Abstract

This chapter presents developments in the field that have enriched our understanding of language learning in education abroad contexts. It discusses centres on individual and external or environmental factors that have been found to influence the language development of student education abroad participants. The chapter concludes by identifying gaps in language learning research in education abroad and offers suggestions for future studies. Education abroad researchers have identified a myriad of individual elements or characteristics that can lead to profound differences in the language and intercultural learning of participants. Education abroad scholars have also discovered that external or environmental elements can bring about variations in the language learning trajectories of education abroad participants and, ultimately, result in different outcomes. Many institutions of higher education are still sending students abroad with limited preparation and scant awareness of language and culture-learning strategies that could enhance education abroad learning.

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