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Sobkowiak, Pawel – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
This paper presents qualitative research examining to what extent sojourns abroad engage their participants in intercultural interactions and whether or not such experience translates into students' intercultural growth. The results of the study demonstrated that studying abroad did not provide students with ample opportunities to immerse into the…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Student Development
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Waniek-Klimczak, Ewa – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
Acculturation and language proficiency have been found to be inter-related both from the perspective of second language acquisition (Schumann, 1978, 1986) and socio-psychological adaptation in cross-cultural contacts (Ward, Bochner, & Furnham, 2001). However, the predictions as to the effect of a particular strategy on success differ, with…
Descriptors: Acculturation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency