Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context

361 Pages·1995·30.08 MB·English

by  Barbara F. Freed

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
IN A STUDY ABROAD CONTEXT
STUDIES IN BILINGUALISM (SiBil)
EDITORS
Kees de Bot Thorn Huebner
University of Nijmegen San José State University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Michael Clyne (Monash University)
Theo van Els (University of Nijmegen)
Charles Ferguson (Stanford University)
Joshua Fishman (Yeshiva University)
François Grosjean (Université de Neuchâtel)
Wolfgang Klein (Max Planck Institut für Psycholinguistik)
Christina Bratt Paulston (University of Pittsburgh)
Suzanne Romaine (Merton College, Oxford)
Charlene Sato (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Merrill Swain (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education)
Richard Tucker (Carnegie Mellon University)
Volume 9
Barbara F. Freed (ed.)
Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context
SECOND
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
IN A STUDY ABROAD
CONTEXT
Edited by
BARBARA F. FREED
Carnegie Mellon University
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING COMPANY
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Second language acquisition in a study abroad context / edited by Barbara F. Freed
p. cm. -- (Studies in Bilingualism, ISSN 0928-1533 ; v. 9)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Second language acquisition. 2. Language and languages- Study and teaching. 3.
Foreign study. I. Freed, Barbara F. II. Series.
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This book is dedicated, with love and gratitude, to my parents,
Lillian and Maurice Freed,
without whom I never would have studied abroad.

Acknowledgments
This volume is the result of the collaboration of all those who have contrib
uted to it. Each of the authors has, for many years and in a variety of contexts,
been pre-occupied with the relationship between language learning and the
study abroad experience. It is the focus of their individual research projects
and the related insights resulting from these studies that have interacted to
produce an emerging linguistic profile of students who have studied abroad.
Credit for the original inspiration for this book belongs to Thorn Huebner who
proposed such a volume at AAAL in 1991 and invited me to undertake it.
Both he and Kees de Bot, editors of the Series on Bilingualism, deserve
thanks for their helpful editorial supervision.
Special recognition is due Nancy Monda who with unique talent and
enviable calm managed the task of countless editorial details, always with
meticulous attention and indefatigable energy. Her devotion will always be
remembered. Appreciation is expressed as well to Jeffrey Altschuler and his
assistants, Laura Valentine and Chris Stone, who provided extensive techni
cal assistance with the Index. Yola de Lusenet and Kees Vaes of John
Benjamins are also singled out for their responsiveness, sound advice, flex
ibility and unfailing good humor. Appreciation is expressed as well to the
Office of the President of Carnegie Mellon University for financial support
for my own research in this volume.
Never to be forgotten is the constant behind the scenes support extended
by my family. A personal note of appreciation is extended to my sister, Alice
Freed and most especially to my husband, Sheldon Tabb, for continual
encouragement, confidence and unfailing indulgence.
Barbara F. Freed
June 1995
Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Charles Ferguson
I Introduction 1
Language Learning and Study Abroad 3
Barbara F. Freed
II Predicting and Measuring Language Gains in Study 35
Abroad Settings
Predictors of Foreign Language Gain During Study Abroad 37
Richard D. Brecht, Dan E. Davidson and Ralph B. Ginsberg
A Canadian Interprovincial Exchange: Evaluating the Linguistic 67
Impact of a Three-Month Stay in Quebec
Sharon Lapkin, Doug Hart and Merrill Swain
III Comparison Studies 95
Getting Into, Through and Out of a Survival Situation: A Comparison 97
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 123
Fluent?
Barbara F. Freed
The Peace Corps Experience: Language Learning in Training and in 149
the Field
Gail Guntermann
The Effects of Overseas Language Programs: Report on a Case 171
Study of an Intensive Japanese Course
Thorn Huebner
X Table of Contents
IV Sociolmguistic Studies 195
The Acquisition of Politeness Patterns by Exchange Students in Japan 197
Helen Marriott
Individual Differences and Study Abroad: Women Learning Japanese 225
in Japan
Meryl Siegal
The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Native Speech Norms: Effects 245
of a Year Abroad on Second Language Learners of French
Vera Regan
V Diary Studies 269
Language Learning and Living Abroad: Stories from the Field 271
Livia Polanyi
Folklinguistic Theories of Language Learning 293
Laura Miller and Ralph B. Ginsberg
On the Value of Formal Instruction in Study Abroad: Student 317
Reactions in Context
Richard D. Brecht and Jennifer L. Robinson
Index 335