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Stafford, Catherine A.; Bowden, Harriet Wood; Sanz, Cristina – Language Learning, 2012
Input exposure is essential for nonprimary language learning, but the importance of explicit instruction and corrective feedback continues to be debated. If instruction is required, how might it be optimized in terms of its nature and timing? In this study, 65 Spanish-English bilinguals were introduced to Latin through an interactive computer…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Experimental Groups, Sentences, Cues
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Trude, Alison M.; Tokowicz, Natasha – Language Learning, 2011
We examined negative transfer from English and Spanish to Portuguese pronunciation. Participants were native English speakers, some of whom spoke Spanish. Participants completed a computer-based Portuguese pronunciation tutorial and then pronounced trained letter-to-sound correspondences in unfamiliar Portuguese words; some shared orthographic…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning, Portuguese
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Sanz, Cristina; Morgan-Short, Kara – Language Learning, 2004
The facilitative role of explicit information in second language acquisition has been supported by a significant body of research (Alanen, 1995; Carroll & Swain, 1993; de Graaff, 1997; DeKeyser, 1995; Ellis, 1993; Robinson, 1996, 1997), but counterevidence is also available (Rosa & ONeill, 1999; VanPatten & Oikkenon, 1996). This experimental study…
Descriptors: Word Order, Computer Assisted Instruction, Feedback, Spanish