Autor según el artículo: Gallego-Balsa, Lidia;

Departamento: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys

Autor/es de la URV: Gallego Balsà, Lídia

Palabras clave: Study abroad Stance Interculturality Foreign language learning

Resumen: Study abroad has traditionally been perceived as an opportunity for students to learn a foreign language by immersing themselves in the foreign language culture. However, students do so in very different ways. This paper examines how language instructors and international students at a university in Catalonia (Spain) project contrasting views of the 'truly' intercultural experience abroad and the importance that each group ascribes to learning the local language(s), Catalan and Spanish. The analysis leads to two main findings. The language instructors legitimise the experience of full immersion in the local culture as they believe that this contributes to the achievement of high levels of competence in local language(s). Nevertheless, their position stands in marked contrast to the experience of the international students, who tend to interact primarily with other international students as a result of the lack of opportunities that the local students offer them to enter local networks.

Áreas temáticas: Linguistics and language Linguistics Lingüística general y aplicada Lingüística Language and linguistics Language & linguistics Filologías Filologia, lingüística i sociolingüística Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 02149141

Direcció de correo del autor: lidia.gallego@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-9433-2676

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-19

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.raco.cat/index.php/Sintagma/article/view/353461

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Sintagma. 30 7-21

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Gallego-Balsa, Lidia; (2018). 'That's how you make the most out of a stay': Positionings within, and perspectives on, the truly intercultural experience during study abroad. Sintagma, 30(), 7-21. DOI: 10.21001/sintagma.2018.30.01

DOI del artículo: 10.21001/sintagma.2018.30.01

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2018

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications