Chapter 1: Introduction: Shifting attention to second language study abroad programming, pedagogy and participant engagement; John L. Plews and Kim Misfeldt -- Part 1: Curriculum and design -- Chapter 2: Positioning year-long study abroad at the centre of the modern languages curriculum: Supporting and assessing learning; Penny Johnson and Simon McKinnon -- Chapter 3: Lessons from 25 years of experimenting with Arabic study abroad: Programme evaluation, culture, location, and curriculum; Matthew T. Bird and R. Kirk Belnap -- Chapter 4: Student-centred second language study abroad for non-traditional sojourners: An Anglophone Caribbean example; Ian Craig -- Part 2: Pedagogical approaches -- Chapter 5: Student awareness of teaching and learning approaches in second language study abroad; John L. Plews, Kim Misfeldt and Feisal Kirumira -- Chapter 6: Increasing student engagement during study abroad through service learning: A view from Japan; Dawn Grimes-MacLellan -- Part 3: Participant experiences and engagement -- Chapter 7: Exploring intercultural learning and second language identities in the ERASMUS context; Ana Beaven and Claudia Borghetti -- Chapter 8: ‘I thought I was prepared’. ERASMUS students’ voices on their transition from L2 learners to L2 users; Sònia Mas-Alcolea -- Chapter 9: Language teachers on study abroad programmes: The characteristics and strategies of those most likely to increase their intercultural communicative competence; Deborah Corder, Annelies Roskvist, Sharon Harvey, and Karen Stacey -- Chapter 10: Adopt a Class: Engagement and reflection during the year abroad; Elizabeth A. Andersen and Sophie Stewart -- Chapter 11: Second language speaking and intercultural friendship formation in study abroad: Experiences and perspectives of international students in the USA; Rebecca K. Smith -- Chapter 12: Gender as a cultural and social construct in language learning during study abroad; Mar Galindo.