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The Transfer of Primary and Secondary School Bilingual Teaching Practices to the Multilingual College Classroom
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Biondi, Megan – Hispania, 2019
This short-form article discusses how college students can learn languages in the same way that K-12 students do and points out how teaching practices employed in K-2 classrooms that aid in bringing students from monolingualism to bilingualism can also be useful for college students as they become trilingual. Referring to theories presented at the…
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Primary Education
Spanish as a Pivot Language for Third Language Learning in the United States
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Travers, Will – Hispania, 2017
On college campuses throughout the United States, classes for decades have been offered to help Spanish speakers learn Portuguese, augmented recently by similar courses in Italian, French, and Catalan. Though there exist numerous commonalities between these innovative course offerings, the pivotal role of Spanish stands out. This essay therefore…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
Written Accents in Spanish to 1726.
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Douglass, R. Thomas – Hispania, 1988
An historical account of the use of the acute accent mark in written Spanish discusses the effects of Greek, Latin, Italian, and French precursors on the early use of the accent and on its current modern use. (CB)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Diacritical Marking, Distinctive Features (Language), French