The impact of short-term study abroad programs on L2 listening comprehension skills

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-186

  Cubillos, Jorge H ^a   Chieffo, Lisa ^a   Fan, Chunbo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning strategies; Listening comprehension; Short term foreign sojourns; Strategy training; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549135565     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2008.tb03284.x     Document Type: Article

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