Day 1
| SESSION 1 | ||
| Time | Identity 1 | Measuring gains 1 |
| 9:00 | Dawson – ‘Because it’s far far away’: Constructing identities during periods of sociocultural/linguistic transition | Yeh – Pragmatic Competence in Interaction: Study-Abroad Context  |
| 9:30 | Du – Study abroad in China: A case study of ethnic Chinese and African American college students | Cancelled, cannot attend – Garcia-Amaya – Innovating methodological practices in study abroad research: New tools for tracking language use during the study abroad experience |
| 10:00 | Thomas – Race, color, and language in the ownership of Swahili by Ghanaian learners in Tanzania |
Martinez – Language outcomes assessment in a study abroad program: Two important objectives of any evaluation of any study abroad program |
| 10:30 | BREAK | |
| SESSION 2 | ||
| Time | Identity 2 | Measuring gains 2 |
| 11:00 | Ecke – Perception of host and own cultures and intercultural competence in seven generations of short-term study abroad students |
Cutrone & Imamura – Examining the Effects of Study Abroad on the Listenership of Japanese EFL University Students |
| 11:30 | Misfeldt & Plews – Re-Entry? No Entry? After Coming Home to Canada from Germany |
Magliacane & Howard – Learner status and linguistic development during study abroad: A comparison of socio-pragmatic development among university students and au-pairs in a home-stay context |
| 12:00 | Durr & Fletcher – Effects of Cross-Cultural Immersion and Cultural Competence Facilitation Strategies on Speech-Language Pathology Students |
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| 12:30 | LUNCH | |
| SESSION 3 | ||
| Time | Communities of practice | Interaction outside of the classroom |
| 2:00 | Edwards – The Effect of Communities of Practice on L2 Acquisition During Study Abroad |
Trentman – Promoting Out-of-Class Interactions in Short-Term Study Abroad |
| 2:30 | Quan – The Case of Three Learners in Spain: Investment, communities of practice, and L2 oral fluency development | Surtees – Friends don’t correct friends: L2 peer perspectives on their role in study abroad (SA) language learning |
| 3:00 | Rice in Country programs: Description and information Bustamante – Introduction Ozaki – Language pledge Yeh – Host families Turi – Service and curriculum Emami – Language partners Abad – Language for medical purposes |
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| 3:30 | BREAK | |
| 3:45 | Discussion: Bringing together study abroad research and programmatic design and expectations | |
| 4:45 | BREAK | |
| 5:00 | Plenary: Tracy-Ventura | |
| 6:00 – 8:00 | Poster session & reception Cuisinier & Dizgun – “This trip has changed my life!” Active learning strategies on short-term study abroad programs Kong, Bower & Kannel – Globalization in China: Developing language and cultural understanding through study abroad Dietrich – Current trends in study abroad research Yao – The effect of study- abroad experience on second language morphological processing |
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Day 2
| SESSION 4 | ||
| Time | Identity 3 | Measuring gains 3 |
| 9:00 | Rakhshandehroo – A mixed-methods investigation of the language environment of Iranian students on English-taught programs in Japanese universities |
Moved from Day 1, Measuring Gains – Czerwionka – Evaluatives during study abroad: Linguistic and intercultural competence development |
| 9:30 | Diao – Doing Anti-Racism through Mandarin: A Muslim Student in China |
Shively – “¡Qué horror!”: Development of assessments in L2 Spanish during study abroad |
| 10:00 | Moved from Session 5 – McGregor, J. – The researcher’s experience in study abroad: An autoethnographic reconstruction Cancelled, cannot attend – Hussain & Hynes – Internationalization: Encouraging International Student Mobility (ISM) in the UK |
Kimura – “Beyond the native-speaker model in study abroad: An in-depth qualitative inquiry of Japanese college students learning to use English as a lingua franca in Thailand” |
| 10:30 | BREAK | |
| SESSION 5 | ||
| Time | Identity 4 (will be in same room as Measuring Gains 3) | Methodology (will be in same room as Identity 3) |
| 11:00 | Compiegne – The Role of Social Media in Second Language Identity Development in Study Abroad |
Moved from Session 4 – McMeekin – NS-NNS interaction in a study abroad setting: Communication strategies, word searches, and intersubjectivity |
| 11:30 | Dressler & Dressler – The Methodological Challenges of Using Facebook to Research Study Abroad |
Isabelli & Lafford – The Nature and Assessment of the Study Abroad (SA) Classroom & the Facilitation of Effective SA Programs |
| 12:00 | Negueruela – The Transformative Experience: Promoting Civic Engagement in a Study Abroad Context | Plews & Misfeldt – Language learning journals in the context of study abroad learning and research: What they can tell us about students’ language awareness and development |
| 12:30 | LUNCH | |
| SESSION 6 | ||
| Time | Language partners | Fluency |
| 2:00 | Kuriscak – Cross-Cultural Conversation Partnerships and Students’ Linguistic and Cultural Growth while Abroad | Huensch et al – Variables affecting the maintenance of L2 fluency post-study abroad in the short and long term |
| 2:30 | Wang & Yang – A Case Study of the Practice of Language Partners in an American Study-Abroad Program in Beijing |
Shi – A Longitudinal Study of Speaking Gains: The Dynamic System Perspective |
| 3:00 | Rice in Country programs: Outcomes Abad – Rice-in-Spain, Pamplona: Advancing interactional skills for doctor-patient communication Turi – Trends in language gains: Rice-in-Argentina Kley – Interactional development during study–abroad in Germany: A case study White – Students’ perceptions of language use and interaction while abroad |
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| 3:30 | BREAK | |
| 3:45 | Discussion: The future of study abroad research — what needs to be done? | |
| 4:45 | BREAK | |
| 5:00 | Plenary: Kinginger | |
| 6:00 – 10:00 | Conference dinner (6-10) | |