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Chui, Daniel – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2016
Previous analyses of the Spanish deictic verbs "venir" "to come", "ir" "to go", traer "to bring" and "llevar" "to take" have drawn upon Fillmore's (1975) series of lectures on deixis in noting that speakers of Spanish forbid the use of the verbs "venir" and…
Descriptors: Native Language, Verbs, Language Usage, Second Language Learning
Cho, Grace – Multicultural Education, 2015
Little empirical research has examined the cause of language shift or the factors related to the heritage language (HL) development of language minority groups. This study investigates the factors that facilitate or inhibit the HL development of second-generation Korean Americans, with a focus on adolescent HL learners, who go through phases in…
Descriptors: Native Language, Korean Americans, High School Students, Second Language Learning
Gaebler, Patrick – CATESOL Journal, 2014
This report explores participant perspectives on L1 (English) use in foreign language classrooms. The study includes data collected from 25 participants, 23 students and 2 professors, from the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS). A combination of classroom observations, interviews, and questionnaires were used to collect data. The…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Usage, Interference (Language), Classroom Techniques
Muench, Kristin L.; Creel, Sarah C. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
Learners frequently experience phonologically inconsistent input, such as exposure to multiple accents. Yet, little is known about the consequences of phonological inconsistency for language learning. The current study examines vocabulary acquisition with different degrees of phonological inconsistency, ranging from no inconsistency (e.g., both…
Descriptors: Phonology, Vocabulary Development, Learning Problems, Linguistic Input
Poreba, Janine – CATESOL Journal, 2010
Past studies in language teaching have addressed the issue of whether the benefits of formal instruction outweigh those of naturalistic instruction, or vice versa. This study examined 1 aspect of naturalistic instruction closely: the conversation partnership. There were 3 conversation partnerships (English/Mandarin, English/Arabic, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Semitic Languages, Mandarin Chinese
Tran, Tammie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The problem. This research study explores an important issue in the field of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and second language acquisition (SLA). Its purpose is to examine the relationship between Vietnamese students' L1 grammar knowledge and their English grammar proficiency. Furthermore, it investigates the extent to…
Descriptors: Vietnamese People, Grammar, Translation, Age
Block, Nicholas – Bilingual Research Journal, 2011
Forty initially English-dominant Latino students in four 90:10 Spanish two-way dual-immersion programs and 62 of their peers in mainstream English programs were studied to find out if their attitudes toward Spanish and Spanish-dominant individuals differ. Significant differences were found on many variables, with two-way dual-immersion students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Immersion Programs, Biculturalism, Statistical Significance
Ramos, Francisco – Bilingual Research Journal, 2005
Five Spanish teachers working in California elementary schools participated in this project. Although they were assigned to teach in mainstream English programs, they noticed that some of the Latino students in their classrooms were officially classified as English language learners (ELLs) and, as such, had difficulties understanding their…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Language Teachers, Spanish, English (Second Language)