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Aarnes Gudmestad; Thomas A. Metzger – Language Learning, 2025
In this Methods Showcase Article, we illustrate mixed-effects modeling with a multinomial dependent variable as a means of explaining complexities in language. We model data on future-time reference in second language Spanish, which consists of a nominal dependent variable that has three levels, measured over 73 participants. We offer step-by-step…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Applied Linguistics, Predictor Variables
Nagle, Charlie L.; Huensch, Amanda; Zárate-Sández, Germán – Modern Language Journal, 2023
Although current approaches to second language (L2) pronunciation underscore that instruction should concentrate on pronunciation features that help learners be more intelligible (and not necessarily more native like), there is little empirical evidence as to what those features are, especially in languages other than English. To address this gap,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Phonetics, Intelligibility
Pozzi, Rebecca; Bayley, Robert – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
Although recent research suggests that gains are made in the acquisition of dialectal features during study abroad, the few studies that have been conducted on this topic in Spanish-speaking contexts have focused primarily on features characteristic of Spain. This article examines the L2 acquisition of phonological features characteristic of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonology, Spanish, Study Abroad
Kathleen Durant; Linda Jarmulowicz; Leigh Harrell-Williams – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024
Purpose: This study investigated the longitudinal, cross-linguistic developmental relationships of phonological awareness (PA), letter identification (letter ID), and morphological awareness (MA) in 71 heritage Spanish-English dual language learners (DLLs) in kindergarten and second grade. Method: Multiple linear regression was used to test if…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Phonological Awareness, Kindergarten, Grade 2
Morita-Mullaney, Trish; Renn, Jennifer; Chiu, Ming Ming – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
In this study, we examine the Spanish proficiency progress of elementary Spanish-English bilinguals in three types of language program models: a dual language bilingual education (DLBE) model with a 90/10 language allocation, a DLBE model with a 50/50 language allocation, and an English as a Second Language (ESL) model over an academic year. In…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Language Proficiency
Mavrou, Irini; Chao, Javier – Written Communication, 2023
This study examined whether the linguistic distance between the first (L1) and second (L2) language is a significant determinant of L2 writing skills of 292 adult immigrants from 39 different source countries, who were beginner learners of Spanish L2. Gender, age, length of residence in Spain, education level as a proxy for literacy skills in L1,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Writing Skills, Immigrants, Spanish
Shaffer, Ashley – Dimension, 2021
In the context of language instruction and learning, willingness to communicate (WTC) is an important factor in learners' language use. It is viewed as a volitional process influenced by individual, social, linguistic, and situationally dependent factors. Foundational research focused on trait and state WTC-influencing factors as separate…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Student Attitudes, Predictor Variables
Driver, Meagan – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study takes a mixed-methods approach to explore the influence of emotion-laden (positive vs. negative vs. neutral) texts and words on vocabulary learning for Spanish heritage and foreign language learners. Participants (N = 121) were tasked with learning emotion-laden pseudowords embedded in three emotion-laden texts centered around themes of…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Vocabulary Development, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Su Yeong Kim; Jinjin Yan; Wen Wen; Jiaxiu Song; Shanting Chen; Minyu Zhang; Belem G. Lopez; Maria M. Arredondo; Marci E. J. Gleason; Ka I. Ip – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Few studies have considered bilingualism's impact on cognitive development within the sociolinguistic and cultural context of the immigrant communities where bilingualism is commonly practiced. In the United States, many Mexican-origin bilingual youth practice their bilingual skills by "brokering" (i.e. translating/interpreting between…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Mexican Americans, Second Languages, Translation
Silvia Perez-Cortes – Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, 2025
Verbal morphology has been identified as a particularly vulnerable domain for adult heritage speakers (HSs) of Spanish, especially when it involves the selection of subjunctive mood. A minimal amount is known, however, about the potential effects of the variability associated with these forms on the acquisition of related epiphenomena, such as the…
Descriptors: Spanish, Phonemes, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Kanwit, Matthew – Modern Language Journal, 2019
The present study investigates to what extent first-language (L1) and second-language (L2) speakers use lexical futures, whether such forms provide evidence of development, and whether these forms are constrained differently from the present indicative (PI) according to linguistic predictors. It uses a combined approach through its…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, English
McEown, Kristopher; Sugita-McEown, Maya – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
The role of positive and negative psychological factors in predicting effort and foreign language anxiety for languages other than English (LOTE) is not well understood. Therefore, two hundred twenty-one students attending a private university in Tokyo, Japan participated in a research study. Participants were studying one of four LOTEs,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Psychological Patterns, Anxiety, Private Colleges
Julie C. Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Bilingual children, the majority of whom are Spanish-English learners, now constitute over a third of the preschool population in the United States (Migration Policy Institute, 2021). Bilingual children and their families face multiple barriers to high-quality early childhood education, which are largely due to the underutilization of culturally…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Family Environment, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Rosalba Esparragoza – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of the study was to investigate whether intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, task value, metacognitive self-regulation, self-efficacy for learning, and cumulative GPA predicts academic success among college students enrolled in remote, asynchronous Elementary Spanish I and II courses. The study was conducted during the Summer…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Metacognition, Independent Study
Tulloch, Michelle K.; Hoff, Erika – Journal of Child Language, 2022
In this preregistered, longitudinal study of early code-switching, 34 US-born, Spanish-English bilingual children were recorded with a bilingual family member at 2;6 and 3;6, in Spanish-designated and English-designated interactions. Children's Spanish and English expressive vocabulary and their exposure to code-switching were measured through…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Spanish