The homestay in intensive language study abroad: Social networks, language socialization, and developing intercultural competence

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-25

  Shiri, Sonia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homestays; Intercultural competence; Second language socialization; Social networks; Study abroad

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961288539     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: 19449720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/flan.12127     Document Type: Article

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