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Leonard, Karen; Bonilla, Nancy – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
This study examined the perceived and assessed speaking proficiency levels of 10 in-service Spanish teachers, their use of Spanish in and outside of work, and factors that motivate or hinder the maintenance or development of their proficiency. It also compared their current proficiency levels with their proficiency levels before completion of…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Reuben Vyn – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
In recent years, the use of external proficiency-based tests to measure learners' language ability has increased significantly, in part thanks to the Seal of Biliteracy movement. However, there exists very limited research investigating the influence of such tests and their subsequent outcomes data on teachers' practices. As such, this study…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Literacy, Bilingualism
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García-Amaya, Lorenzo – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
Many second language (L2) learners participate in study abroad (SA) experiences believing their choice will be synonymous with increased interaction in the L2, from which enhanced linguistic gains will ensue. Nonetheless, one open question is whether SA participants actually engage in sustained L2 interaction while they are abroad. This paper…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Correlation, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning
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Maa, Joy; Burns, Katharine E. – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
This study investigates the relationship between learner perception, ideology, discourse, and identity in computer-mediated communication (CMC) interactions between an advanced L2 Japanese learner and native Japanese speakers. Study findings show that, despite an invested identity as a proficient user of Japanese, the learner struggled to enact…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Self Concept, Advanced Students, Computer Mediated Communication
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Vyn, Reuben; Wesely, Pamela M.; Neubauer, Diane – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
While a growing body of research has addressed the outcomes of K-12 foreign language (FL) study, relatively little is known about the relationship between teachers' practices and students' proficiency development (Hlas & Hlas, [Hlas, A. C., 2012]; Tschirner & Malone, [Tschirner, E., 2012]). To fill this gap, the current study, set in a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, School Districts
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Larsen-Freeman, Diane – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
This article begins by situating modern-day second language acquisition (SLA) research in a historical context, tracing its evolution from cognitive to social to sociocognitive accounts. Next, the influence of the zeitgeist is considered. In this era of rapid change and turmoil, there are both perils and opportunities afforded by globalization. In…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Global Approach, Educational Research
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Gatti, Alberta; O'Neill, Teresa – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
This article explores the relationship between the writing proficiency of heritage speakers of Mandarin Chinese, Korean, and Spanish and their context of acquisition, educational experiences, and language practices. Biographical data and proficiency ratings obtained with the ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test were collected for 187 adult heritage…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Writing Skills, Mandarin Chinese, Korean
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Isabelli-García, Christina; Lacorte, Manel – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Second language acquisition research on the immersion context has focused primarily on study abroad, revealing the extent to which that context promotes learners' developing linguistic and intercultural competence. However, little research has examined linguistic development in intensive, domestic immersion contexts. This study investigated the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Surveys, Questionnaires, Accuracy
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Brown, Alan V. – Foreign Language Annals, 2013
This article presents preliminary data correlating students' scores on measures of speaking, listening, and reading with their grades in Spanish courses. As might be expected, students with higher grades generally scored higher on performance assessments than did classmates with lower course grades. However, large score ranges resulted within a…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Performance, Correlation
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Moyer, Alene – Foreign Language Annals, 2005
In this study of German as a foreign language, formal classroom experience is compared with informal use of German outside the classroom focusing on three syntactic features: main clause word order (subject-verb-object, or SVO), topicalization (subject-verb inversion), and subordinate word order (subject-object-verb, or SOV). T tests and…
Descriptors: German, Second Languages, Language Research, Word Order