Relationship of Foreign Language Proficiency to Study Abroad Outcomes and Inputs
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https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v21i1.304Keywords:
Study abroad, Education abroad, Language proficiency, Intercultural competenceAbstract
Even though we might expect foreign language proficiency to have an effect on intercultural competence and other study abroad outcomes, the research findings are uncertain. Part of the inconsistency between expectation and research findings with regard to the impact of language proficiency may lie in the different methodologies of language proficiency assessment. The current study seeks to address two related issues. The first is to examine the relationship between three different measures of language proficiency. The second is to discover the relationship between these measures and study abroad outcomes and inputs. Different measures of language proficiency may be useful for different purposes, and the potential predictive connection to outcomes and inputs may be instructive in designing and implementing study abroad programs.
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Derogatis, L.R. & Melisaratos, N. (1983). The brief symptom inventory: An introductory report. Psychological Medicine, 13, 595-605.
Diener, E., Emmons, R.A., Larsen, R.J., & Griffin, S. (1985). The satisfaction with life scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 49, 71-75.
Educational Testing Service (ETS). (1999). Test of English as a Foreign Language. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.
Engle, L. & Engle, J. (2004). Assessing language acquisition and intercultural sensitivity development in relation to study abroad program design. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, X, 219-236.
Ferguson, E., Matthews, F., & Cox, T. (1999). The appraisal of life events (ALE) scale: Reliability and validity. British Journal of Health Psychology, 4, 97-116.
Fossum, T.A., Weyant, S.A., ETter, L., Feldman Barrett, L. (1998, May). A short and simple alternative to long personality questionnaires. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC.
Hoff, J.G. (2008). Growth and transformation outcomes in international education. In V. Savicki, (Ed.). Developing Intercultural Competence and Transformation: Theory, Research, and Application in International Education (pp. 53-73). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
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Lazarus, R.S. (1999). Stress and emotion: A new synthesis. NY: Springer Publishing.
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Meyer-Lee, E. & Evans, J. (2008, May). New tools for intercultural outcomes learning assessment in D. Deardorff (Chair) Assessment toolbox for international educators. Symposium presented at the NAFSA Annual Conference, Washington DC.
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Paige, R.M., Jorstad, H.L., Siaya, L., Klein, F., & Colby, J. (2003). Culture learning in language education: A review of the literature. In D. L. Language & R. M. Paige (Eds.) Culture as the Core: Perspectives on Culture in Second Language Learning (pp. 173-236). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Phinney, J.S. (1992). The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure: A new scale for use with adolescents and young adults from diverse groups. Journal of Adolescent Research, 7, 156-176.
Phinney, J.S. & Devich-Navarro, M. (1997). Variations in bicultural identification among African American and Mexican American adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 7, 3-32.
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Savicki, V., Binder, F., & Arrúe, C. (in press). Language fluency and study abroad adaptation. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad.
Savicki, V. & Cooley, E. (2011). American identity in study abroad students: contrasts and changes. Journal of College Student Development, 52, 339-349.
Savicki, V., Cooley, E., & Donnelly, R. (2008). Acculturative stress, appraisal, coping and intercultural adjustment. In V. Savicki, (Ed.). Developing Intercultural Competence and Transformation: Theory, Research, and Application in International Education (pp. 173-192). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
Savicki, V., Downing-Burnette, R., Heller, L., Binder, F., & Suntinger, W. (2004). Contrasts, changes, and correlates in actual and potential intercultural adjustment. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 28, 311-329.
Selby, R. (2008). Designing transformation in international education. In V. Savicki, (Ed.). Developing Intercultural Competence and Transformation: Theory, Research, and Application in International Education (pp. 1-10). Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
Wagner, E. (2008). Video listening tests: What are they measuring? Language Assessment Quarterly, 5, 218-243.
Ward, C. (2001). The A, B, Cs of acculturation. In D. Matsumoto (Ed.), Handbook of Culture and Psychology. (pp. 411-446). NY: Oxford University Press.
Ward, C., Leong, C., & Low, M. (2004). Personality and sojourner adjustment: An exploration of the big five and the cultural fit proposition. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35, 137-151.
Ward, C., & Kennedy, A. (1999). The measurement f sociocultural adaptation. International Journal of Intercultural Relations 23, 659-677.
Watson, D., Clark, L.A., & Tellegen, A. (1999). Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 1063-1070.
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2011-08-15
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Savicki, V. (2011). Relationship of Foreign Language Proficiency to Study Abroad Outcomes and Inputs. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 21(1), 63–85. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v21i1.304
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