A Longitudinal Study of Advanced Learners’ Linguistic Development Before, During, and After Study Abroad
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22872017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristy Mcmanus (0000-0002-7855-6733, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author), Kevin McManus (Pennsylvania State University), Rosamond Mitchell (0000-0003-0325-528X, University of Southampton), Nicole Tracy‐ventura (0000-0002-2892-8105, West Virginia University), Nicole Tracy-Ventura (West Virginia University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 136-163 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-6001 • E-ISSN: 1477-450X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/applin/amaa003 |
| OpenAlex | W3011387385 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 41 |
The current study investigated advanced L2 learners’ linguistic development before, during, and after a nine-month stay abroad, the extent to which contextual changes (home-abroad-home) influenced the nature and magnitude of development, and the ways in which relationships among different linguistic elements changed over time. Participants were 56 university learners majoring in French (n = 29) and Spanish (n = 27), who spent an academic year abroad in the middle of a four-year BA degree programme. Oral data were collected six times over 21 months to trace development and change in complexity, accuracy, fluency, and lexis. Results showed ongoing improvements over time on most measures, including accuracy. Correlations indicated long-term relationships between fluency and vocabulary only and that accuracy–complexity relationships emerged in instructed home contexts only. These findings suggest that the affordances of home and abroad contexts can shape learners’ linguistic development and use differently. The role of pre-departure linguistic ability is discussed as critical to understanding the nature and extent of L2 linguistic development in study abroad.
Affordance · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Fluency · Lexis · Linguistics · Longitudinal study · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Study abroad · Vocabulary · Vocabulary development · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Medicine · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |