Multicultural effectiveness and self-perceived linguistic progress as a result of a study-abroad experience (original) (raw)

2016

Abstract

In recent times, study-abroad experiences have found their way into the curriculum of many students, foremost in that of language students. The European Union in particular has gone to great lengths to promote these residences abroad. Not only are study-abroad experiences expected to boost students’ language competences, they are also considered beneficial to students’ personal development and future employability (European Commission, 2014). More specifically, exchange students are expected to gain emotional independence and maturity alongside enhanced social skills (European Commission, 2014). However, few studies have tried to capture the changes prolonged exposure to a L2 community is supposed to have on learners’ multicultural effectiveness, i.e. the ability to effectively deal with intercultural differences (van der Zee, van Oudenhoven, Ponterotto, & Fietzer, 2013). In this contribution, we aim to explore how students perceive their linguistic progress after spending a term ab...

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