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Dianne Burke Moneypenny; Rosalie S. Aldrich – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Higher education has seen an increase in enrollment in online (OL) language courses. This study (n = 176) examined why students chose to enroll in OL Spanish courses and if foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) in OL classes affects overall oral proficiency. Sex differences and FLCA in online Spanish classes were also examined. Quantitative…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Instruction, Online Courses, Anxiety
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Nina Namaste; Paul Namaste – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2024
Spanish and French majors at our small, private, Southern U.S. liberal arts institution must study abroad for an entire semester, yet students embark and return with widely disparate levels of language and intercultural learning. To more fully foster learning-laden semester-long study abroad experiences we changed the curriculum and now majors…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, College Students, Second Language Instruction, French
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Schmidt, Lauren B. – Hispania, 2022
The objective of the current study is to investigate the development of awareness of dialectal differences in Spanish by second language learners in a formal language learning classroom setting in the United States. Sensitivity toward different regional varieties of a language forms part of socio-linguistic--and ultimately,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Dialects, Pronunciation
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Blumenfeld, Henrike K.; Sanabria, Ashley Adams; Nip, Ignatius S. B. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: We examined native language (L1) and second language (L2) convergence of underlying skills in adult L2 learners as well as the contribution of instructional L2 level on L2 attainment across speech motor, lexical, and narrative levels. Method: Thirty-four adult Spanish L2 learners who had completed at least 1 year of college Spanish…
Descriptors: Native Language, English, Spanish, Second Language Learning
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María Díez-Ortega; Kristopher Kyle – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Research has indicated that lexical richness is an important indicator of second language (L2) proficiency. However, most research has examined written, cross-sectional English L2 corpora and does not necessarily indicate how spoken lexical use develops over time or whether observed trends are stable across L2s. This study adds to previous…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Language Proficiency
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Jia Lin – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Using a structural equation modeling approach, this study investigates the structural relationships between second language (L2) oral proficiency and interest in learning the target language (L2 interest), in the presence of potential mediating variables (i.e. perceived importance of speaking, out-of-class contact with L2 resources). It also…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Ares Llop Naya; Eloi Puig-Mayenco; Anna Paradís – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
This paper provides fresh insights on how PIs (Polarity Items) in non-veridical contexts (questions and conditionals) are represented in the grammar of multilingual learners of Catalan at different stages of development. It explores how this non-native grammatical system interacts with other previously acquired systems of negation and the implicit…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, English (Second Language), English
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de la Fuente, María J.; Goldenberg, Carola – Language Teaching Research, 2022
This study investigated whether second language (L2) classroom instruction that incorporates a principled approach into the use of the first language (L1) by students and instructors has an effect on beginning learners' development of L2 speaking and writing proficiency, compared to L2-only instruction, over the course of one semester.…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Role, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition
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Marjana Šifrar Kalan; Javier Muñoz-Basols; Pablo Robles-García; Tripp Strawbridge; Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
This study investigates the effects of multilingualism and the degree of proficiency in different languages on vocabulary knowledge among Spanish language learners. Participants completed a 160-word meaning recall test designed to measure their knowledge of the 8,000 most frequent Spanish words and a self-assessment questionnaire on their…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Language Proficiency, Multilingualism, Word Frequency
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Colton Seaman; Leticia Rincón Herce; Aaron Yamada – Second Language Research, 2024
Recent studies in the second language acquisition of negation have focused on polarity items and their licensing contexts. Although several studies show a correlation between higher degrees of second language (L2) proficiency and the acquisition of the target L2 structures, less attention has been given to the relation between the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Correlation
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Mandy R. Menke – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
Language immersion programs seek to develop multilingual, multiliterate individuals able to engage with academic content. Studies of immersion students' language development provide details regarding language proficiency and accuracy, yet they generally do not address how features of written, academic language, for example, syntactic and lexical…
Descriptors: Spanish, Immersion Programs, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Philip S. Dale; Richard L. Sparks – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2024
Despite the widespread use and effectiveness of the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) composite score in predicting individual differences in L2 achievement and proficiency, there has been little examination of MLAT subtests, although they have potential for illuminating components of L2 aptitude and the mechanism of prediction. Here we use…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Native Language, Secondary School Students, Spanish
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Tripp Strawbridge – Modern Language Journal, 2025
Study abroad (SA) is touted for providing language learners with regular exposure to a second language (L2) in naturalistic settings. However, few studies have examined how interaction occurs in situ. This study analyzed 13 hours of naturalistic dyadic conversations self-recorded by 15 US-based undergraduate sojourners studying abroad for one…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Intercultural Communication
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Fernández Cuenca, Sara; Jegerski, Jill – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
The present study investigated the second language processing of grammatical mood in Spanish. Eye-movement data from a group of advanced proficiency second language users revealed nativelike processing with irregular verb stimuli but not with regular verb stimuli. A comparison group of native speakers showed the expected effect with both types of…
Descriptors: Verbs, Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Grant D. Moss, Editor; Leah McKeeman, Editor – Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2025
The 2025 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages was held in Kansas City, Missouri on March 13-15. This year's theme, "Global Goals, Global Languages," highlighted the partnership of the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals) and language curricula. The Global Goals were created to address…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Teaching Methods
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