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L2 Learning During Study Abroad

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TL learning through engagement by socializing in natural contexts is situated learning (Lave & Wenger, 1991). Lave and Wenger (1991) claimed that it is possible to acquire knowledge and/or skills through social practice or interaction (both of which are called socializing in this book), in which the knowledge or skills are embedded and then harnessed to engage with others.

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    Of course, the students’ engagement in authentic or meaningful TL-mediated social practices or interactions can occur even in classroom contexts before and after lessons, and also during some class activities or educational programs, including social-oriented TL-learning projects (see Fukada, 2012 for a concrete example).

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Parts of this chapter are derived from the following publications: Fukada, Y. (2017a). A language learner’s target language-mediated socializing in an affinity space in the host country: An autoethnography. Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education, 2(1), 53–79, with permission from John Benjamins Publishing Company; Fukada, Y. (2015). Trans-bordering cultural capital: A case study of one Japanese international student’s acquisition of TL-mediated socializing opportunities. JACET Journal, 59, 169–186, with permission from JACET; and Fukada, Y. (2017b). Situated target language learning in affinity spaces: A case study of one Chinese international student studying in Japan. In Y. Maruhashi, M. Hidaka, & M. Nishiyama (Eds.), Collected essays on comparative studies: Bridges between cultures (pp. 53–69) Tokyo: Eikousha, with permission from Mikie Nishiyama.

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