In:Language Acquisition in Study Abroad and Formal Instruction Contexts
Edited by Carmen Pérez-Vidal
[AILA Applied Linguistics Series 13] 2014
► pp. 59–84
Chapter 3. The ‘ins and outs’ of a study abroad programme
The SALA exchange programme
Published online: 8 July 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/aals.13.04ch3
https://doi.org/10.1075/aals.13.04ch3
This chapter looks in detail at all the stages involved in setting up and managing the exchange experience of several cohorts of students from the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting at a Catalan university in Barcelona, Spain. The history of the exchange is briefly presented, followed by the articulation of all the stages of the exchange; prior to departure, monitoring the students during the actual period of Stay Abroad and, finally, follow-up activities. The complex interplay of factors involved in mobilising and monitoring large numbers of exchange students is presented and reference is also made to the degree to which it is possible to undertake successful Stay Abroad initiatives from the planning stage right through to their completion.
References (4)
Kinginger, C. 2009.
Language Learning and Study Abroad. A Critical Reading of Research
. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Paige, R.M., Cohen, A., Kappler, B., Chi, J. & Lassegard, J.P. 2002.
Maximizing Study Abroad. A Students’ Guide to Strategies for Language and Culture Learning and Use
. Minneapolis MN: University of Minnesota Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition.
Pérez-Vidal, C. 2011. Language acquisition in three different contexts of learning: Formal instruction, study abroad and semi-immersion (CLIL). In
Content and Foreign Language Integrated Learning: Contributions to Multilingualism in European Contexts
, Y. Ruiz de Zarobe, J.M. Sierra & F. Gallardo del Puerto (eds), 103–129. Bern: Peter Lang.
Turell, M., Beattie, J., Fontana, J.M., Forcadell, M., González, M., Juan, M., Mcnally, L., Mora, J.C, Pérez-Vidal, C., Vallduví, E. & Varela, J.R. 2004. La estandarización de las pruebas en un estudio sobre los efectos de la movilidad (estancia en el país de lengua meta) en la competencia oral y escrita de los estudiantes de inglés universitarios. In
La Enseñanza de las Lenguas en una Europa Multicultural. Actas del 21 Congreso de la Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada (2003)
, J.M. Oro., J.R. Varela & J. Anderson (eds.), 117–134. Santiago de Compostela: Servizo de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico.
Cited by (4)
Cited by four other publications
Zaytseva, Victoria, Imma Miralpeix & Carmen Pérez-Vidal
Zaytseva, Victoria, Imma Miralpeix & Carmen Pérez-Vidal
Zaytseva, Victoria, Imma Miralpeix & Carmen Pérez-Vidal
This list is based on CrossRef data as of 11 december 2025. Please note that it may not be complete. Sources presented here have been supplied by the respective publishers. Any errors therein should be reported to them.