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  3. Organization: Faculty of Arts, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  10. Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 13:01:25 +0000
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  13. From:         Mike.S.Smith@LET.RUU.NL
  14. Subject:      Re: fl
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  17. On the issue of the value of trips/stays abroad, learners seem to vary a great
  18. deal in the value they get from it. Provided their stay is enjoyable, the
  19. motivational benefits speak for themselves. Also, communicative ability gets
  20. a boost. However, at higher levels of proficiency, a great many come back
  21. basically unchanged since they have merely become even better at operating with
  22. the current linguistic resources they had when they left. excepting some new
  23. vocabulary perhaps. This would argue for visits that were carefully
  24. supervised with preparation,post-tests and perhaps some interim contact with
  25. appropriate teachers. All of this suggests that, for the intermediate/advanced
  26. students, guaranteed benefits from foreign travel depend on a lot of
  27. planning and financial backing!
  28. M.Sh-Smith
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