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Pratt, Comfort – Hispania, 2010
This article is part of a large-scale project on the study of Spanish in high school that reports on an investigation of the low college enrollments in Spanish courses of students who study Spanish in high school. An online survey was administered to 631 high school students studying Spanish and 19 Spanish teachers, and the results revealed that…
Descriptors: High School Students, Learning Motivation, Spanish, Second Language Learning
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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
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Feustle, Joseph A., Jr. – Hispania, 2001
Discusses Web-based course management programs, which offer ways to reduce the amount of time teachers spend on clerical duties, repetitive tasks, and record keeping. Such programs blend text, images, audio, and video into a unique instructional medium and make it available to students wherever they have access to the Internet. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Internet, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish
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Berry-Bravo, Judy – Hispania, 2002
Discusses the use of the Internet for teaching Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Studies. Includes descriptions of 16 self-directed lesson plans, as well as a link for access to download and use any or all of the plans. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Lesson Plans, Portuguese