Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context Book

	Foreword
I	Introduction	1
	Language Learning and Study Abroad	3
II	Predicting and Measuring Language Gains in Study Abroad Settings	35
	Predictors of Foreign Language Gain During Study Abroad	37
	A Canadian Interprovincial Exchange: Evaluating the Linguistic Impact of a Three-Month Stay in Quebec	67
III	Comparison Studies	95
	Getting Into, Through and Out of a Survival Situation: A Comparison of Communicative Strategies Used by Students Studying Spanish Abroad and 'At Home'	97
	What Makes Us Think That Students Who Study Abroad Become Fluent?	123
	The Peace Corps Experience: Language Learning in Training and in the Field	149
	The Effects of Overseas Language Programs: Report on a Case Study of an Intensive Japanese Course	171
IV	Sociolinguistic Studies	195
	The Acquisition of Politeness Patterns by Exchange Students in Japan	197
	Individual Differences and Study Abroad: Women Learning Japanese in Japan	225
	The Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Native Speech Norms: Effects of a Year Abroad on Second Language Learners of French	245
V	Diary Studies	269
	Language Learning and Living Abroad: Stories from the Field	271
	Folklinguistic Theories of Language Learning	293
	On the Value of Formal Instruction in Study Abroad: Student Reactions in Context	317
	Index	335