Designing Second Language Study Abroad Research

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction: Inviting Critical Reflections on Methodology from Our Own Field

   • Janice McGregor, John L. Plews

   Pages 1-19

3. Research Paradigms and Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Quantitative Study Abroad Research: Challenges and Recommendations

      • Peter Ecke

      Pages 23-42

   3. The Case of the SALA Project: Constructs and Methods Revisited

      • Carmen Pérez-Vidal

      Pages 43-64

   4. Toward a Transformative Decolonial Paradigm of Study Abroad Research

      • Ian Craig

      Pages 65-87

   5. Addressing the Ideologies of Study Abroad: Views from the U.S. Context

      • Emma Trentman

      Pages 89-109

4. Data and Instruments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. A Critical Appraisal of Research Interviews as a Qualitative Method of Data Generation in Study Abroad Research

      • Janice McGregor, Julieta Fernández

      Pages 113-131

   3. Are Natural Conversations Natural? Critical Reflections on Using Participants’ Self-Recorded Conversations, the Positioning of Researchers, and Participant Self-Censorship

      • Wenhao Diao

      Pages 133-153

   4. Researching and Measuring Second Language Pragmatic Development in Study Abroad: Insight from Arabic

      • Khaled Al Masaeed

      Pages 155-170

5. Participants and Contexts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171

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   2. Expanding Participant Voice Within a Social Justice Framework: A Critical Dialogic Approach

      • Shelley Dawson

      Pages 173-192

   3. Understanding Diverse Learning Abroad Through Case Study Research

      • Simon McKinnon

      Pages 193-210

   4. Challenging the Language Learner as the Only Source of Data in Study Abroad Research

      • Sònia Mas-Alcolea, Àngels Llanes

      Pages 211-228

   5. Sojourners Online: Social Media and Online Communication as a Data Source in Study Abroad Research

      • Levi Durbidge

      Pages 229-248

   6. Decolonizing the Gaze: Intercultural Competence Urgency and Study Abroad Challenges in Africa

      • Jean-Blaise Samou

      Pages 249-271

   7. Implementing Longitudinal, Reflective Follow-Up Study Abroad Research: Following Former Pre-service Teachers into Professional Practice

      • Roswita Dressler, Colleen Kawalilak, Katherine Crossman, Sandra Becker

      Pages 273-286

6. Analysis of Data

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287

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   2. Group Interviewing and Multilingualism in Ethnographic Study Abroad Research: Speaking Korean in Tanzania

      • Jamie A. Thomas

      Pages 289-311

This edited book brings together contributions from scholars in different international and educational contexts to take a critical look at the design and implementation of second language Study Abroad Research (SAR). Examining data sources and types, research paradigms and methods, and analytic approaches, the authors not only provide insight into the field as it currently stands, but also offer recommendations for future research, with the aim of revitalizing inquiry in the field of SAR. This book will be of interest to applied linguists, as well as educators and education scholars with an interest in researching international study.

• Modern Languages
• Modern Foreign Languages (MFL)
• Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
• language learning
• second language teaching
• international education
• research methods
• literacy studies
• critical approaches
• pedagogy
• participant engagement

• Department of German Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

  Janice McGregor

• Department of Languages and Cultures, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada

  John L. Plews

Janice McGregor is Assistant Professor of German Studies and faculty member in the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) graduate interdisciplinary program at the University of Arizona, USA.

John L. Plews is Professor of German and Special Advisor for International Field Schools at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada, and Director of the Canadian Summer School in Germany.