---
_id: '28348'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: This article explores the interplay between learners’ linguistic and personal
    objectives as well as evaluations of their achievements in study-abroad contexts,
    an area that has thus far remained widely unexplored given the prevalence of product-oriented,
    outcomes-based research. The study draws on the case of one Canadian student of
    German who studied abroad at a German university for one year. To adopt an emic
    perspective, the data gained from a learning history questionnaire, semi-structured
    interviews, and e-journals were analyzed and interpreted within the framework
    of narrative analysis. The results show not only that learners’ sojourn objectives
    may be complex, dynamic, and contradictory in nature but also that they need to
    be examined beyond their face value, as they are entangled with learners’ negotiations
    of desirable subject positions and attempts to integrate their sojourn experiences,
    successes, and frustrations in a coherent and positive life narrative.
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Mareike
  full_name: Müller, Mareike
  id: '71540'
  last_name: Müller
citation:
  ama: 'Müller M. “As a person, I feel I’ve changed pretty immensely”: Sojourners’
    aspirations and self-perceived achievements. <i>The Canadian Modern Language Review</i>.
    2017;73(1):24-47. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.3319">10.3138/cmlr.3319</a>'
  apa: 'Müller, M. (2017). “As a person, I feel I’ve changed pretty immensely”: Sojourners’
    aspirations and self-perceived achievements. <i>The Canadian Modern Language Review</i>,
    <i>73</i>(1), 24–47. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.3319">https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.3319</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Müller_2017, title={“As a person, I feel I’ve changed pretty immensely”:
    Sojourners’ aspirations and self-perceived achievements}, volume={73}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.3319">10.3138/cmlr.3319</a>}, number={1}, journal={The
    Canadian Modern Language Review}, author={Müller, Mareike}, year={2017}, pages={24–47}
    }'
  chicago: 'Müller, Mareike. “‘As a Person, I Feel I’ve Changed Pretty Immensely’:
    Sojourners’ Aspirations and Self-Perceived Achievements.” <i>The Canadian Modern
    Language Review</i> 73, no. 1 (2017): 24–47. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.3319">https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.3319</a>.'
  ieee: 'M. Müller, “‘As a person, I feel I’ve changed pretty immensely’: Sojourners’
    aspirations and self-perceived achievements,” <i>The Canadian Modern Language
    Review</i>, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 24–47, 2017, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.3319">10.3138/cmlr.3319</a>.'
  mla: 'Müller, Mareike. “‘As a Person, I Feel I’ve Changed Pretty Immensely’: Sojourners’
    Aspirations and Self-Perceived Achievements.” <i>The Canadian Modern Language
    Review</i>, vol. 73, no. 1, 2017, pp. 24–47, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.3138/cmlr.3319">10.3138/cmlr.3319</a>.'
  short: M. Müller, The Canadian Modern Language Review 73 (2017) 24–47.
date_created: 2021-12-07T10:18:50Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:58:02Z
department:
- _id: '468'
doi: 10.3138/cmlr.3319
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        73'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- individual differences
- learner beliefs
- narrative analysis
- sojourn objectives and evaluations
- study abroad
language:
- iso: eng
page: 24-47
publication: The Canadian Modern Language Review
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0008-4506
  - 1710-1131
publication_status: published
status: public
title: '“As a person, I feel I’ve changed pretty immensely”: Sojourners’ aspirations
  and self-perceived achievements'
type: journal_article
user_id: '71540'
volume: 73
year: '2017'
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