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María Sampedro Mella; Claudia Sánchez Gutiérrez – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
The use of the Spanish pronouns of address "tú" and "usted" is an intricate matter for L2 learners due to the many factors that influence their selection at the discourse and interactional level. Although the literature has traditionally focused on the challenges experienced by L1-English learners of L2-Spanish in learning…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, French, Portuguese
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Maïano, Christophe; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Tietjens, Maike; Bastos, Tânia; Luiggi, Maxime; Corredeira, Rui; Griffet, Jean; Sánchez-Oliva, David – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2023
The present study sought to examine the psychometric properties of new German, Portuguese, and Spanish versions of the Revised Short Form of the Physical Self-Inventory (PSI-S-"R"), and to contrast these properties against those from the original French version of this instrument. Participants (n = 1802) were 288 French youth, 177 German…
Descriptors: German, Portuguese, Spanish, Test Construction
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Labarta Postigo, Maria – L2 Journal, 2021
This paper analyzes the strategies and challenges involved in the translation of English idioms in a specific domain of broadcast media. Current technology and distribution networks make it possible to watch series from around the world shortly after they are aired in their original language. Although sometimes dubbed, Internet-based TV series are…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Translation, Figurative Language, Television
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Amor, Antonio M.; Hagiwara, Mayumi; Shogren, Karrie A.; Thompson, James R.; Verdugo, Miguel Ángel; Burke, Kathryn M.; Aguayo, Virginia – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2019
Inclusive education of students with disabilities in general education contexts has been a global movement for at least 30 years. We completed a systematic review of articles published in English- and Spanish-language peer-reviewed journals to obtain an international perspective on the status of inclusive education research and practice regarding…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Global Approach, Special Education, Inclusion
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Duarte, Joana; García-Jimenez, Eduardo; McMonagle, Sarah; Hansen, Antje; Gross, Barbara; Szelei, Nikolett; Pinho, Ana Sofia – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Due to globalisation and migration, multilingualism has become both a reality and an aim of education systems across Europe, affecting how language education is shaped. To improve the ways in which schools cater for language education in diverse settings, research is required on the potentials of multilingualism in order to design curricula that…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies
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Bergroth, Mari; Llompart, Júlia; Pepiot, Nathalie; van der Worp, Karin; Dražnik, Tjaša; Sierens, Sven – European Educational Research Journal, 2022
This study sought to explore the ideological and implementational spaces for mainstreaming multilingual pedagogies (MPs) in initial teacher education (ITE) policies and curricula across the European Union. The concept of linguistically sensitive teaching (LST) was used as a lens to examine inclusive, equity-centred MPs in ITE. A multi-sited…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Case Studies
Cuauhtemoc Garcia-Garcia – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Across the centuries, the question of the origin of language has captivated the human imagination. Many theories have been proposed to address fundamental questions such as: Where do languages come from? How do they evolve? What are the societal drivers of this change? Historically, one of the biggest challenges in addressing these questions has…
Descriptors: Written Language, Computational Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Diachronic Linguistics
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Guiné, Raquel P. F.; Costa, Daniela V. T. A; Correia, Paula M. R.; Costa, Cristina A.; Correia, Helena E.; Castro, Moises; Guerra, Luis T.; Seeds, Catherine; Coll, Collette; Radics, Laszlo; Arslan, Meahmet; Soylu, Soner; Tothova, Monika; Toth, Peter; Basile, Salvatore – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to obtain information to characterize potential trainees seeking training programs about organic farming in the form of mobile learning. This information is expected to allow for establishing a set of guidelines to design mobile training opportunities that could match the potential clients' wishes.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Butler, Heather A.; Dwyer, Christopher P.; Hogan, Michael J.; Franco, Amanda; Rivas, Silvia F.; Saiz, Carlos; Almeida, Leandro S. – Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2012
The Halpern Critical Thinking Assessment (HCTA) is a reliable measure of critical thinking that has been validated with numerous qualitatively different samples and measures of academic success (Halpern, 2010a). This paper presents several cross-national applications of the assessment, and recent work to expand the validation of the HCTA with…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Measures (Individuals), Behavior, Predictive Validity
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Jaurena, Ines Gil – Intercultural Education, 2010
This paper examines educational practices in Spain and in particular Madrid. With this contextual frame as the starting point the following issues are discussed: the "official" conceptualization of cultural diversity, educational policies and resolutions related to cultural diversity, and school programs and resources facilitated by…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Educational Practices, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
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Garcia-Sanchez, Soraya; Rojas-Lizana, Sol – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2012
This article aims to demonstrate how the use of an online journal, a bilingual blog, can contribute to filling in the language and cultural gaps of foreign language learners. This case study focuses on the participation, interaction, motivation, language acquisition, feedback and cultural input improved by students of Spanish as a Foreign Language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Second Language Instruction, Web Sites
Ruivo, Paula – Online Submission, 2006
This study has been done to gather data as to whether there is improvement in vocabulary development, reading comprehension and reading fluency when a child is reading aloud and he or she has a reading companion as opposed to not having a reading companion. As this literature review indicates there has been a lot of research on the benefits of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, School Readiness, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency
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Knight, Susan – Hispania, 1994
Describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of an electronic mail exchange program between university students in the United States and Spain. The program was implemented to help make a course entitled Peninsular Culture and Civilization more interactive, relevant, and interesting (MDM)
Descriptors: College Students, Course Descriptions, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
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Hollyman, John, Ed.; Turk, Phil, Ed. – Vida Hispanica: The Spanish and Portuguese Journal of the Association for Language Learning, 1997
This journal focuses on the learning and teaching of Spanish and Portuguese. Selected articles include the following: "Word Associations in Spanish"; "A Woman of Substance? The Role of Andrea in Nada"; "Spanish for Business"; "Subtitles as a Teaching Technique"; "The Writing Workshop";…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Students
Chatham, James R. – 1994
This bibliography is the first part of an update of the "Western European Dissertations on the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Languages and Literatures: A Retrospective Index (1984)," which lists 6,050 dissertations from the early 19th century through 1980. Twenty universities on the Iberian Peninsula granted approximately half of the total…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographic Records, Bilingualism, Doctoral Dissertations
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