Language Learning in Study Abroad: The Multilingual Turn

Published by Multilingual Matters 2021

Language Learning in Study Abroad

The Multilingual Turn

Edited by: Wenhao Diao and Emma Trentman

Volume 88 in the series New Perspectives on Language and Education

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800411340

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This book addresses the multilingual reality of study abroad across a variety of national contexts and target languages. The chapters examine multilingual socialization and translanguaging; how the target language is entwined in global, local and historical contexts; and how students use of local and global varieties of English.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Multilingual Approaches to Language Learning in Study Abroad Emma Trentman and Wenhao Diao Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Ghanaian Multilinguals on Study Abroad in Tanzania: Learning Swahili through Akan/Twi and Cultures of Storytelling Jamie A. Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2 When the Foreign is Familiar: An Afro- Dominican-American Woman’s Experience Translanguaging Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage Learning Portuguese in Brazil Uju Anya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
3 An Investigation of L2 Learning Peer Interactions in Short-Term Study Abroad Janice McGregor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
4 Monolingual Expectations and Plurilingual Realities in Arabic Study Abroad Emma Trentman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
5 Language Use, Class and Study Abroad in China Wenhao Diao Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
6 ‘Sorry, I don’t speak any English’: An Activity- Theoretic Account of Language Choice in Study Abroad in South Korea Lucien Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
7 Study Abroad as a Transformative Translanguaging Space for Heritage Speakers of Spanish Tracy Quan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
8 Encountering Multilingualism in Study Abroad: Sojourners’ Orientations to Linguistic Diversity and Language Hierarchies in Barcelona Brandon Tullock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
9 Research on Language Learning during Study Abroad: What Next? Lourdes Ortega Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225

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Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Keywords: Bilingualism & multilingualism; Sociolinguistics; Language acquisition

eBook

Published: April 6, 2021
ISBN: 9781800411340