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"Are There Any Mexicans Listening?" Stancetaking and Language Ideologies in a Spanish L2 Classroom
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Mattson-Prieto, Raquel; Showstack, Rachel – Language Learning, 2022
This study investigated classroom interaction through the framework of "stancetaking" (Du Bois, 2007) to understand how Spanish second language (L2) learners positioned themselves when participating in communicative language learning activities. Data came from transcribed audio and video recordings of three 90-minute lessons in one…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Classroom Communication
What We Gain by Combining Variationist and Concept-Oriented Approaches: The Case of Acquiring Spanish Future-Time Expression
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Kanwit, Matthew – Language Learning, 2017
This study aimed to advance research on first and second language future-time expression in Spanish and to demonstrate the strengths of combining functionalist, concept-oriented approaches (e.g., Andersen, 1984; Bardovi-Harlig, 2000; Shirai, 1995; von Stutterheim & Klein, 1987) with variationist approaches. The study targeted 140 participants…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Spanish, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Effects of Referent Token Variability on L2 Vocabulary Learning
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Sommers, Mitchell S.; Barcroft, Joe – Language Learning, 2013
Previous research has demonstrated substantially improved second language (L2) vocabulary learning when spoken word forms are varied using multiple talkers, speaking styles, or speaking rates. In contrast, the present study varied visual representations of referents for target vocabulary. English speakers learned Spanish words in formats of no…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Grammar, Language Styles
What a Bayesian Analysis Can Do for SLA: New Tools for the Sociolinguistic Study of Subject Expression in L2 Spanish
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Gudmestad, Aarnes; House, Leanna; Geeslin, Kimberly L. – Language Learning, 2013
This study constitutes the first statistical analysis to employ a Bayesian multinomial probit model in the investigation of subject expression in first and second language (L2) Spanish. The study analyzes the use of third-person subject-expression forms and demonstrates that the following variables are important for subject expression:…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Second Language Learning, Native Language, Spanish
Acquiring a Variable Structure: An Interlanguage Analysis of Second Language Mood Use in Spanish
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Gudmestad, Aarnes – Language Learning, 2012
This investigation connects issues in second language (L2) acquisition to topics in quantitative sociolinguistics by exploring the relationship between native-speaker (NS) and L2 variation. It is the first large-scale analysis of L2 mood use (the subjunctive-indicative contrast) in Spanish. It applies variationist findings on the range of…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Semantics, Interlanguage, English (Second Language)
Acoustic Variation and Lexical Acquisition.
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Barcroft, Joe – Language Learning, 2001
Examined how acoustic variation affects second language (L2) lexical acquisition in consideration of four hypotheses: degraded input, elaborate processing, independent modulation, and robust versus strong connectivity. Beginners of L2 Spanish attempted to learn 24 Spanish words presented in 1 of 3 degrees of acoustic variation. Immediate and…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Language Processing, Language Variation, Linguistic Input