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2006 INSIGHTS FROM STUDY ABROAD FOR LANGUAGE PROGRAMS

 

Contents, acknowledgements, preface, conclusion, contributors

Introduction: The view from abroad

Sharon Wilkinson

Articles

Native speakers' perceptions of fluency acquired by study abroad students and their implications for the classroom at home

Deborah Dubiner; Barbara F. Freed; Norman Segalowitz

This chapter explores the relationship between empirically identified features of nonnative oral fluency and the subjective perceptions of oral fluency …

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Requesting help in French: developing pragmatic features during study abroad

Sally Sieloff Magnan; Michele Back

This study is part of a larger project looking at the development of language ability among study abroad students in …

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Study abroad and the second language acquisition of tense and aspect in French: Is longer better?

Lucile Duperron

Recent research in the study abroad context (SA) has focused on the sociocognitive factors affecting second language (L2) development compared …

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Reading comprehension and vocabulary development in orthographically complex languages during study abroad

Dan P. Dewey

This paper reviews research on the acquisition of reading skills and vocabulary knowledge during study abroad, focusing specifically on findings …

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A model of intercultural competence and its implications for the foreign language curriculum

Darla K. Deardorff

Although study abroad has often been promoted as an effective means of developing cross-cultural knowledge and skills, this process has …

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Speak for yourself: Second language use and self-construction during study abroad

Valerie Pellegrino Aveni

Communication plays an integral role in an individual’s construction of the self in society. Second language (L2) learners, whose communicative …

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From the learner's perspective: A case study on motives and study abroad

Kate Douglass

As we attempt to better understand the study abroad experience from the perspective of the participants, we must examine individual …

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Global simulation: Experiential learning and preparing students at home for study abroad

Beatrice Dupuy

Every year, increasing numbers of undergraduate students elect to study abroad. For the majority of these students, residing overseas and …

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