ABSTRACT
This collection explores student mobility and study abroad programmes across Europe, presenting original research on personal, linguistic, and intercultural development during study abroad experiences.
The volume synthesizes work from the 2016-2020 Cost Action 15130 ‘Study Abroad Research in European Perspective’ research network, offering a multidisciplinary account of the intersection of language learning and study abroad in Europe amidst the changing contemporary higher education landscape, as well as new directions for future research. The initial section comprises short survey chapters outlining key themes and literature, connecting traditional study abroad research with new multilingual and transnational realities. This is supported by a main section containing original empirical studies in a wide range of European contexts and a short afterword bringing together policy and pedagogical proposals. Taken together, the collection shines a light on the impact of the internationalisation of higher education on linguistic dimensions of student mobility while including a range of lesser studied settings and languages. New insights are offered on language learning, identity, interculturality, student agency and motivation, and transnational social networks in the study abroad context.
This book will be of particular interest to students, researchers and institutions interested in the intersection of language learning and study abroad, including such areas as multilingualism, higher education, and applied linguistics.
Chapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at https://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|44 pages
Overviews of the Field
part II|230 pages
Empirical Studies
chapter 5|17 pages
Study Abroad and Students' (Lack of) Social Integration
chapter 7|20 pages
Motivations and Social Integration of Mobile Students
chapter 8|18 pages
Peer Interactions and Second Language Learning
chapter 9|19 pages
Self-Efficacy in Managing Intercultural Interactions as an Outcome of Participation in the Erasmus Programme
chapter 10|18 pages
L2 Progress and Changes in Participants' Intercultural Competence Abroad
chapter 11|17 pages
How Social Interaction Affects Students' Formulaic Development in L2 German in a Multilingual SA Context
chapter 13|18 pages
The Role of Context in Shaping Narratives of Plurilingual Identity
chapter 14|18 pages
The Linguistic Repertoire and Lived Experience of a Slovak Student
chapter 15|17 pages
Learner Engagement and Study Abroad
part III|5 pages
Afterword