Study abroad and ISLA
The interest in studying the effects of Study Abroad (SA) as a context for potential personal, linguistic, cultural and academic development seems undeniable and undiminishing―SA has also been referred to as ‘Stay Abroad,’ ‘Residence Abroad’ (Coleman, 2002) or, with a more general meaning, as ‘mobil...
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| Tipo de recurso: | capítulo de libro |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Digital de la UPF |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dnet:rdupf_______::72698c61d996770ce4d3c28c54f7a775 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10230/73444 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Study abroad Language acquisition |
| Sumario: | The interest in studying the effects of Study Abroad (SA) as a context for potential personal, linguistic, cultural and academic development seems undeniable and undiminishing―SA has also been referred to as ‘Stay Abroad,’ ‘Residence Abroad’ (Coleman, 2002) or, with a more general meaning, as ‘mobility’ (Jackson, 2010). SA is not a new phenomenon. Indeed, Erasmus of Rotterdam in the 16th century was a mobile scholar. What is new is the upward trend in mobility figures in contemporary society in general, only paralleled by the interest in exploring SA effects within second language acquisition (SLA) research, the main focus of this chapter. Why such a new trend in mobility these days? The answer is internationalization, which has spread as a new goal, hand in hand with the globalization of the economy (Falk & Kanach, 2000; Jackson, 2013), underlying mobility across the globe, and, clearly so in education (Banks & Bhandari, 2012; DeWit & Merkx, 2012). Paige, Cohen, and Shiveley (2004) attest from the perspective of US programmes: “Study abroad is clearly a global educational phenomenon, a ‘growth industry’ in higher education, and contributes to broader internationalization efforts in colleges and universities” (p. 253). Indeed, according to the Open Doors Report, published by the Institute of International Education, in 2015 there were 4.5 million mobile college and university students worldwide, for which the US remained the destination of choice, with almost double the number hosted by the UK, the second leading host country. Within the US, over 304,467 US students embarked on a SA programme before graduating from college or university during the academic year 2013–2014, representing an increase of 5% over that year. |
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