The Social Lives of Study Abroad

Understanding Second Language Learners' Experiences through Social Network Analysis and Conversation Analysis

Atsushi Hasegawa (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

236 Seiten

2020
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-72856-4 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Part I: The Social Lives of Study Abroad: Preliminaries

Introduction to the Book

Language Development in Study Abroad

Researching Social Networks and Interaction

Part II: Formation and Transformation of Social Networks

Closed Network

Open Network

Collapsed Network

Part III: Process of Interpersonal Relationships

Being ‘Extroverts’

Being ‘Loners’

Part IV: Participation in Social Interaction

Rose’s Interactional Patterns

Joe’s Interactional Patterns

Part V: Understanding Second Language Learners’ Experiences

Putting Pieces Together

Implications for All Involved

Erscheinungsdatum	16.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Applied Linguistics
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	331 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-367-72856-7 / 0367728567
ISBN-13	978-0-367-72856-4 / 9780367728564
Zustand	Neuware