Social interaction and linguistic gain during study abroad

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-61

  Magnan, Sally Sieloff ^a,b,c   Back, Michele ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of French ^*  (France)

^c Doctoral Program in Second Language Acquisition

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coursework; French; Language contact; Proficiency; Residence abroad; Social interaction; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147120059     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2007.tb02853.x     Document Type: Review

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