Summer English courses abroad vs. 'at home'

The purpose of this study is to examine two L2 learning contexts (study abroad versus EFL intensive instruction at home) in terms of language development and learners' characteristics (including students' initial predisposition to learn English, and their experience in the programme they e...

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Autores: Serrano Serrano, Raquel, Tragant Mestres, Elsa, Llanes Baró, Àngels
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/164078
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/164078
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ensenyament de llengües
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Language teaching
Second language acquisition
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spelling Summer English courses abroad vs. 'at home'Serrano Serrano, RaquelTragant Mestres, ElsaLlanes Baró, ÀngelsEnsenyament de llengüesAdquisició d'una segona llenguaLanguage teachingSecond language acquisitionThe purpose of this study is to examine two L2 learning contexts (study abroad versus EFL intensive instruction at home) in terms of language development and learners' characteristics (including students' initial predisposition to learn English, and their experience in the programme they enrolled in). Two groups of teenagers were considered: one group (n = 58) received intensive classroom instruction for four weeks in their home country (Spain), and another group (n = 54) spent a comparable amount of time abroad (UK), where they also attended language lessons. The learners performed two written tasks twice (at the beginning and at the end of their summer programme) and they filled in a questionnaire about their experience while studying. The results of our analyses suggest that, while the L2 develops in a comparable way in the two contexts, learners' profiles and experiences are slightly different.Oxford University Press2014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/164078Articles publicats en revistes (Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccu007ELT Journal, 2014, vol. 68, num. 4, p. 397-409https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccu007(c) Serrano Serrano, Raquel et al., 2014info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1640782026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Summer English courses abroad vs. 'at home'
spellingShingle Summer English courses abroad vs. 'at home'
Serrano Serrano, Raquel
Ensenyament de llengües
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Language teaching
Second language acquisition
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title_full Summer English courses abroad vs. 'at home'
title_fullStr Summer English courses abroad vs. 'at home'
title_full_unstemmed Summer English courses abroad vs. 'at home'
title_sort Summer English courses abroad vs. 'at home'
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Serrano Serrano, Raquel
Tragant Mestres, Elsa
Llanes Baró, Àngels
author Serrano Serrano, Raquel
author_facet Serrano Serrano, Raquel
Tragant Mestres, Elsa
Llanes Baró, Àngels
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Llanes Baró, Àngels
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ensenyament de llengües
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Language teaching
Second language acquisition
topic Ensenyament de llengües
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Language teaching
Second language acquisition
description The purpose of this study is to examine two L2 learning contexts (study abroad versus EFL intensive instruction at home) in terms of language development and learners' characteristics (including students' initial predisposition to learn English, and their experience in the programme they enrolled in). Two groups of teenagers were considered: one group (n = 58) received intensive classroom instruction for four weeks in their home country (Spain), and another group (n = 54) spent a comparable amount of time abroad (UK), where they also attended language lessons. The learners performed two written tasks twice (at the beginning and at the end of their summer programme) and they filled in a questionnaire about their experience while studying. The results of our analyses suggest that, while the L2 develops in a comparable way in the two contexts, learners' profiles and experiences are slightly different.
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