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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 have diverse 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 multilingua franca from three different perspectives
 :\\r\\n 	From the perspective of social networks and language use  	In thi
 s part I will illustrate the linguistic diversity of social networks that 
 study 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 par
 t I will outline a vignette approach for the self-assessment of plurilingu
 al competences before and after study abroad measuring students’ self-pe
 rceived ability to employ their plurilingual repertoires for communication
  in different situations and will then move on to present results on the p
 otential 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 have diverse linguistic backgrounds and use Engli
 sh as a mediating language to do so. In my guest lecture I will address th
 e topic of English as a multilingua franca from three different perspectiv
 es:</p>\n<ul> 	<li><span><span><span><span><span><strong>From the perspect
 ive of social networks and language use </strong><br /> 	In this part I wi
 ll illustrate the linguistic diversity of social networks that study abroa
 d students entertain.</span></span></span></span></span></li> 	<li><span><
 span><span><span><span><strong>From the perspective of English language de
 velopment</strong></span></span></span></span></span><br /> 	<span><span><
 span><span><span>In this part I will probe into the potential of ELF inter
 actions for language development by drawing both on test and interview dat
 a.</span></span></span></span></span></li> 	<li><span><span><span><span><s
 pan><strong>From the perspective of plurilingual competence development </
 strong><br /> 	In this part I will outline a vignette approach for the sel
 f-assessment of plurilingual competences before and after study abroad mea
 suring students’ self-perceived ability to employ their plurilingual rep
 ertoires for communication in different situations and will then move on t
 o present results on the potential of study abroad for the development of 
 such competences.</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul>
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