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Janire Zalbidea; Diego Pascual y Cabo; Sergio Loza; Alicia Luque – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study sought to investigate the psychological network structure of adult Spanish heritage language (HL) learners' motivational profile by considering interconnections among the following variables: the possible HL selves, family influence, intended HL learning effort, HL achievement goal orientations, HL enjoyment, HL anxiety, perceived…
Descriptors: Native Language Instruction, Spanish Speaking, Spanish, Self Concept
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Huffines, Marion Lois – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1991
A study of native English-speaking Pennsylvania Germans' attempts to learn the German that their families no longer regularly used found that learning strategies were remarkably free of reliance on English rules. Speakers relied on what they learned and sought analogies within Pennsylvania German, resorting to English only when other strategies…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Dialects, English (Second Language), German