ジョナサン　アリポンガ
  Jonathan Aliponga
   所属   国際コミュニケーション学部 グローバルコミュニケーション学科
   職種   教授
発表年月日 2018/05/03
発表テーマ The long and short of it: Does study abroad alter EFL learners’ self-perceptions?
会議名 Language in Focus (LIF) 2018
学会区分 全国学会
発表形式 その他
単独共同区分 共同
国名 ギリシャ
開催地名 Thessaloniki, Greece
開催期間 2018/05/03
発表者・共同発表者 Matthew Apple, Jonathan Aliponga, Peter Neff
概要 The purpose of this study was to examine how two groups of Japanese learners of English going abroad for different lengths of time (one month (n = 79) and one year (n = 70) respectively) were affected across a range of non-linguistic variables. Pre- and post-SA survey data were collected, and results indicate that both groups achieved significant benefits in increased L2 speaking confidence and a strengthening of sense of an ideal L2 self, while also undergoing a weakening of ought-to L2 self. However, the degree of change was not uniform across groups. Moreover, the short-term SA participants demonstrated a decrease in ethnocentricity whereas the long-term participants did not