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Robles-García, Pablo – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
This study examined the receptive vocabulary knowledge and lexical developmental patterns of the 3000 most frequent words among 953 university L2 learners of Spanish at different stages in their language studies, taking into consideration the effect of high school instruction on high-frequency vocabulary knowledge. Results confirm that even…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kissau, Scott; Davin, Kristin J.; Wang, Chuang – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
National trends indicate that approximately half of world language instructor candidates in the United States struggle to meet the benchmark oral proficiency standard established by ACTFL (Kissau, 2014; Swender, 2003) and measured by the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI). Given the critical instructor shortage, more needs to be done to help…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Spanish, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Moranski, Kara; Henery, Ashlie – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
Inverted ("flipped") pedagogical models are rapidly increasing in prevalence within language education. These models are particularly relevant for language learning given that they promote learner agency and encourage the use of artifacts to mediate cognition. However, the specific methods used in these models are often not anticipated…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology