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SUMMARY:"English as a Mediating Language and Plurilingual Competence in the
  Study Abroad Setting"
DESCRIPTION:Study abroad is a prime setting for the use of English as a mul
 tilingua franca since study abroad students often interact with other inte
 rnational students who havevdiverse linguistic backgrounds and use English
  as a mediating language to do so. In my guest lecture I will address the 
 topic of English as a multilingual franca from three different perspective
 s: • From the perspective of social networks and language use. In this p
 art I will illustrate the linguistic diversity of social networks that stu
 dy abroad students entertain. • From the perspective of English language
  development. In this part I will probe into the potential of ELF interact
 ions for language development by drawing both on test and interview data. 
 • From the perspective of plurilingual competence development. In this p
 art I will outline a vignette approach for the self-assessment of plurilin
 gual competences before and after study abroad measuring students’ self-
 perceived ability to employ their plurilingual repertoires for communicati
 on in different situations and will then move on to present results on the
  potential of study abroad for the development of such competences.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>Study abroad is a prime setting for the use of English as a m
 ultilingua franca since study abroad students often interact with other in
 ternational students who havevdiverse linguistic backgrounds and use Engli
 sh as a mediating language to do so. In<br /> my guest lecture I will addr
 ess the topic of English as a multilingual franca from three different per
 spectives:<br /> • From the perspective of social networks and language 
 use. In this part I will illustrate the linguistic diversity of social net
 works that study abroad students entertain.<br /> • From the perspective
  of English language development. In this part I will probe into the poten
 tial of ELF interactions for language development by drawing both on test 
 and interview data.<br /> • From the perspective of plurilingual compete
 nce development. In this part I will outline a vignette approach for the s
 elf-assessment of plurilingual competences before and after study abroad m
 easuring students’ self-perceived ability to employ their plurilingual r
 epertoires for communication in different situations and will then move on
  to present results on the potential of study abroad for the development o
 f such competences.</p>
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