Longitudinal study of L2 English majors' multilingual capacity to speak before, during and after SA in an L3 country.

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This is a longitudinal study exploring students' attitudes to speaking in English (L2) and their additional language (L3) before, during and after their study abroad. We recruited five participants who studied L2 English and their L3 (French/German). Two participants studied abroad in Lille (France) and the other three were in Mainz (Germany).We collected data from the participants using monthly speaking journals, retrospective timeline graphs and mid-SA interviews. We also transcribed and analysed data from pre-SA interviews and questionnaires.The principal investigator interviewed the participants in Mainz and Lille and discussed the results and future directions with Dr King at Leicester University in the UK.We presented at two conferences and published in "System" journal.