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Teaching Hispanic Linguistics: Strategies to Engage Learners
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Knouse, Stephanie M.; Gupton, Timothy; Abreau, Laurel – Hispania, 2015
Even though many post-secondary institutions offer a variety of Hispanic linguistics classes (Hualde 2006; Lipski 2006), research on the pedagogy of Hispanic linguistics is an underdeveloped or non-existent area of the discipline. Courses in Hispanic linguistics can present not only linguistic challenges for non-native speakers of Spanish, but…
Descriptors: Spanish, Linguistics, Spanish Speaking, Second Language Learning
Individual Cognitive Styles of University Students and Acquisition of Spanish as a Foreign Language.
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Hokanson, Sonja G. – Hispania, 2000
Varying methodological conditions changed the emphasis of Spanish instruction for 212 English-speaking university students. Evaluation of the cognitive style preferences of first semester students via the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory, Learning Styles Inventory, and a specially-designed questionnaire produced a single cognitive preference score.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Strategies for Accessing Bilingual Dictionaries: A Question of Regulation.
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Lantolf, James P.; And Others – Hispania, 1985
A study of dictionary usage strategies used by 89 college students of Spanish indicated that beginning and intermediate students favored a search strategy based on lexical form, while advanced students used a more successful semantic-based strategy. The data are analyzed against the Vygotskyan theory of human development and self-actualization.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Definitions, Developmental Stages, Dictionaries
An Introduction to New Ideas in Language Teaching: An Annotated Bibliography for Teachers.
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Losiewicz, Beth L. – Hispania, 1988
Offers an annotated bibliography featuring citations regarding introductory materials on psycholinguistics, language acquisition, classroom learning, learning styles, communicative language teaching, instructional methods, testing, and curriculum development. (CB)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Style, Communicative Competence (Languages), Instructional Materials
On the Teaching and Acquisition of Pronunciation within a Communicative Approach.
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Elliott, A. Raymond – Hispania, 1997
Discusses research on phonological instruction that indicates that improvement in pronunciation for adult foreign language learners is possible via a multimodal methodology designed to accommodate individual learning styles. An extension of this research examines experimental subjects' improvement in pronunciation accuracy and pinpoints areas…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Style, Graduate Surveys
Neurolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Research on Learning Modes of Older Language Learners: Classroom Implications.
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Homstad, Alice – Hispania, 1987
Review of neurolinguistic and psycholinguistic research regarding older (over 40 years of age) second language learners suggests classroom implications for dealing with this population's pronunciation problems and ways to capitalize on their superiority to younger students in terms of higher order linguistic processing. (CB)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Articulation (Speech), Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Can Cross-Cultural Understanding Aid Second Language Acquisition? Toward a Theory of Ethno-Lingual Relativity.
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Citron, James L. – Hispania, 1995
The term "ethno-lingual relativity" is a perspective that is not limited by one's own cultural and linguistic experiences, but rather is open to the contrasting cultural and linguistic patterns of other peoples. This article explores the hypothesis that having such a perspective might facilitate second language acquisition. (19 references)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Data Collection