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Monto, Cecelia – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
State Seals of Biliteracy (SoBL) are a growing trend and present a promising method of serving an increasingly bilingual population. Currently, state SoBLs have been available almost exclusively at the high school level. An Oregon community college initiated the opportunity for students to study and receive the state SoBL in higher education. The…
Descriptors: Literacy, Bilingualism, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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King de Ramírez, Carmen – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
In order to prepare students to successfully engage with native speakers and members of heritage language communities both at home and abroad, educators must develop course curricula that emphasize cultural practices, products, perspectives, and comparisons as well as provide students with opportunities to directly apply the skills that they have…
Descriptors: Workshops, Cultural Influences, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning
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Albirini, Abdulkafi – Foreign Language Annals, 2014
The study investigated the acquisition of Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) by second language (L2) learners and by heritage speakers of the colloquial varieties of Arabic. The study focused on three questions: (1) whether heritage speakers who enroll in college-level elementary MSA classes have an advantage over their L2 counterparts, (2) whether any…
Descriptors: Role, Language Variation, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning
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Rose, Marda – Foreign Language Annals, 2012
Previous research has shown that first language (L1) American English speakers discriminate the Spanish /[alveolar tap]/-/r/ and /[alveolar tap]/-/t/ contrasts significantly better than the /[alveolar tap]/-/d/ contrast, regardless of their proficiency level in Spanish (Rose, 2010a). Therefore, the current study follows the framework of the…
Descriptors: North American English, Spanish, Language Proficiency, Guidelines
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Leeman, Jennifer – Foreign Language Annals, 2005
This article addresses Spanish for native speakers (SNS) instruction from the perspective of critical pedagogy, including the critical examination of dominant educational paradigms as well as the proposal of alternative models. Emphasizing the inherently political nature of education and the role of language in the production of knowledge,…
Descriptors: Spanish, Native Speakers, Critical Theory, Second Language Instruction