Study Abroad Research: Findings, Implications, and Future Directions

The Handbook of Language Teaching

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 218-233

  Collentine, Joseph ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ERASMUS program; Foreign language (FL) classroom and intensive domestic immersion setting; Pockets of SA contexts and learner profiles; SA context sine qua non for achieving global L2 competence; SA context of learning and threshold to reach for learners; SA learners of Russian and advanced level on ACTFL proficiency scale; Second language acquisition (SLA) and context of learning; Second language acquisition in study abroad (SA) context; Sociocognitive and socio cultural pressures facing learners in SA context; Teaching strategies and syllabus design on learner development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958801212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444315783.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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