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Language learners in study abroad contexts / edited by Margaret A. DuFon and Eton Churchill.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Second language acquisition (Clevedon, England) ; 15.
- Second language acquisition ; 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Second language acquisition.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching.
- Language and languages.
- Language and culture.
- Intercultural communication.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (343 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Clevedon, England ; Buffalo, NY : Multilingual Matters, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Evolving threads in study abroad research / Eton Churchill and Margaret A. DuFon
- Learning to take leave in social conversations : a diary study / Tim Hassall
- Learning to say 'you' in German : the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in a study abroad context / Anne Barron
- The socialization of taste during study abroad in Indonesia / Margaret A. DuFon
- Joint construction of folk beliefs by JFL learners and Japanese host families / Haruko Minegishi Cook
- Norms of interaction in a Japanese homestay setting : toward two-way flow of linguistic and cultural resources / Masakazu Iino
- Negotiation in a Japanese study abroad setting / Abigail McMeekin
- Variability in the study abroad classroom and learner competence / Eton Churchill
- Study abroad social networks, motivation, and attitudes : implications for second language acquisition / Christina L. Isabelli-García
- Language learning strategies in the study abroad context / Rebecca Adams.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-318) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610501694
- 9781847699503
- 1847699502
- 9781280501692
- 1280501693
- 9781853598531
- 1853598534
- OCLC:
- 560391022
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