‘You can see both sides of the coin’how the pursuit of language skills influencesthe travel experience

• Inês Carvalho ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade Europeia

     Universidade Europeia

     Socorro, Portugal

     
• Localización: Tourism recreation research, ISSN 0250-8281, Vol. 48, Nº. 1, 2023, págs. 17-29
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study aims to understand how the pursuit of language skills influences the travel experience ofthose who travel with language learning goals as a primary or secondary motivation. Based on areview of the literature on language tourism and learning through travel, qualitative interviewswere carried out with a heterogeneous sample of participants to capture common patterns intheir experiences. Analysis of the responses suggested that participants’language travelexperiences were influenced by their pursuit of language skills in two main ways: by theircommunication ability in the host language; and by their process of striving to improve theirlanguage skills. This process frequently places them in environments where they could gainmore contact with the locals, and a deeper understanding of local culture