Language Learning and Study Abroad

Autor/inn/en	Isabelli-García, Christina; Bown, Jennifer; Plews, John L.; Dewey, Dan P.
Titel	Language Learning and Study Abroad
Quelle	In: Language Teaching, 51 (2018) 4, S.439-484 (46 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-4448
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Study Abroad; Applied Linguistics; Anxiety; Learning Motivation; Self Concept; Undergraduate Students; Individual Differences; Student Attitudes; Role; Personal Autonomy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Angst; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Selbstkonzept; Individueller Unterschied; Schülerverhalten; Rollen; Individuelle Autonomie
Abstract	The aim of this review is to synthesize empirical studies on undergraduate language learners' experience abroad during a time period of a year or less. To help provide a framework to this synthesis, we begin our review by tracing the recent evolution of empirical mixed-method research on the learner, identifying problems and characteristics that language learners generally encounter in the study abroad (SA) experience. We take a closer look at variables related to individual difference such as anxiety, motivation, and attitudes to more recent views of learner identity in language learning. We highlight the shift to language learner agency, a topic that merits more discussion in SA literature. We then review how the SA learning environments are treated. This review takes a closer look at research informed by socially grounded theories. Finally, we review the role that SA plays in undergraduate language curricula, where the objectives of the experience are aligned with at-home (AH) curricula, a topic that has not been fully discussed in SA literature. The conclusions offer suggestions for keeping pace with the broader field of applied/educational linguistics. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01