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Direct linkLoomis, Summer – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
Reaching the Advanced level of proficiency in speaking is a common goal of second language learners, but data on advanced learners of less commonly taught languages such as Arabic are scarce. This mixed-methods study reports words-per-minute and type-token ratios for three ACTFL levels--10 Intermediate Mid, 10 Advanced Mid, and 8…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Proficiency, Oral Language, Second Language Instruction
Kissau, Scott; Algozzine, Bob – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
Studies investigating teacher candidate performance on traditional assessments of content knowledge place emphasis on just one of many skills needed to be an effective foreign language teacher; they also fail to explain why many teacher candidates with advanced oral proficiency struggle in the classroom and why some with less advanced language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Oral Language, Language Teachers
Kitajima, Ryu – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Corpus linguistics identifies the qualitative difference in the characteristics of spoken discourse vs. written academic discourse. Whereas spoken discourse makes greater use of finite dependent clauses functioning as constituents in other clauses, written academic discourse incorporates noun phrase constituents and complex phrases. This claim can…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Protocol Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Second Language Learning
Kissau, Scott; Adams, Mary Jo; Algozzine, Bob – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
Multiple studies conducted over the past decade have suggested the motivational and proficiency-related benefits of commencing language instruction at an early age. Limitations in many of these studies, however, have prevented their results from being applied to the teaching of foreign languages in the United States. In response to calls for…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, French, German, Spanish
Lee, Lina – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
The study explored how the use of digital news stories promoted the development of content knowledge and oral language skills. The study involved 15 advanced Spanish students who used VoiceThread, an interactive multimedia tool, to create and exchange digital news regarding current events over the course of one semester. Both quantitative and…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Spanish, Oral Language, Language Skills
O'Donnell, Mary E. – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
The use of marginal reading glosses by 18 second language (L2) learners is examined through a quantitative and qualitative analysis of audiotaped think-aloud protocols. How these readers interact with the glosses is identified and divided into five categories or gloss interactions. Examples from each are presented. The primary research question…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Protocol Analysis, Audio Equipment
Miao, Pei; Heining-Boynton, Audrey L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
The communication pattern of Initiation/Response/Follow-Up (IRF) has long been an important instructional sequence in language classrooms. When language teachers combine IRF with the Response to Intervention (RTI) approach, they create a powerful model to evaluate student oral practice and self-assess effectiveness in creating language communities…
Descriptors: Intervention, Immersion Programs, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
Wei, Ming – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
This study investigated the use of discourse markers (DMs) by college learners of English in China. It compared the use of DMs for four discourse functions by students at different proficiency levels. An audio-video instrument called Video Oral Communication Instrument was conducted to elicit ratable speech samples. Fraser's (1999) taxonomy was…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Advanced Students, Speech Communication, Discourse Analysis
