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Nick Henry; Briana Villegas; Kara Morgan-Short – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
An important issue in second-language acquisition concerns the role of explicit information (EI) and how it is affected by individual differences. The present study explored this question through a partial replication and extension of Fernández (2008: Experiment 2), which investigated the effects of EI in processing instruction (PI) for the…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Direct Instruction
Daniel Jung – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Research into second language acquisition (SLA) has shown that individual difference (ID) variables can be strong predictors of language achievement (e.g., Dornyei, 2003; Skehan, 2003). Traditionally, this research conceptualized ID variables as static and monolithic variables (e.g., Dornyei, 2010). More recently scholars have questioned this…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Jorge González Alonso; Pablo Bernabeu; Gabriella Silva; Vincent DeLuca; Claudia Poch; Iva Ivanova; Jason Rothman – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
The burgeoning field of third language (L3) acquisition has increasingly focused on intermediate stages of language development, aiming to establish the groundwork for comprehensive models of L3 learning that encompass the entire developmental sequence. This article underscores the importance of a robust epistemological foundation, advocating for…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Artificial Languages, Second Language Learning, Individual Differences
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Zalbidea, Janire; Issa, Bernard I.; Faretta-Stutenberg, Mandy; Sanz, Cristina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
The first goal of this study was to examine how individual differences in initial L2 proficiency help explain L2 grammar development in oral production during short-term immersion abroad. The second goal of the study was methodological, and evaluated challenges that can result from operationalizing learners' initial L2 proficiency as pretest…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Immersion Programs
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Kate Cain; Nicola K. Currie; Gillian Francey; Robert Davies; Shelley Gray; Mindy S. Bridges; M. Adelaida Restrepo; Marilyn S. Thompson; Margeaux F. Ciraolo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2025
Background: We examined the influence of text and reader characteristics on sixth graders' inference generation. Methods: Eleven- to 12-year-old US monolingual English speakers (N = 71) and Spanish-English bilinguals (N = 81) read narrative and informational expository texts requiring an inference and answered an inference-tapping question after…
Descriptors: Reader Text Relationship, Student Characteristics, Grade 6, Inferences
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Rachel L. Shively – Language Learning, 2024
Recent research on second or additional language (L2) pragmatics instruction in study abroad has incorporated the technique of encouraging students to gather data about pragmatics, for example, by asking members of the host country to complete questionnaires, practice using pragmatic features, or answer questions about pragmatics (e.g., Hernández,…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Second Language Learning, Figurative Language, Pragmatics
William G. Travers – ProQuest LLC, 2024
To date, most classroom-based research into the learning of a third language (L3) in the US has examined patterns of acquisition among various groups of bilinguals. Situated mainly within the context of "Portuguese for Spanish Speakers" (PSS), studies typically group learners based on the sequence / age of onset of their main background…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Second Language Learning, Metalinguistics, Portuguese
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Grey, Sarah – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This study examined individual-level variability in N400 and P600 ERP correlates of native and nonnative language sentence processing of semantic and grammar information. Twenty-six native English-speaking learners of Spanish as a second language were tested. Participants completed sentence reading tasks in English and Spanish during EEG…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Language Processing, Semantics
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L. Sparks, Richard; S. Dale, Philip; M. Patton, Jon – Modern Language Journal, 2023
Although most children learn to communicate in their first language (L1), there is normal and expected variation in their rate of acquisition across all components of the language system. Until recently, most second language acquisition and second language (L2) researchers have assumed that individual differences (IDs) in L1 acquisition are small…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Correlation, Secondary School Students
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Gross, Megan C.; Patel, Haliee; Kaushanskaya, Margarita – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of the current study was to examine the effects of code-switching on bilingual children's online processing and offline comprehension of sentences in the presence of noise. In addition, the study examined individual differences in language ability and cognitive control skills as moderators of children's ability to process…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Spanish, English
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Kyle Parrish – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
This study examined the production of L3 French words by Spanish--English bilinguals who had no prior knowledge of the L3. Using a shadowing task, 39 Spanish L1/English L2 and 18 Spanish monolingual speakers produced 26 tokens of word-initial voiceless plosive consonants in French, Spanish and English (15 Spanish and French tokens for the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Spanish, French, Second Language Learning
Catherine Armstrong Asher; Ethan Scherer; James S. Kim; Johanna Norshus Tvedt – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
We leverage log data from an educational app and two-way text message records from over 3,500 students during the summers of 2019 and 2020, along with in-depth interviews in Spanish and English, to identify patterns of family engagement with educational technology. Based on the type and timing of technology use, we identify several distinct…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Educational Technology, Family School Relationship, Spanish
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Katherine Ward; Carlos Andrés Rojas; Rajiv Rao; Erwin Lares – Hispania, 2025
This longitudinal study tracked ten L1 English-speaking learners' acquisition of Spanish voiceless stops /ptk/ by measuring their voice onset time (VOT) over an academic year in two distinct contexts of learning. Living in a Spanish-speaking dorm, participants in the experimental group experienced a "domestic partial-immersion," in which…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Catherine Armstrong Asher; Ethan Scherer; James S. Kim; Johanna Norshus Tvedt – Educational Researcher, 2024
We leverage log data from an educational app and two-way text message records from over 3,500 students during the summers of 2019 and 2020 and in-depth interviews in Spanish and English to identify patterns of family engagement with educational technology. Based on the type and timing of technology use, we identify several distinct profiles of…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Educational Technology, Family School Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2023
This study sought to investigate whether there were performance differences between the children who engaged with the Ignite by Hatch™ educational gaming system using the English- or Spanish-language versions of the games. Differential item functioning methods (DIF) were employed to investigate these differences. Specifically, DIF analyses can…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Games, Spanish, English
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