Study Abroad, Second Language Acquisition and Interculturality

Martin Howard is Head of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at University College Cork, Ireland. His research interests include study abroad, second language acquisition and sociolinguistics. He is Chair of the European COST Action, ‘Study Abroad Research in European Perspective’.

• Introduction. Martin Howard: Second Language Acquisition and Interculturality During Study Abroad: Issues and Perspectives. An Introduction to the VolumeChapter 1. Jane Jackson: “Cantonese is my own eyes and English is just my glasses:” The Evolving Language and Intercultural Attitudes of a Chinese Study Abroad StudentChapter 2. Sònia Mas-Alcolea: Study Abroad and the Students’ Discourse on ‘Cultural Difference’: A Longitudinal ViewChapter 3. Tiina Räisänen: Discursive Identity Work and Interculturality During Blue-collar Work Practice Abroad: Finnish Engineering Students as Language Learners and UsersChapter 4. Leah Geoghegan and Carmen Pérez-Vidal:English as a Lingua Franca, Motivation, and Identity in Study AbroadChapter 5. Àngels Llanes: Study Abroad as a Context for Learning English as an International Language: An Exploratory StudyChapter 6. Fanny Forsberg Lundell: Long-term Residence Abroad and SLA: The Case of Cultural Migrants in FranceChapter 7. Rebekah Rast: What First Exposure Studies of Input can Contribute to Study Abroad ResearchChapter 8. Rozenn Gautier: Understanding Socialisation and Integration through Social Network Analysis: American and Chinese Students During a Stay AbroadChapter 9. Noriko Iwasaki: Individual Differences in Study Abroad Research: Sources, Processes and Outcomes of Students’ Development in Language, Culture and PersonhoodChapter 10. Celeste Kinginger: Four Questions for the Next Generation of Study Abroad Researchers

In this informative and timely volume highly respected international researchers provide answers to important issues related to interculturality and study abroad, as well as suggestions on how to move the field forward. Practitioners and researchers alike will find in this volume an excellent resource for the study of linguistic and personal development in immersive contexts.