Language Learning in Study Abroad

The Multilingual Turn
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80041-132-6
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 229 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Vestiges of monolingual bias are present in the portrayal of study abroad as an idealized monolingual immersion experience and the steps many programs take to encourage or enforce target language monolingualism. In reality, study abroad is often inherently multilingual. This book addresses the need for a recognition of the multilingual realities of study abroad across a variety of traditional and non-traditional national contexts and target languages. The chapters examine multilingual socialization and translanguaging with peers, local hosts and instructors; how the target language is necessarily entwined in global, local and historical contexts; and how students negotiate the use of local and global varieties of English. Together the chapters present a powerful argument for scholars and study abroad practitioners to consider and critically incorporate multilingual realities into their research and planning.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Diao, Wenhao

Trentman, Emma

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Emma Trentman and Wenhao Diao: Introduction

Chapter 1. Jamie A. Thomas: Ghanaian Multilinguals on Study Abroad in Tanzania: Learning Swahili through Akan/Twi and Cultures of Storytelling

Chapter 2. Uju Anya: When the Foreign is Familiar: An Afro-Dominican-American Woman’s Experience Translanguaging Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage Learning Portuguese in Brazil

Chapter 3. Janice McGregor: An Investigation of L2 Learning Peer Interactions in Short Term Study Abroad

Chapter 4. Emma Trentman: Monolingual Expectations and Plurilingual Realities in Arabic Study Abroad

Chapter 5. Wenhao Diao: Language Use, Class, and Study Abroad in China

Chapter 6. Lucien Brown: 'Sorry, I don’t speak any English': An Activity-Theoretic Account of Language Choice in Study Abroad in South Korea

Chapter 7. Tracy Quan: Study Abroad as a Transformative Translanguaging Space for Heritage Speakers of Spanish

Chapter 8. Brandon Tullock: Encountering Multilingualism in Study Abroad: Sojourners’ Orientations to Linguistic Diversity and Language Hierarchies in Barcelona

Chapter 9. Lourdes Ortega: Research on Language Learning during Study Abroad: What Next?

Über Autor(innen)

Trentman, Emma
Emma Trentman is an Associate Professor of Arabic at the University of New Mexico, USA. She is co-editor of the journal Critical Multilingualism Studies. Her research focuses on multilingual approaches to Arabic language teaching and learning.

Diao, Wenhao
Dr. Wenhao Diao is Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies and the doctoral program of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Arizona. She also co-directs the Center for East Asian Studies, a Title VI National Resource Center supported by the US Department of Education, at the University of Arizona. As an applied linguist, Dr. Diao is interested in the identities and ideologies that Chinese language education (re)produce and (re)distribute. Her research has primarily focused on study abroad -- particularly going to and from China. Her articles have appeared in journals such as Applied Linguistics, The Modern Language Journal, System, and so on.  With her colleagues in the field, she has edited a book entitled Language Learning in Study Abroad: The Multilingual Turn (Multilingual Matters, 2021) and a special issue themed Study Abroad in the 21st Century for the L2 Journal in 2016.

Wenhao Diao is an Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies and the doctoral program of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching at the University of Arizona, USA. Her research focuses on the sociocultural and sociolinguistic aspects of Chinese language learning and teaching.

Emma Trentman is an Associate Professor of Arabic at the University of New Mexico, USA. She is co-editor of the journal Critical Multilingualism Studies. Her research focuses on multilingual approaches to Arabic language teaching and learning.