Agency and Affordances in Study Abroad
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22044490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew D Tweed (0000-0001-9026-3231, Soka University, corresponding author), Hayo Reinders (0000-0003-3635-1833, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 327 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Education Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2227-7102 • E-ISSN: 2227-7102 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/educsci13040327 |
| OpenAlex | W4360615780 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 34 |
Research in study abroad (SA) has developed over the past several decades, with an increasing focus on individual learners and their experiences. Despite this trend, it remains unclear what affordances beyond the classroom are available to students and whether and how learners enact their agency to make use of the available opportunities. The present study adopts an ecological framework to examine how four Japanese learners enacted their agency to capitalize on affordances for language learning beyond the classroom during study abroad. Agency is understood as a multidimensional construct, with both internal and external dimensions. Learners utilized a smartphone application to regularly report their language use and associated reflections. Further details about their experiences were elicited by post-study abroad questionnaires and interviews. The findings reveal the various kinds of language episodes reported by the students and how these learners exercised their agency in relation to their learning experiences. A discussion of what factors likely contributed to these learners’ enacting their agency is included. The study concludes with implications for supporting students’ out-of-class learning during study abroad
Affordance · Focus group · Language acquisition · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Study abroad · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology
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Enhancing Language Learning in Study Abroad
Handbook of Public Pedagogy
Strategic Language Learning
Language Learning and Study Abroad
Self-Determination Theory
Agency as a fourth aspect of students’ engagement during learning activities
Social Network Development, Language Use, and Language Acquisition during Study Abroad
The Language Contact Profile
Metacognitive Knowledge and Language Learning1
Understanding learner agency as a complex dynamic system
Social context and resources for language learning
Critical incidents and language learning
Language learning and study abroad
Research agenda
A Road and a Forest
Toward a Dialogical Perspective on Agency
Study Abroad from the Participants' Perspective
On Language Learner Agency
What are emotions? And how can they be measured
Language and Agency
| Citations per year | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |