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Beliefs about Language Learning: Students and Their Teachers at Arabic Programs Abroad

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2016

Patricia Kuntz
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The U.S. public holds certain beliefs to be self-evident about language learning: To learn a foreign language, one must study abroad. Since World War I and especially after World War II, students of French, German, or Spanish have enrolled in junior year, semester, or summer language programs in Europe. Educators have suggested that by studying the targeted language in an immersion setting, U.S. students gain a higher proficiency than students might acquire with only stateside instruction.

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The Meaning of Study Abroad in African Studies
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African Issues , Volume 28 , Issue 1-2 , 2000 , pp. 69 - 76
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Copyright © African Studies Association 2000 

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