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"I Think I Sound Stupid if I Try to Use Those Words": The Role of Metapragmatic Awareness in The Study Abroad Language Classroom
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Fernández, Julieta – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
This study investigates the instructional treatment of Argentine Spanish vernacular (i.e., "lunfardo"), metapragmatic information about its use provided by instructors, and participants' metapragmatic awareness of vernacular use in a second language (L2) Spanish study abroad (SA) classroom. The participants were 12 American undergraduate…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Metalinguistics, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning
Perceptions about Representative English-Language Accents from Prospective and Practicing Providers of Business-Related Language Services in Argentina
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Scott, James Calvert; Green, Diana J.; Rosewarne, David D. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2004
The purposes of the study were (a) to identify perceptions about representative English-language accents from prospective and practicing providers of business-related language services residing in Argentina and (b) to examine the differences in their perceptions of these English-language accents. The respondents ranked the accents in this order:…
Descriptors: Role Models, Foreign Countries, Business Communication, North American English