Effects of Varying Lengths of Study-Abroad Experiences on Japanese EFL Students' L2 Writing Ability and Motivation: A Longitudinal Study.

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Does the writing of undergraduate ESL students develop after one year of study in an English-medium university? (2014, unknown): “Writing development as a result of instruction Studies that have examined second language writing development at university (e.g., Sasaki 2007, 2009, 2011; Shaw & Liu, 1998; Authors, 2009a) used a range of measures to gauge development, and the results seem to vary depending on the measures used.”
Language learning and study abroad (2018, background): “A later follow-up study (Sasaki 2011) revealed that, in addition to improved writing skills, students who studied abroad formed ‘imagined communities’ with L2 speakers that motivated them to improve their writing in the L2.”
Language learner beliefs and study abroad: A study on English as a lingua franca (ELF) (2014, background): “Therefore, the more contact students have with the target language during their study abroad sojourns, themore improvement theywill demonstrate in their L2 (Bardovi-Harlig & Bastos, 2011; Barron, 2003; Sasaki, 2011).”