Age Effects in a Study Abroad Context: Children and Adults Studying Abroad and at Home

Autor/inn/en	Llanes, Angels; Munoz, Carmen
Titel	Age Effects in a Study Abroad Context: Children and Adults Studying Abroad and at Home
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 63 (2013) 1, S.63-90 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1177/1474022213483716
Schlagwörter	Oral Language; Language Fluency; Language Acquisition; Achievement Gains; Accuracy; Syntax; Vocabulary Development; Study Abroad; Comparative Analysis; Adult Learning; Children; Context Effect; Cohort Analysis; Writing Skills; Age Differences; Student Experience; Participant Characteristics; English (Second Language); English Language Learners; Intermode Differences; Spanish Speaking; Pretests Posttests; Questionnaires; Second Language Learning; Outcome Measures; Interviews; Personal Narratives + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Wortschatzarbeit; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Kohortenanalyse; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Studienerfahrung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fragebogen; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Erlebniserzählung
Abstract	This study examines the effects of learning context and age on second language development by comparing the language gains, measured in terms of oral and written fluency, lexical and syntactic complexity, and accuracy, experienced by four groups of learners of English: children in a study abroad setting, children in their at-home school, adults in a study abroad setting, and adults in their at-home university. Results show that the study abroad context was superior to the at-home context, and more advantageous for children than for adults in comparative gains, although adults outscored children in absolute gains. The interaction between learning context and age suggests that studying abroad was particularly beneficial for children, who also had more opportunities for oral language practice. (Contains 5 notes and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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