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Díaz, Erin McNulty – Hispania, 2018
In seeking to both confirm previous conclusions and expand the literature of the field with a different group of participants, McNulty (2012) was (partially) replicated. Three instructional interventions were designed to ascertain which activity type was responsible for learner gains. One treatment group (R) included referential-only practice…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Teaching Methods, Intervention, Control Groups
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Heras, Arantxa; Lasagabaster, David – Language Teaching Research, 2015
The aim of this article is twofold: to assess the effectiveness of a CLIL (content and language integrated learning) module on affective factors (motivation and self-esteem), and to test the purported blurring effect of CLIL on gender differences in foreign language learning. Forty-six students in their fourth year of compulsory secondary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Course Content, Vocabulary Development, Gender Differences
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Dominguez-Sanchez, Francisco J.; Lasa-Aristu, Amaia; Amor, Pedro J.; Holgado-Tello, Francisco P. – Assessment, 2013
The aim of this study was to validate a Spanish version of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ-S), originally developed by Garnefski, Kraaij, and Spinhoven. To date, it is the only available instrument that permits a conceptually pure quantification of cognitive strategies of emotional regulation. A sample of 615 students (25…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Spanish, Questionnaires, Cognitive Processes
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Swanson, Peter B. – Foreign Language Annals, 2013
Research suggests that second/foreign language teachers' sense of humor is directly related to many outcomes for teachers and their students. This research investigates the relationship between the perceived sense of humor of in-service Spanish teachers' (n?=?102) and their students' (n?=?5,419) score on the National Spanish Exams…
Descriptors: Humor, Spanish, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
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Cuartas Alvarez, Luis Fernando – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2014
This article reports the results of an action-research project that examines enhancing students' English learning processes through the selective use of their mother tongues with the aim of overcoming their reluctant attitudes toward learning English in the classroom. This study involves forty ninth-graders from an all-girls public school in…
Descriptors: Native Language, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction