Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study Abroad

355 Pages·2013·1.99 MB·English

by  Celeste Kinginger

Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study Abroad
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Editors
Nina Spada Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Center for Language Study
University of Toronto Yale University
Volume 37
Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study Abroad
Edited by Celeste Kinginger
Social and Cultural
Aspects of Language Learning
in Study Abroad
Edited by
Celeste Kinginger
Pennsylvania State University
John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Social and cultural aspects of language learning in study abroad / Edited by Celeste
Kinginger.
p. cm. (Language Learning & Language Teaching, issn 1569-9471 ; v. 37)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Second language acquisition. 2. Foreign study--Social aspects. 3. Language and
languages--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers. 4. Intercultural communica-
tion. 5. Language and culture. I. Kinginger, Celeste, 1959- editor of compilation.
P118.2.S623 2013
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This book is dedicated to the memory of my beloved parents,
John Henry and Polly Langford Kinginger, who sent me
on my way to my first adventures abroad.

Table of contents
Acknowledgement ix
part i. Orientation
Introduction: Social and cultural aspects of language learning
in study abroad 3
Celeste Kinginger
Researching whole people and whole lives 17
James A. Coleman
part ii. Qualitative and case studies
Self-regulatory strategies of foreign language learners: From the
classroom to study abroad and beyond 47
Heather Willis Allen
“Opening up to the world”?: Developing interculturality in an
international field experience for ESL teachers 75
Elizabeth Smolcic
Politics of identification in the use of lingua francas in student
mobility to Finland and France 101
Fred Dervin
An American in Paris: Myth, desire, and subjectivity in one student’s
account of study abroad in France 127
Tim Wolcott
Exploring the potential of high school homestays as a context for local
engagement and negotiation of difference: Americans in China 155
Dali Tan & Celeste Kinginger
The transformation of “a frog in the well”: A path to a more
intercultural, global mindset 179
Jane Jackson
iii Social and Cultural Aspects of Language Learning in Study Abroad
part iii. Pragmatics and identity
“I joke you don’t”: Second language humor and intercultural
identity construction 207
Maria Shardakova
Getting over the hedge: Acquisition of mitigating language in
L2 Japanese 239
Noriko Iwasaki
Identity and honorifics use in Korean study abroad 269
Lucien Brown
A corpus-based study of vague language use by learners of
Spanish in a study abroad context 299
Julieta Fernandez
Afterword 333
Celeste Kinginger
Name index 337
Subject index 343
Acknowledgement
This volume was truly a collective endeavor, so my first appreciation goes to the
authors, for contributing their insights and seeing the project to completion with
professionalism and kindness. I would like to thank my friends, colleagues, and
students in the Department of Applied Linguistics, the Department of French
and Francophone Studies, and the Center for Language Acquisition for their
constant support for my research. I am indebted to Nelleke van Deusen-Scholl,
who invited me to propose this volume to John Benjamins, and to Nelleke, Nina
Spada, and Kees Vaes for their editorial expertise and invaluable comments on
the manuscript. Funding for this project was provided in part through a Title VI
Language Resource Center grant to the Center for Advanced Language P roficiency
Education and Research at the Pennsylvania State University from the U.S.
Department of Education (CFDA 84.229A, P229A100012). However, the contents
do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education and one
should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.