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Study abroad is now both an international industry and an experience that can have a deep impact on students’ linguistic, cultural and personal development. This book explores ‘the social turn’ in the fields of study abroad and language learning strategies. The longitudinal qualitative study reported in this volume investigates the international educational experiences of Arab university students from diverse countries (Iraq, Libya, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the United Arab Emirates) and represents one of the few empirical studies to capture an in-depth understanding of the study abroad experiences of newly-arrived international students in higher education. Particular attention is paid to their changing learning goals, underlying motivations and strategy uses during their attendance on both short and long academic programmes in a study abroad context. It also examines their past language learning experiences in their homelands retrospectively. Readers will gain a better understanding of international students’ study abroad experiences in terms of their expectations, aspirations, diverse difficulties and the strategies they deploy to deal with these difficulties.

Students, Foreign --- Education, Higher --- Foreign study --- International study --- Study abroad --- Studying abroad --- Education --- Social aspects --- Arab students. --- EFL. --- Intercultural communication. --- International students. --- Language learning strategies. --- SLA. --- Sociocultural perspectives. --- future self. --- future visions. --- higher education. --- identities. --- language acquisition. --- language learning goals. --- motivation. --- strategy use. --- study abroad experiences. --- study abroad.