part II

4. The Socialization of Taste During Study Abroad in Indonesia - Margaret A. DuFon

5. Joint Construction of Folk Beliefs by JFL Learners and Japanese Host Families - Haruko Minegishi Cook (University of Hawaii at Manoa)

6. Norms of Interaction in a Japanese Homestay Setting: Toward Two-way Flow of Linguistic and Cultural Resources - Masakazu Iino (Waseda University)

Part III

7. Negotiation in a Japanese Study Abroad Setting - Abigail McMeekin (University of Hawaii at Manitoba)

8. Variability in the Study Abroad Classroom and Learner Competence - Eton Churchill

Part IV

9. Study Abroad Social Networks, Motivation, and Attitudes: Implications for Second Language Acquisition - Christina L. Isabelli-Garc¡a (Illinois Wesleyan University)

10. Language Learning Strategies in the Study Abroad Context - Rebecca Adams (Victoria University of Wellington)

References

Index

Illustrating diverse approaches to the study of language socialization and acquisition, this volume will surely become a key reference for applied linguistics research on education abroad, the most celebrated and least understood among environments for language learning.