Language Learning in Study Abroad -

Language Learning in Study Abroad

The Multilingual Turn

Wenhao Diao, Emma Trentman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
2021
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-80041-132-6 (ISBN)
43,55 inkl. MwSt
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 local and global varieties of English.
Vestiges of monolingual bias are present in the portrayal of study abroad as an idealized monolingual immersion experience and the steps many programs take to encourage or enforce target language monolingualism. In reality, study abroad is often inherently multilingual. This book addresses the need for a recognition of the multilingual realities of study abroad across a variety of traditional and non-traditional national contexts and target languages. The chapters examine multilingual socialization and translanguaging with peers, local hosts and instructors; how the target language is necessarily entwined in global, local and historical contexts; and how students negotiate the use of local and global varieties of English. Together the chapters present a powerful argument for scholars and study abroad practitioners to consider and critically incorporate multilingual realities into their research and planning. 

Wenhao Diao is an Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies and the doctoral program of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Arizona, USA. Her research focuses on the sociocultural and sociolinguistic aspects of Chinese language learning and teaching. Emma Trentman is an Associate Professor of Arabic at the University of New Mexico, USA. She is co-editor of the journal Critical Multilingualism Studies. Her research focuses on multilingual approaches to Arabic language teaching and learning. 

Acknowledgements

Contributors



Emma Trentman and Wenhao Diao: Introduction



Chapter 1. Jamie A. Thomas: Ghanaian Multilinguals on Study Abroad in Tanzania: Learning Swahili through Akan/Twi and Cultures of Storytelling



Chapter 2. Uju Anya: When the Foreign is Familiar: An Afro-Dominican-American Woman’s Experience Translanguaging Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage Learning Portuguese in Brazil



Chapter 3. Janice McGregor: An Investigation of L2 Learning Peer Interactions in Short Term Study Abroad



Chapter 4. Emma Trentman: Monolingual Expectations and Plurilingual Realities in Arabic Study Abroad



Chapter 5. Wenhao Diao: Language Use, Class, and Study Abroad in China 



Chapter 6. Lucien Brown: 'Sorry, I don’t speak any English': An Activity-Theoretic Account of Language Choice in Study Abroad in South Korea



Chapter 7. Tracy Quan: Study Abroad as a Transformative Translanguaging Space for Heritage Speakers of Spanish



Chapter 8. Brandon Tullock: Encountering Multilingualism in Study Abroad: Sojourners’ Orientations to Linguistic Diversity and Language Hierarchies in Barcelona



Chapter 9. Lourdes Ortega: Research on Language Learning during Study Abroad: What Next?

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie New Perspectives on Language and Education
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 371 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-80041-132-4 / 1800411324
ISBN-13 978-1-80041-132-6 / 9781800411326
Zustand Neuware
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