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Direct linkWalls, Laura C. – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
This study investigated the dynamics between matched heritage language learner (HLL) dyads, second language learner (L2L) dyads, and mixed HLL-L2L dyads in the Spanish L2 classroom. Data come from 15-minute video recordings of 16 dyads, including four HLL-HLL, four L2L-L2L, and eight HLL-L2L dyads that were collected during collaborative writing…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Heritage Education, Collaborative Writing, Community Colleges
Thompson, Gregory L.; Harrison, Katie – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
Students' first and target language are often used by both teachers and students during instruction in the foreign language classroom (Levine, 2011). In this study, the frequency of and reasons for students' and teachers' use of English or Spanish were analyzed using video recordings of 40 class sessions taught by eight randomly…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Williams, Lawrence; Abraham, Lee B.; Bostelmann, Evan D. – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
Phase 1 of this study explores findings from a nationwide survey on computer-assisted language learning (CALL) that was completed by 409 in-service teachers of French, German, and Spanish. These results, in turn, informed specific themes that were explored in greater detail during focus group sessions with 22 in-service K--2 foreign language…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Classification
O'Donnell, Mary E. – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
The use of marginal reading glosses by 18 second language (L2) learners is examined through a quantitative and qualitative analysis of audiotaped think-aloud protocols. How these readers interact with the glosses is identified and divided into five categories or gloss interactions. Examples from each are presented. The primary research question…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Protocol Analysis, Audio Equipment
Bush, Michael D. – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
Culture and vocabulary are widely accepted as important elements for language courses, and pictures (photographs, slides, drawings, pictures from magazines, etc.) have long been a favorite tool of language teachers at all levels. Although pictures provide an excellent means of integrating culture with vocabulary acquisition, their use is not only…
Descriptors: Classification, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Visual Aids
Moskver, Katherine V. – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
This article explores the possibility of combining in the same course heritage learners who are borderline or seminative speakers with advanced language learners of Russian. After providing typology of advanced language learners in Russian and establishing that register and genre can be the focal point of such a course, the article discusses the…
Descriptors: Media Selection, Learning Strategies, Russian, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedRichmond, Edmun B. – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Proposes a model of target- and native-language proverb comparison which can be used to assist proverb analysis in the language curriculum, using examples from Mandinka, a West African language. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Classification, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness
