Generation Z goes abroad: A mosaic approach to L2 program evaluation
| dc.contributor.author | Mroz, Aurore | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gorham, Julia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-28T21:32:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-28T21:32:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-10-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Intent on developing methods of evaluation of L2 study abroad (SA) programs relevant for the 21st century, this study centered on sixteen Generation Z undergraduates affiliated with two U.S. universities and enrolled in the same Parisian program. To mitigate previous methodological issues, the study aimed to provide a big picture evaluation of the selected program with a purposeful focus on variables characteristic of Gen Zers. To do so, it adopted an innovative mosaic approach entailing the simultaneous collection and comparison of a multiplicity of data across different domains of interest. The study shows how pre-existing relationships between oral quality, cultural readiness, psychosocial measures attributed to Gen Z, phone affinity and usage, and demographic/academic characteristics evolved as outcomes of SA. It confirms the complex mediation involved in oral and cross-cultural growth abroad by notably unveiling a mechanism of inertia at play in language and cultural development linked to academic choices made before but set in motion by SA. The study also establishes how students’ pre-existing anxiety decreased congruently with fear of missing out and shaped their SA experiences. Finally, it demonstrates how the meaning attached to the role of smartphones morphed into a more positive relationship linked to emotional regulation and productivity. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mroz, A., & Gorham, J. (2023). Generation Z goes abroad: A mosaic approach to L2 program evaluation. Second Language Research & Practice, 4(1), 67–87. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/69879 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2694-6610 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10125/69879 | |
| dc.publisher | University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center | |
| dc.publisher | (co-sponsored by American Association of University of Supervisors and Coordinators; Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition; Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy; Second Language Teaching and Resource Center) | |
| dc.subject | proficiency | |
| dc.subject | intelligibility | |
| dc.subject | smartphone | |
| dc.subject | anxiety | |
| dc.subject | intercultural competence | |
| dc.title | Generation Z goes abroad: A mosaic approach to L2 program evaluation | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text | |
| prism.endingpage | 87 | |
| prism.number | 1 | |
| prism.startingpage | 67 | |
| prism.volume | 4 |
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