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Spanish III Learners Talking to One Another through a Jigsaw Task.
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Brooks, Frank B. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1992
A study examined the conversations of eight groups of high school students in a level three Spanish class during a jigsaw speaking task, and compared their language use patterns with those of intermediate-level learners of English as a Second Language. Results suggest both similarities and differences. Choice of language is also considered. (17…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis
Repetition in the Collaborative Discourse of L2 Learners: A Vygotskian Perspective.
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DiCamilla, Frederick J.; Anton, Marta – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1997
A study analyzed repetition in the discourse of students of Spanish as a second language working on a writing assignment in collaborative dyads (n=5). Results show the sociocultural and mental activity was mediated by repetition of both first- and second-language utterances, whose effect was to create and maintain a shared perspective of the task…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discourse Analysis, Helping Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
Articulatory Economy in Present-Day American Spanish.
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Kadler, Eric H. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Describes features of articulatory shortcuts discovered among middle class, educated native speakers of Spanish in Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. It is maintained that these features should be taught to students of Spanish in order that they may understand colloquial Spanish speech. (AM)
Descriptors: Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Language Instruction