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Brantmeier, Cindy; Callender, Aimee; McDaniel, Mark – Hispania, 2013
The present study utilizes readings taken from texts in social psychology to examine the effects by gender of embedded "what" questions and elaborative "why" questions on reading comprehension. During regular class time, 97 advanced second language (L2) learners of Spanish read two different vignettes, either with or without…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Gender Differences, Spanish, Second Language Instruction
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Fairclough, Marta A.; Belpoliti, Flavia; Bermejo, Encarna – Hispania, 2010
The purpose of this article is to briefly describe the design and piloting of a branched, online placement and credit examination that measures receptive as well as productive and creative language abilities in the heritage language of college students entering the Spanish for Heritage Learners Program at the University of Houston, a major…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Native Language Instruction, Heritage Education