Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context

Abstract

1. Foreword (by Ferguson, Charles A.) 2. 1. Introduction 3. Language Learning and Study Abroad (by Freed, Barbara F.) 4. 2. Predicting and Measuring Language Gains in Study Abroad Settings 5. Predictors of Foreign Language Gain During Study Abroad (by Brecht, Richard D.) 6. A Canadian Interprovincial Exchange: Evaluating the Linguistic Impact of a Three-Month Stay in Quebec (by Lapkin, Sharon) 7. 3. Comparison Studies 8. Getting Into, Through and Out of a Survival Situation: A Comparison of Communicative Strategies Used by Students Studying Spanish Abroad and 'At Home' (by Lafford, Barbara A.) 9. What Makes Us Think That Students Who Study Abroad Become Fluent? (by Freed, Barbara F.) 10. The Peace Corps Experience: Language Learning in Training and in the Field (by Guntermann, Gail) 11. The Effects of Overseas Language Programs: Report on a Case Study of an Intensive Japanese Course (by Huebner, Thom) 12. 4. Sociolinguistic Studies 13. The Acquisition of Politeness Patterns by Exchange Students in Japan (by Marriott, Helen) 14. Individual Differences and Study Abroad: Women Learning Japanese in Japan (by Siegal, Meryl) 15. The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Native Speech Norms: Effects of a Year Abroad on Second Language Learners of French (by Regan, Vera) 16. 5. Diary Studies 17. Language Learning and Living Abroad: Stories from the Field (by Polanyi, Livia) 18. Folklinguistic Theories of Language Learning (by Miller, Laura) 19. On the Value of Formal Instruction in Study Abroad: Student Reactions in Context (by Brecht, Richard D.) 20. Index