Generation Z goes abroad: A mosaic approach to L2 program evaluation

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Volume 04 - Issue 1

contributor.author:

Mroz, Aurore Gorham, Julia

date.accessioned:

2023-09-28T21:32:16Z

date.available:

2023-09-28T21:32:16Z

date.issued:

2023-10-01

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.

endingpage:

87

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

identifier.issn:

2694-6610

identifier.uri:

https://hdl.handle.net/10125/69879

number:

1

publisher:

University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center (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)

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/item/411

startingpage:

67

subject:

proficiency intelligibility smartphone anxiety intercultural competence

title:

Generation Z goes abroad: A mosaic approach to L2 program evaluation

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Article

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Text

volume:

4