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Direct linkHill, Sean R. – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
One Mandarin immersion programming model involves a pair of partner teachers switching cohorts of students. Many programs meet their staffing needs with international teachers that remain with the school district for 1-3 years. Due to transient staffing, many partner teachers find themselves as mentors to their immersion teachers and maintain the…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Immersion Programs, Foreign Nationals, Teacher Characteristics
Su, Yunwen; Ren, Wei – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
The present study explored the development of second language (L2) Chinese learners' ability to negotiate requests in interactions. It investigated the effect of proficiency on learners' use of request strategies and internal modifications and on their sequential realization of requests in L2 Chinese. Twenty-four American English learners of L2…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Mandarin Chinese, Pragmatics, Language Proficiency
Fernández, Julieta – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
This study investigates the instructional treatment of Argentine Spanish vernacular (i.e., "lunfardo"), metapragmatic information about its use provided by instructors, and participants' metapragmatic awareness of vernacular use in a second language (L2) Spanish study abroad (SA) classroom. The participants were 12 American undergraduate…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Metalinguistics, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning
He, Yunjuan; Qin, Xizhen – Foreign Language Annals, 2017
This small-scale study reported American students' perception of the effect of their internship conducted in a study abroad program on their development of Chinese language proficiency, intercultural competence, and professional knowledge. The results indicate that a self-evaluated successful internship allows interns with intermediate-level…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Internship Programs, Foreign Countries, North Americans
Cubillos, Jorge H.; Ilvento, Thomas – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
This article reports the findings of an investigation into the impact of study abroad experiences on self-efficacy perceptions among foreign language (FL) learners. Thirty-nine American college students taking part in both short-term and semester-long academic programs in France and Spain completed self-efficacy surveys at the beginning and at the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad
Spenader, Allison J. – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
This study investigates the relationship between acculturation and language learning during a year-long study abroad program at the pre-collegiate level. The researcher presents the experiences of four U.S. American sojourners to Sweden as case studies. This mixed-methods study looks specifically at students with no prior knowledge of the target…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Researchers
