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This study investigates which types of target language (TL) use best explain the development of phraseological sophistication (mean pointwise mutual information of verb + direct object collocations) in argumentative essays written by second language learners of French during a nine-month sojourn abroad. Using data from the LANGSNAP corpus (Tracy-Ventura et al., 2016), we built a series of regression models to predict development on the basis of the learners’ self-reported social networks and engagement in various activities (e.g., small talk, reading newspapers). Our findings show that quantity of TL interaction and use on their own were not strong predictors of development. Rather, development was related to the types of activities that learners reported being engaging in while abroad, specifically reading. These results shed more light on the development of phraseological sophistication and speak to the importance of connecting linguistic development to the specific activities learners engage in while abroad.

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