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In:Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context
Edited by Barbara F. Freed
[Studies in Bilingualism 9] 1995
► pp. ix–x

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Published online: 12 October 1995
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Table of contents

Forewordxi
1. Introduction1
Language Learning and Study Abroad3
2. Predicting and Measuring Language Gains in Study Abroad Settings35
Predictors of Foreign Language Gain During Study Abroad37
A Canadian Interprovincial Exchange: Evaluating the Linguistic Impact of a Three-Month Stay in Quebec67
3. Comparison Studies95
Getting Into, Through and Out of a Survival Situation: A Comparison of Communicative Strategies Used by Students Studying Spanish Abroad and ‘At Home’97
What Makes Us Think That Students Who Study Abroad Become Fluent?123
The Peace Corps Experience: Language Learning in Training and in the Field149
The Effects of Overseas Language Programs: Report on a Case Study of an Intensive Japanese Course171
4. Sociolinguistic Studies195
The Acquisition of Politeness Patterns by Exchange Students in Japan197
Individual Differences and Study Abroad: Women Learning Japanese in Japan225
The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Native Speech Norms: Effects of a Year Abroad on Second Language Learners of French245
5. Diary Studies269
Language Learning and Living Abroad: Stories from the Field271
Folklinguistic Theories of Language Learning293
On the Value of Formal Instruction in Study Abroad: Student Reactions in Context317
Index335
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