Social Lives of Study Abroad - Understanding Second Language Learners Experiences Through Social

This volume presents an innovative approach to understanding the language socialization process of second language learners in study abroad programs, focusing on the case of study abroad programs in Japan. Study abroad experiences are so diverse that both macro and micro viewpoints are needed to capture such complexity. This book looks for a way forward by adopting a novel approach which integrates social network analysis and conversation nalysis and allows for a fuller, more nuanced understanding of varying experiences of study abroad participants. Chapters draw on data from a wide range of sources, including participant observation, semi-structured interviews, social network surveys, and audio and visual recordings, to demonstrate the ways in which broader social forces, environmental factors, and individuals' dispositions interact in myriad social contexts within the study abroad experience. Taken together, the volume offers readers a comprehensive portrait of social processes in study abroad programs and their implications for language development, making this key reading for students and scholars in second language acquisition, pragmatics, and applied linguistics.

List of contents

Part I: The Social Lives of Study Abroad: Preliminaries

1. Introduction to the Book





2. Language Development in Study Abroad





3. Researching Social Networks and Interaction


Part II: Formation and Transformation of Social Networks



4. Closed Network





5. Open Network





6. Collapsed Network


Part III: Process of Interpersonal Relationships



7. Being ‘Extroverts’





8. Being ‘Loners’


Part IV: Participation in Social Interaction



9. Rose’s Interactional Patterns





10. Joe’s Interactional Patterns


Part V: Understanding Second Language Learners’ Experiences



11. Putting Pieces Together





12. Implications for All Involved

About the author

Atsushi Hasegawa is Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Kentucky. He specializes in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and language pedagogy. His research interests encompass micro-analysis of L2 interaction both in instructional and non-instructional settings, as well as social network analysis of various multilingual contexts.

Summary

This volume presents an innovative approach to understanding the language socialization process of second language learners in study abroad programs, focusing on the case of study abroad programs in Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Atsushi Hasegawa
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367728564
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72856-4
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Studies in Applied Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Japan, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language acquisition, Language teaching theory and methods, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Semantics & pragmatics, Applied linguistics for ELT