Factors Influencing Language Gains for Chinese Speakers during Study Abroad

Authors

Spencer Ring, Brigham Young University
Andrew Westover, Brigham Young University
Dr. Dan Dewey, Brigham Young University

Keywords

language gains, Chinese speakers, study abroad, linguistic proficiency

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics and English Language

Abstract

In this project, we aimed to investigate factors that influence study abroad students’ development of linguistic proficiency in Mandarin Chinese. We decided to focus on Mandarin Chinese because, as Dewey (2007) observes, an understanding of what factors affect the development of proficiency in Asian languages is limited compared with European languages, which have received more research focus in second language acquisition studies.

Recommended Citation

Ring, Spencer; Westover, Andrew; and Dewey, Dr. Dan (2014) "Factors Influencing Language Gains for Chinese Speakers during Study Abroad," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 668.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/668