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Lord, Gillian – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
This preliminary study investigates the acquisition of second language phonology with respect to two variables: immersion in a target language community, and explicit instruction in the form of a phonetics/pronunciation class. Specifically, the research examines the second language acquisition (SLA) of specific properties of the Spanish phonology…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Phonetics, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Knight, Susan M.; Schmidt-Rinehart, Barbara C. – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
This study investigates the role of task-based learning in the study abroad experience in order to enhance interaction with the host family. Tasks were incorporated into a Family Interaction Journal and implemented under four evolving, though different, conditions over a 5-year period. The conditions were: (1) home campus administered/student…
Descriptors: Interaction, Study Abroad, Interpersonal Relationship, Journal Writing