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Kennedy Terry, Kristen M. – Modern Language Journal, 2022
This longitudinal study of 17 American learners of French lies at the intersection of 2 complementary fields of inquiry in second language acquisition (SLA): language variation and change (LVC) and language acquisition during study abroad. Studies in LVC examine the nature and use of linguistic features that have more than 1 possible realization…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Pang, Francine; Skehan, Peter – Modern Language Journal, 2021
This study uses a complexity-accuracy-lexis-fluency (CALF) framework to explore performance on 2 speaking tasks: a narrative picture-based task and an interactive decision-making task. A preliminary aim is to compare performance on the 2 tasks, using a wide range of CALF measures to explore where scores are similar and where they are different.…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Speech Communication, Second Language Learning, Accuracy
Rampton, Ben – Modern Language Journal, 2013
This article analyses the styles of English produced by an adult migrant who started to speak the language later in life, and it approaches them from the perspective of quantitative style-shifting and discursive stylization. After defining style and the procedures needed to justify the term "L2," the study describes the focal informant's…
Descriptors: Language Styles, Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Van Compernolle, Remi A.; Williams, Lawrence – Modern Language Journal, 2012
This article presents 2 case studies of intermediate university students of French, Casey and Melanie (both pseudonyms), and their developing use and understanding of stylistic variation over the course of an academic semester. It draws from a variety of data sources: classroom observation, learners' explanations of stylistic variants, learners'…
Descriptors: Assignments, Observation, Second Language Learning, Language Role
Hurtado, Luz Marcela; Estrada, Chelsea – Modern Language Journal, 2010
This article examines the role of linguistic and sociolinguistic factors in the second language (L2) acquisition of Spanish vibrants. The data consist of 2 sets of recordings from 37 students enrolled in a Spanish pronunciation class. The statistical program VarbRul was used to analyze 7,597 samples. The vibration (simple or multiple) and the…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Second Language Learning, Articulation (Education), Spanish
Etienne, Corinne; Sax, Kelly – Modern Language Journal, 2009
One fundamental aspect of all educated native speakers' language competence is stylistic variation, or the ability to adjust speech register to situational formality ( Labov, 1972). In this article, we investigate how current introductory and intermediate college French textbooks develop students' sociolinguistic competence and particularly the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Pragmatics, French, Native Speakers
Ryshina-Pankova, Marianna – Modern Language Journal, 2010
Situated within the framework of the systemic-functional linguistics (Halliday, 1994) and language-based theory of learning (Halliday, 1993), this article examines a shift toward a more objectified and "scientific" representation of reality in texts written by foreign language (FL) learners at various levels of acquisition. It argues that…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Sentences, Nouns, Grammar

Schultz, Jean Marie – Modern Language Journal, 1994
Various aspects of writing style are discussed to propose concrete methods for improving students' performance. Topics covered include the relationship between syntactic and cognitive complexity and classroom techniques and the reformulation technique as applied to student writing samples. (Contains 20 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Language Styles, Second Language Learning

Mougeon, Raymond; Rehner, Katherine – Modern Language Journal, 2001
Investigates the learning of sociostylistic variation by students in French immersion programs in Ontario. Focused on their learning of the four expressions of restriction ("ne . . .que,""seulement,""rien que," and "juste"). (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs, Language Styles

Chastain, Kenneth – Modern Language Journal, 1981
Describes a study designed to examine native speakers' reactions to errors contained in compositions written by advanced Spanish students, as a measure of error seriousness and a guide for selective correction. Suggests that errors interfering with comprehension should be eliminated first, followed by those that elicit negative reactions from…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, Error Analysis (Language), Higher Education
Bonin, Therese M. – Modern Language Journal, 1978
A study was conducted to determine the extent to which listening comprehension is impaired when students are confronted with the colloquial use of French, as opposed to its formal use. It was found that amoung 128 prospective French teachers who participated in the study, there existed a low comprehension level of colloquial French, a discrepancy…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), French