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A Longitudinal Study of Spanish /ptk/: Context of Learning Alongside Other Individual-Level Factors
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Katherine Ward; Carlos Andrés Rojas; Rajiv Rao; Erwin Lares – Hispania, 2025
This longitudinal study tracked ten L1 English-speaking learners' acquisition of Spanish voiceless stops /ptk/ by measuring their voice onset time (VOT) over an academic year in two distinct contexts of learning. Living in a Spanish-speaking dorm, participants in the experimental group experienced a "domestic partial-immersion," in which…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Scalar Implicatures in Adult L2 Learners: A Self-Paced Reading Study
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Jacee Cho – Second Language Research, 2024
Using self-paced reading, the present study compared native English and adult L1-Korean-L2-English speakers' processing behaviors during online comprehension of underinformative scalar sentences and non-scalar sentences like "Some/All elephants have trunks and ears." Results indicate that native speakers showed online sensitivity (i.e.…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Adult Learning, Second Language Instruction
Learning Concrete and Abstract Novel Words in Emotional Contexts: Evidence from Incidental Vocabulary Learning
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Nadia Lana; Victor Kuperman – Language Learning and Development, 2024
This study investigates the role of emotional linguistic input in learning novel words with abstract and concrete denotations. It is widely accepted that concrete words are processed more easily than abstract ones. Several theories of vocabulary acquisition additionally propose a critical role of sensorimotor and emotional information during novel…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Semantics, Emotional Response
Virtual Language Exchanges in Lower-Level Language Classes: Promise and Practice
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Martinsen, Rob A.; Thompson, Gregory L. – Hispania, 2023
Interacting with native speakers in various types of virtual exchanges is becoming increasingly accessible for language learners and teachers around the world. The present study examined the experiences of beginning and intermediate level learners of Spanish in the United States as they interacted weekly with native Spanish speakers over the…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Relationship between Presage and Process: The Role of ID Variables, L2 Listening Learning Beliefs and Listening Strategies on Comprehension
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Nix, John-Michael L. – International Journal of Listening, 2021
The relationship between second language (L2) listening presage and process variables was examined in a large cross-sectional study. A formal model of learning beliefs was adapted to create a structural equation model testing the interrelationships of individual difference (gender, practice, experience with native teachers) and trait variables…
Descriptors: Correlation, Listening Comprehension, Case Studies, Individual Differences
Effects of Computer-Mediated Collaborative Writing on Individual EFL Writing Performance
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Jiang, Wei; Eslami, Zohreh R. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
Although the effectiveness of computer-mediated collaborative writing (CMCW) is confirmed by many recent studies, only a few have investigated whether linguistic knowledge and writing skills learned through collaboration can be internalized and transferred to individual writing. This study uses a pre-and post-test design to investigate the impact…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction