| Description |
xv, 345 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Studies in bilingualism ; vol. 9 |
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Studies in bilingualism ; vol. 9
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| Contents |
Foreword / Charles Ferguson -- I. Introduction. Language Learning and Study Abroad / Barbara F. Freed -- II. Predicting and Measuring Language Gains in Study Abroad Settings. Predictors of Foreign Language Gain During Study Abroad / Richard D. Brecht, Dan E. Davidson and Ralph B. Ginsberg. A Canadian Interprovincial Exchange: Evaluating the Linguistic Impact of a Three-Month Stay in Quebec / Sharon Lapkin, Doug Hart and Merrill Swain -- III. Comparison Studies. Getting Into, Through and Out of a Survival Situation: A Comparison of Communicative Strategies Used by Students Studying Spanish Abroad and 'At Home' / Barbara A. Lafford. What Makes Us Think That Students Who Study Abroad Become Fluent? / Barbara F. Freed. The Peace Corps Experience: Language Learning in Training and in the Field / Gail Guntermann. The Effects of Overseas Language Programs: Report on a Case Study of an Intensive Japanese Course / Thom Huebner -- IV. Sociolinguistic Studies |
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The Acquisition of Politeness Patterns by Exchange Students in Japan / Helen Marriott. Individual Differences and Study Abroad: Women Learning Japanese in Japan / Meryl Siegal. The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Native Speech Norms: Effects of a Year Abroad on Second Language Learners of French / Vera Regan -- V. Diary Studies. Language Learning and Living Abroad: Stories from the Field / Livia Polanyi. Folklinguistic Theories of Language Learning / Laura Miller and Ralph B. Ginsberg. On the Value of Formal Instruction in Study Abroad: Student Reactions in Context / Richard D. Brecht and Jennifer L. Robinson |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition.
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching.
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Foreign study.
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| Author |
Freed, Barbara F.
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| LC no. |
95008924 |
| ISBN |
1556195427 alkaline paper |
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1556195435 pb |
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9027241147 |
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