Language Learning During Study Abroad: What We Know and What We Have Yet to Lear

Keywords

language learning, study abroad, cultural knowledge

Abstract

It has often been said that in order to develop advanced skills in a foreign language, one must go abroad. Language teachers see their students go abroad and return to report feeling that they have made substantial gains in both language abilities and cultural knowledge. These gains are usu- ally evident to the teacher. Yet in spite of these experiences, teachers are seldom able to pinpoint exactly what it is that students gain during study abroad.

Original Publication Citation

Dewey, D. P. (2007). Language learning during study abroad in Japan. Japanese Language and Literature, 41(2), 245-269. https://www.aatj.org/journal-41-2 OR https://www.jstor.org/stable/30198037

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2007

Publisher

American Association of Teachers of Japanese

Language

English

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics

University Standing at Time of Publication

Full Professor

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