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Textbook Activities among Heritage and Non-Heritage Portuguese Learners
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Silva, Glaucia V. – Hispania, 2011
Over the past four decades, scholars have debated the pedagogical and sociolinguistic needs of heritage language learners. It is widely accepted that these learners present several characteristics that are different from those of foreign (or non-heritage) language learners. However, scholars have also pointed to similarities between the two groups…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Heritage Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
On the Mutual Intelligibility of Spanish and Portuguese.
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Jensen, John B. – Hispania, 1989
A study examining native Spanish-speaking college students' comprehension of Portuguese, and Portuguese-speaking students' comprehension of Spanish found that the two languages were mutually intelligible at a 50 to 60 percent level. Portuguese speakers tended to understand Spanish better than Spanish speakers understood Portuguese. (CB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, College Students, Higher Education, Listening Comprehension
Vernacular Features in Educated Speech in Brazilian Portuguese.
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Azevedo, Milton M. – Hispania, 1989
Reviews some features of the vernacular variety of Brazilian Portuguese that occur in the colloquial speech of educated persons, focusing on pronominal complements, reflexives, verb forms, verb tenses, and noun/modifier agreement. (CB)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Educational Attainment, Language Patterns, Oral Language
Acoustic Characteristics of Oral v. Nasalized /a/ in Brazilian Portuguese: Variation in Vowel Timbre and Duration.
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Kelm, Orlando R. – Hispania, 1989
Describes some of the current research on Brazilian Portuguese phonology. Various techniques are discussed that analysts utilize to investigate Brazilian Portuguese nasality. (49 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Variation
The Development and Validation of the Portuguese Speaking Test.
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Stansfield, Charles W.; And Others – Hispania, 1990
Describes the development and validation of the Portuguese Speaking Test, a simulated oral proficiency interview that uses a semidirect approach to examine proficiency in personal conversation, direction-giving, description, narration, topical discourse, and real-life situations. (CB)
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language, Portuguese
Tense and Cohesion in Brazilian Portuguese Oral Narratives.
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Koike, Dale April – Hispania, 1991
Examines the Brazilian Portuguese use of verb tenses in oral narrative episodes as a device to mark certain utterances that have a cohesive function in relating the episode to the overall purpose of the narrative, facilitating the listener's interpretation of the discourse in a global fashion. (CB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Usage
The Validity of the Portuguese Speaking Test for Use in a Summer Study Abroad Program.
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Milleret, Margo; And Others – Hispania, 1991
Study of the use of a Portuguese speaking test to evaluate placement and gains in oral proficiency during a six-week summer study abroad program indicated that the test results augmented existing information for appropriate placement and had limited ability to measure language gains made during the summer study program. (11 references) (CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Language Enrichment, Language Tests