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Direct linkSerafini, Ellen J. – Modern Language Journal, 2017
This study draws on conceptual and methodological insights afforded within a dynamic systems perspective to explore shifting interrelationships between cognitive capacity and motivational resources in instructed adult second language (L2) learners of Spanish at increasing proficiency. Relationships that emerged showed both stability and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Cognitive Ability, Motivation, Spanish
Torres, Julio; Serafini, Ellen J. – Hispania, 2016
Scholars of task-based language teaching (TBLT) advocate for the identification of learners' communicative needs to inform syllabus design, particularly in language for specific purposes contexts (e.g., Long 2015). However, little research has applied TBLT principles in designing Spanish for specific purposes curricula. Moreover, despite the…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Languages for Special Purposes
