Study abroad and the second language learner : an introduction / Martin Howard -- The legal framework of student mobility : how public law makes the Erasmus programme possible / Luca Galli -- Should I stay or should I go? Factors that influence one's decision to participate in a student mobility programme / Katarzyna Oçzańska-Ponikwia and Angélica Carlet -- Study abroad marketing and L2 self-efficacy beliefs / Emre Güvendir, Meltem AcarGüvendir, and Sinem Dündar -- Close encounters of the third kind : quantity, type and quality of language contact during study abroad / Jessica Briggs Baffoe-Djan and Siyang Zhou -- Study abroad for secondary and higher education students : differences and similarities in their interaction with the learning environment / Sofía Moratinos-Johnston, Maria Juan-Garau, and Joana Salazar Noguera -- Assessing the impact of educational support abroad on sojourners' interactional contacts, L2 acquisition and intercultural development / Ana Maria Moreno Bruna, July De Wilde, June Eyckmans, and Patrick Goethals -- The complex challenges of delivering a university-wide intercultural mentoring program for study abroad students / Susan Oguro and Annie Cottier -- Tapping into self-regulation in study abroad contexts : a pilot study / Kata Csizér, Mirosław Pawlak, Vanda Szatzker, and Kitti Erdö-Bonyár -- Structure and agency in the development of plurilingual identities in study abroad / Josep M. Cots, Rosamond Mitchell, and Ana Beaven -- Learning multiword expressions in a second language during study abroad : the role of individual differences / Klara Arvidsson -- When in one's new country : examining native-like selections in English at home and abroad / Victoria Zaytseva, Imma Miralpeix, and Carmen Pérez-Vidal -- The role of transparency in grammatical-gender marking among stay-abroad learners of Spanish and French / Amanda Edmonds and Aarnes Gudmestad.