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Schmidt-Rinehart, Barbara C.; LeLoup, Jean W. – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
This article reports the findings of sociolinguistic research investigating the use of second-person singular pronouns in Costa Rica. The study was carried out onsite and involved 132 interviewees from all seven provinces of the country. These subjects reacted to scenarios in which they had to choose their preferred pronoun of use…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Language Variation, Spanish, Foreign Countries
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Raish, Michael – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
This study investigated the acquisition of an Egyptian phonological variant by student participants in a study abroad program at The American University in Cairo. Participants completed pre- and post-study abroad Simulated Oral Proficiency Interviews (SOPIs). The SOPI data showed a move toward an Egyptian realization of the phonological variable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phonology
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Villa, Daniel J. – Foreign Language Annals, 1996
Discusses the different varieties of Spanish, the decision of which variety to teach to native speakers, and the concept of a "standard" usage. Basing the decision on sociolinguistic research, this article proposes a spoken and written variety of Spanish to be employed in teaching native speakers in the United States. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Language Research, Language Variation, Native Language Instruction