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Second Language Acquisition of Spanish Service Industry Requests in an Immersion Context
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Czerwionka, Lori; Cuza, Alejandro – Hispania, 2017
The current study examines English-speaking learners of Spanish and their pragmatic development of request forms during a six-week immersion program in Madrid, Spain. Elicited production and intuition data were analyzed, focusing on personal deictic orientation, directness evidenced by clause type, and the use of "por favor"…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
Making a Request for a Service in Spanish: Pragmatic Development in the Study Abroad Setting
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Bataller, Rebeca – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
This study addresses the development of the request strategies used in two service encounter scenarios by 31 nonnative speakers of Spanish spending 4 months living and studying in Valencia, Spain. The main method of data collection was an open role-play in which participants interacted with a Spanish native speaker. Results show that while there…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
Is It Fun? Language Play in a 5th Grade Spanish Immersion Classroom.
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Broner, Maggie A.; Tarone, Elaine E. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2002
Used an approach to the study of interlanguage that challenges prevailing models of second language acquisition (SLA) that assume that negotiation of meaning is the only causal variable in SLA. Examines two notions of language play as they have been presented in applied linguistics literature: ludic language play and language play as rehearsal in…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Immersion Programs, Inner Speech (Subvocal), Interlanguage
Second Language Acquisition Studies. Series on Issues in Second Language Research.
Bailey, Kathleen M., Ed.; And Others – 1983
This collection of 16 papers covers theoretical issues and research on interlanguage development and second language acquisition variables. Among the specific topics addressed are: morpheme group interactions, acquisition of complex sentences in English as a second language, uniformity in interlanguage development, Spanish-English basilang,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, English (Second Language), Immersion Programs, Interlanguage
Is It Fun? Language Play in a Fifth-Grade Spanish Immersion Classroom.
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Broner, Maggie A.; Tarone, Elaine E. – Modern Language Journal, 2001
Discusses an approach to the study of interlanguage that challenges prevailing models of second language acquisition that assume negotiation of meaning is the only causal variable. Examines two notions of language play: ludic language play and rehearsal in private speech. Analysis of classroom interactions among children in a Spanish immersion…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Immersion Programs
Researching the Linguistic Outcomes of Bilingual Programs.
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Cohen, Andrew D. – Bilingual Review, 1982
Reviews three linguistic studies from 1970s in light of approaches used in 1980s: (1) pretest-posttest analysis of spoken Spanish and English of Mexican American bilingual children; (2) assessment of Spanish grammar among Culver City Spanish Immersion pupils, and (3) effect of summer vacation on Spanish language retention among English speakers…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Elementary Education, English
Language, Culture and Cognition: A Collection of Studies in First and Second Language Acquisition. Multilingual Matters 69.
Malave, Lilliam M., Ed.; Duquette, Georges, Ed. – 1991
Papers on language processing, culture, and language learning and teaching include: "A Theory of Intelligence as Semiosis: With a Couple of Comments on Interlanguage Development" (John W. Oller, Jr.); "Along the Way: Interlanguage Systems in Second Language Acquisition" (Larry Selinker); "Strategy and Tactics in Second Language Acquisition"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes