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The Effects of Study Abroad on Second Language Identities and Language Learning

Cilt: 5 Sayı: 3 1 Mart 2014
  • Tomoka Sato
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The Effects of Study Abroad on Second Language Identities and Language Learning

Abstract

There are numerous studies on the improvement of language proficiency and adaptability to different cultures through study abroad. However, there is a paucity of research on study abroad of Japanese students per se, not to mention the fact that there are even fewer studies on identities that are formed through one’s second language use, which is called second language identity and language learning in study abroad contexts. Based on a narrative inquiry of three Japanese students who participated in three or four-week study-abroad programs, this paper examines the construction of second language identity and language learning. A narrative approach has shown to be an ideal tool for revealing the complexity of human behavior since it is human-centered, and it analyses participants’ identity construction through oral accounts of their experiences. Data was collected through one-on-one and semi-structured interviews, in which the participants were asked to describe their study abroad experience. After collecting their statements, content analysis was conducted. The findings reveal that all participants constructed their second language identities. They become active in learning and using English by the interaction with local people and through self-enlightenment that was generated by finding a person they admire, and this impact has lasted well since they returned home. Moreover, the study shows that when there are no inequitable relations of power in social interaction, language learners can favorably construct their second language identities that they want to project. As a result, they become aware of linguistic analysis or pragmatics at the same time

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  1. revealed. At the same time, Masato was hesitant to speak to Japanese returnees in class due to his self
  2. depreciation. From this perspective, what Norton (2000) pointed out is true: “Relations of power can
  3. serve to enable or constrain the range of identities, which language learners can negotiate in their
  4. classrooms and communities” (p. 9). In short, second language identities and language learning
  5. opportunities are closely related.
  6. Finally, this study presented the findings of a small-scale pilot study, which focused only on the impact
  7. of short-term study abroad. All of the participants enjoyed their study-abroad experience despite the
  8. fact that their English proficiency was insufficient for academic contexts. Perhaps, this inadequacy was

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Birincil Dil

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Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Tomoka Sato Bu kişi benim

Yayımlanma Tarihi

1 Mart 2014

Gönderilme Tarihi

6 Şubat 2015

Kabul Tarihi

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Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2014 Cilt: 5 Sayı: 3

Kaynak Göster

APA
Sato, T. (2014). The Effects of Study Abroad on Second Language Identities and Language Learning. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, 5(3), 28-41. https://doi.org/10.17569/tojqi.56715
AMA
1.Sato T. The Effects of Study Abroad on Second Language Identities and Language Learning. TOJQI. 2014;5(3):28-41. doi:10.17569/tojqi.56715
Chicago
Sato, Tomoka. 2014. “The Effects of Study Abroad on Second Language Identities and Language Learning”. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry 5 (3): 28-41. https://doi.org/10.17569/tojqi.56715.
EndNote
Sato T (01 Temmuz 2014) The Effects of Study Abroad on Second Language Identities and Language Learning. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry 5 3 28–41.
IEEE
[1]T. Sato, “The Effects of Study Abroad on Second Language Identities and Language Learning”, TOJQI, c. 5, sy 3, ss. 28–41, Tem. 2014, doi: 10.17569/tojqi.56715.
ISNAD
Sato, Tomoka. “The Effects of Study Abroad on Second Language Identities and Language Learning”. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry 5/3 (01 Temmuz 2014): 28-41. https://doi.org/10.17569/tojqi.56715.
JAMA
1.Sato T. The Effects of Study Abroad on Second Language Identities and Language Learning. TOJQI. 2014;5:28–41.
MLA
Sato, Tomoka. “The Effects of Study Abroad on Second Language Identities and Language Learning”. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry, c. 5, sy 3, Temmuz 2014, ss. 28-41, doi:10.17569/tojqi.56715.
Vancouver
1.Tomoka Sato. The Effects of Study Abroad on Second Language Identities and Language Learning. TOJQI. 01 Temmuz 2014;5(3):28-41. doi:10.17569/tojqi.56715

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