Table of Contents

List of tables

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Sojourning abroad in an age of global English

1.2 Anglophone traditions in the language learning sojourn

1.3 Researching the Anglophone language learning sojourn

1.3.1 An SLA research tradition

1.3.2 Studying the context for L2 development

1.3.3 An emergent sociocultural tradition

1.4 The LANGSNAP project

1.5 Outline of the book

Chapter 2: Language learning during residence abroad: key constructs

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Language

2.2.1 The target language construct and the goals of language education

2.2.2 The ideal of "immersion"

2.2.3 Language variation and pluralism in everyday practice

2.2.4 Sojourner perspectives on target language variation and multilingualism

2.2.5 Empirical studies of sojourner’s language practices

2.2.6 Language learning and development during the sojourn abroad

2.2.7 The CAF framework

2.3 Identity

2.3.1 Views of identity in SLA

2.3.2 Identity in study abroad research

2.3.3 Identity: a summing up

2.4 Culture

2.4.1 Conceptualisations of culture in language education

2.4.2 Intercultural learning in study abroad

2.5 Communities and social networks

2.5.1 Student communities and social relations

2.5.2 Role-related settings and practices for the sojourn abroad

2.5.3 Domestic settings during the sojourn

2.5.4 Leisure practices during the sojourn

2.5.5 Social networking during the sojourn

2.5.6 Home contacts and communication practices

2.6 Conclusion

Chapter 3: The LANGSNAP project: design and methodology

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Project aims and design

3.3 Participants

3.4 Procedure for data collection

3.5 Project i

About the Author

Rosamond Mitchell is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Southampton.

Nicole Tracy-Ventura is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of World Languages at the University of South Florida.

Kevin McManus is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Language Learning Research at the University of York.