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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Llanes, Angels – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2012
This study examines to what extent L2 gains obtained during a study abroad (SA) experience are durable. Participants were 16 Catalan/Spanish bilingual children, learning English as an L2, who were distributed into two groups depending on their learning context (SA vs. at home [AH]). Participants completed a pre-test before the SA participants'…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Study Abroad, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning
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Serrano, Raquel; Llanes, Angels; Tragant, Elsa – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2011
This study examines the second language (L2) written and oral performance of three groups of Spanish-speaking university students after being exposed to English in different contexts. One group of learners was spending some time abroad (Erasmus students in the UK), and two groups were following classroom instruction in two different types of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Program Effectiveness, Study Abroad
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Llanes, Angels; Munoz, Carmen – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2009
Given that summer abroad programs are becoming more and more popular, the aim of the present study is to find out whether foreign language proficiency can be significantly improved during a summer stay of 3-4 weeks. The present study examines learners' linguistic gains through oral fluency and accuracy measures as well as a listening comprehension…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Summer Programs, Educational Improvement, Language Proficiency