ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the language practices in which sojourners engaged, in the target L2, in English, and in other languages. It presents quantitative findings from the Language Engagement Questionnaire, followed by analysis of interviews. The chapter describes the use of French, Spanish and English in France, Spain and Mexico respectively. It focuses on the agency of individual sojourners, exploring how in apparently similar social settings, different language practices could be negotiated. The chapter explores participants' accounts of how they negotiated access to French and Spanish and used them in a range of settings. It also explores their practices in English, and in other languages/regional varieties. The chapter also examines learner agency in gaining access to informal L2 practice, in a number of key settings: the home, the placement, language skills exchanges, service encounters and the specialist domains of sport and music. It considers sojourners' efforts to use French or Spanish as a lingua franca with their international peers.
