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Introduction: Shifting Attention to Second Language Study Abroad Programming, Pedagogy, and Participant Engagement

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In the Introduction to this edited collection, Plews and Misfeldt make the case for putting greater attention on second language study abroad (SA) programming, pedagogy, and participant engagement in SA research. They propose a necessary shift towards both focussed theorisations, investigations, and assessments of programming and the engagement of participation as well as accounting for the educational structures and teaching approaches, activities, and materials that support students’ learning on SA. They demonstrate that academic research and scholarship have thus far paid insufficient attention to these topics and argue that it is incumbent on SA researchers to be more broadly curious about the educational circumstances that lead to SA learning rather than reporting outcomes without attending to practitioner and teacher action.

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    John L. Plews

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    Kim Misfeldt

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We would like to express our gratitude to Palgrave Macmillan for accepting the proposal of this edited volume as well as to the contributors for developing their ideas and data into scholarly chapters. We would like to acknowledge the support of the SSHRC in awarding a Connection Grant to enable the ‘Culture of Study Abroad for Second Languages’ conference that led to the initiation of this volume. We are especially grateful to Carla Pass for her ever reliable and diligent editorial assistance and to Destiny Kirumira for her valuable help with this book.

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Plews, J.L., Misfeldt, K. (2018). Introduction: Shifting Attention to Second Language Study Abroad Programming, Pedagogy, and Participant Engagement. In: Plews, J., Misfeldt, K. (eds) Second Language Study Abroad. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77134-2_1

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