Host Language Proficiency, Intercultural Sensitivity, and Study Abroad

Autor/in	Jackson, Jane
Titel	Host Language Proficiency, Intercultural Sensitivity, and Study Abroad
Quelle	In: Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 21 (2011), S.167-188 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-4568
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Intercultural Communication; Second Language Learning; Language Proficiency; Family Environment; Communicative Competence (Languages); Linguistic Competence; Study Abroad; Cultural Awareness; Case Studies; College Students; Asians; Student Attitudes; English (Second Language); Majors (Students); Hong Kong; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Familienmilieu; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Collegestudent; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Schülerverhalten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Hongkong
Abstract	The number of foreign language students who join study abroad programs continues to increase annually, especially those who take part in short-term sojourns lasting eight weeks or less. What can be accomplished in such a short stay in the host culture? Is it possible for sojourners to enhance their proficiency in the host language and simultaneously develop their ability to communicate appropriately in intercultural encounters in the host culture? Does the developmental sequence of intercultural competence parallel that of linguistic competence, as suggested by Bennett, Bennett & Allen (2003)? What steps can be taken to maximize the language "and" cultural learning of short-term sojourners? This article focuses on a case study of advanced foreign language students who took part in a short-term study abroad program. By examining their journeys, from their home environment to the host culture and back again, one gains a deeper understanding of the development of their intercultural communicative competence. In the process, the linkage between linguistic and intercultural development is problematized. While the participants were Hong Kong university students who sojourned in England, elements of their stories should reach across ethnic, linguistic, and geographic lines and resonate with foreign language learners in other parts of the world. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10