The Effect of Study Abroad Homestay Placements: Participant Perspectives and Oral Proficiency Gains

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 168-188

  Di Silvio, Francesca ^a   Donovan, Anne ^a   Malone, Margaret E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Homestay; Host families; Oral proficiency; Participant perspectives; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894823891     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: 19449720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/flan.12064     Document Type: Article

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