Second Language Study Abroad

John L. Plews is Professor of German at Saint Mary's University, Canada, President of the Canadian Association of University Teachers of German, and DAAD Research Ambassador. Dr. Plews publishes in the area of second language curriculum and teaching, second language learner identities, and study abroad for language learners and teachers. Kim Misfeldt is Professor of German and Vice Dean at the Augustana Campus, University of Alberta, Canada. She directed the Canadian Summer School in Germany 2003-2016. Dr. Misfeldt's excellence in university teaching and educational leadership has been recognized with four teaching awards, including a 3M National Teaching Fellowship and the Charles Dunn COPLAC Award.

Chapter 1: Introduction: Shifting attention to second language study abroad programming, pedagogy and participant engagement; John L. Plews and Kim Misfeldt.- Part 1: Curriculum and design.- Chapter 2: Positioning year-long study abroad at the centre of the modern languages curriculum: Supporting and assessing learning; Penny Johnson and Simon McKinnon.- Chapter 3: Lessons from 25 years of experimenting with Arabic study abroad: Programme evaluation, culture, location, and curriculum; Matthew T. Bird and R. Kirk Belnap.- Chapter 4: Student-centred second language study abroad for non-traditional sojourners: An Anglophone Caribbean example; Ian Craig.- Part 2: Pedagogical approaches.- Chapter 5: Student awareness of teaching and learning approaches in second language study abroad; John L. Plews, Kim Misfeldt and Feisal Kirumira.- Chapter 6: Increasing student engagement during study abroad through service learning: A view from Japan; Dawn Grimes-MacLellan.- Part 3: Participant experiences and engagement.- Chapter 7: Exploring intercultural learning and second language identities in the ERASMUS context; Ana Beaven and Claudia Borghetti.- Chapter 8: 'I thought I was prepared'. ERASMUS students' voices on their transition from L2 learners to L2 users; Sònia Mas-Alcolea.- Chapter 9: Language teachers on study abroad programmes: The characteristics and strategies of those most likely to increase their intercultural communicative competence; Deborah Corder, Annelies Roskvist, Sharon Harvey, and Karen Stacey.- Chapter 10: Adopt a Class: Engagement and reflection during the year abroad; Elizabeth A. Andersen and Sophie Stewart.- Chapter 11: Second language speaking and intercultural friendship formation in study abroad: Experiences and perspectives of international students in the USA; Rebecca K. Smith.- Chapter 12: Gender as a cultural and social construct in language learning during study abroad; Mar Galindo.