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Methods of Teaching on the University Level to Arouse the Internal Locus of Control in Learners of Spanish as a Second language.
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Clachar, Arlene – Hispania, 1999
The locus of control, whether internal or external, is an influential concept in second-language learning. One observes it, for example, in Puerto Rican students returning to Puerto Rico to take university-level courses. Explanations address a teaching method relying on use of problems with examples in such a way as to empower students. This also…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans