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de Larios, Julio Roca; Coyle, Yvette; García, Vanessa – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
The present study analyzed how a group of young Spanish-speaking English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in a content and language integrated learning (CLIL) science class responded to an instructional unit integrating attention to functional language and an inquiry-oriented approach to science. Working in cooperation with the researchers, a…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Spanish Speaking
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Luzon Marco, Maria Jose – International Journal of English Studies, 2011
Professional and academic discourse is characterised by a specific phraseology, which usually poses problems for students. This paper investigates atypical verb+noun collocations in a corpus of English technical writing of Spanish students. I focus on the type of verbs that most frequently occurred in these awkward or questionable combinations and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Technical Writing, Verbs, Nouns
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Jimenez, Juan E.; Siegel, Linda S.; Lopez, Mercedes Rodrigo – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
A study examined the role of intelligence in the definition of reading disabilities in languages with different orthographic systems. The study included 94 Spanish children and 157 English-speaking Canadian children and found significant differences between the languages when reading performances was analyzed as a function of verbal IQ scores.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Quotient
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Cameron, Richard – Language Variation and Change, 1993
Investigated the potential correlation of agreement marking with the expression of pronominal subjects in the speech of 10 Spanish speakers from Puerto Rico and 10 from Spain. The results show not only similar patterns of pronominal expression but also similar rankings of constraints on pronominal expression in both dialects. (MDM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialects, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
Boyd-Bowman, Peter – 1973
The four periods discussed in this publication cover the patterns of Spanish emigration to the New World, mainly on the regional level and in terms of percentages. The effects of this emigration on the various Spanish American dialects are discussed. In the initial period (1493-1519), the largest single group, in every year and on all major…
Descriptors: American History, Demography, Ethnic Origins, Land Settlement
Bastardas, Albert – 1986
A study of the process of bilingualization of second-generation immigrants to Catalonia, a region of Spain, is described and summarized. The study looks at the interrelationships between (1) linguistic context, all sources of messages in natural speech; (2) linguistic behavior, the real communicative use the individual makes of his expressive…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Bilingualism, Community Size