Academic and linguistic gains during a semester long study abroad: A cohort case study

• Authors: Wei Cai , Xiangrong Li , Meihua Liu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The present case study investigated university students’ academic and linguistic gains during a semester-long exchange program abroad. Thirty three third-year English majors from a Chinese university answered a battery of questionnaires and 13 of them participated in semi-structured interviews both prior to and after the program. Analyses of the data showed that the participants gained greatly from the exchange program both academically and linguistically. Based on the findings, some implications about exchange programs are discussed.

Keywords

EN

gain; exchange program; academic; linguistic

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 505-522

Dates

cover

2013-12

Contributors

author

Wei Cai

• Tsinghua University Beijing China

author

Xiangrong Li

• Tsinghua University Beijing, China

author

Meihua Liu

• Tsinghua University Beijing, China

Identifiers

ISSN

2083-5205

DOI

10.14746/ssllt.2013.3.4.4