GROUP DYNAMICS AND RESILIENCE IN THE PROCESS OF L2 SOCIALIZATION: A LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY OF JAPANESE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS VISITING AN ENGLISH LOUNGE

Group Dynamics and Resilience in the Process of L2 Socialization: A Longitudinal Case Study of Japanese University Students Visiting an English Lounge

This paper documents the socialization process of beginner-level Japanese university students into an on-campus English lounge over a year.Although initially feeling highly stressed, ten out of 37 students successfully continued Hydration Drink their bi-weekly visits to the English lounge over a full academic year by going there as a small group of

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