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María Martínez-Adrián; Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto – Language Teaching Research, 2024
Task modality (oral vs. writing) has been found to affect the production, nature and resolution of the language-related episodes (LREs) produced by adult learners in collaborative interaction, a finding also attested in very recent and still limited research with young learners, a population that deserves greater attention in the literature.…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Editing, Task Analysis, Oral Language
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Cutillas, Laia; Tolchinsky, Liliana – First Language, 2017
Adjectives, like nouns and verbs, are one of the three major classes of lexical words. But, unlike nouns and verbs, they emerge late in acquisition. In Catalan, as in many other languages, their use is closely linked to the literate lexicon learned at school-age. Thus, the use of adjectives can be a good indicator of later language development.…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Romance Languages, Language Acquisition, Spanish
Salgado-Robles, Francisco – ProQuest LLC, 2011
It is generally believed that study abroad (SA) is the most efficient and successful way to acquire proficiency in a second language (L2). SA is a crucial component of students' second language acquisition (SLA) process, for it puts them in situations in which they can use the language on a daily basis and interact with native speakers. More than…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Language Variation, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning
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de Zarobe, Yolanda Ruiz – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2005
This longitudinal study examines the acquisition of subject pronouns in third language (L3) production. Participants were 90 Basque-Spanish bilingual students, learning English as a third language in a formal setting in the Basque Country. All the participants, who had received the same amount of exposure to English, were divided into three groups…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Form Classes (Languages), English (Second Language), Indo European Languages