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Direct linkAl-Gahtani, Saad – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
This study explored the development of L2 learners' interactional competence in Arabic when making requests. Combining a longitudinal and cross-sectional design, it closely examined how learners' language proficiency affected their use of multiple requests in daily-life interactions. Participants included L2 learners (n = 40) and Saudi Arabic…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Sparks, Richard L.; Luebbers, Julie; Castañeda, Martha E. – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
Foreign language educators have developed measures to assess the proficiency of U.S. high school learners. Most have compared language learners to clearly defined criteria for proficiency in the language (criterion-referenced assessment) or to the performance of other monolingual English speakers (norm-referenced assessment). In this study, the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Reading Comprehension, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning
Ringer-Hilfinger, Kathryn – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
The present study aims at analyzing the acquisition of dialect variation by native English-speaking university students who study Spanish for a semester in Spain. The selected variable is the phoneme /[theta]/ (theta). The goal is to assess learner awareness, opinion, and use of [theta]. Data were elicited through a set of oral and written tasks…
Descriptors: Dialects, Native Speakers, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad
Alarcon, Irma – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
This article reports on an extensive survey administered to advanced heritage language (HL) learners to examine their language behaviors, attitudes, and backgrounds. To date, there have been no detailed categorizations of advanced HL learners to guide classroom instruction and curriculum design. Thus the present study is a first attempt to fill…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Sociolinguistics, Profiles, Writing Skills
Liao, Ming-Tzu; Chen, Ching-Hung – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
The present study compared the rhetorical strategies for argumentative writing in Chinese and English composition textbooks. The textbooks were selected based on four criteria. The results of the study revealed that there are similarities and differences in Chinese and English argumentative writing. Both Chinese and English agree upon the function…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Persuasive Discourse, Textbooks, Audiences
Rubio, Fernando – Foreign Language Annals, 2003
This study compared the narratives of three groups of advanced speakers of Spanish with different learning backgrounds. The first group was made up of heritage speakers; the second group was composed of missionaries that had recently returned from a two-year sojourn in a Spanish-speaking country; and the third group comprised students who had…
Descriptors: Spanish, Advanced Students, Language Proficiency, Oral Language
