227 © Te Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 U. Lanvers et al. (eds.), Language Learning in Anglophone Countries, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56654-8_12 Study Abroad for Anglophones: Language Learning Through Multilingual Practices Rosamond Mitchell and Nicole Tracy-Ventura Introduction Te “third year abroad” is a traditional component of Modern Languages degrees in UK universities, and great expectations attach to it among all stakeholders including students, concerning the development of second language (L2) profciency and intercultural competence relating to a par- ticular target language such as Spanish, German, or French. However, in the context of contemporary Europe, study abroad destinations are typi- cally multilingual, and the experience of international students involves widespread and increasing use of English, both as medium of instruction in many higher education programmes and also as the pre-eminent R. Mitchell (*) University of Southampton, Southampton, UK e-mail: R.F.Mitchell@soton.ac.uk N. Tracy-Ventura West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA e-mail: nicole.tracyventura@mail.wvu.edu