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Alfaraz, Gabriela G. – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2009
Simultaneous speech and turn-taking patterns vary considerably across cultures. Research on varieties of Spanish has confirmed that frequent, lengthy overlaps within and between turns are common. In this paper it is suggested that when speakers engage in simultaneous talk, they observe Grice's Cooperative Principle by adjusting their utterances so…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Nouns, Spanish, Language Variation
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Pratt, Comfort; Agnello, Mary Frances; Santos, Sheryl – Hispania, 2009
This article reports on an investigation of high-school students' motivations to study Spanish. An online Likert-scale questionnaire was administered to 631 students and 19 teachers. The most influential factors were determined and a principal axis factor analysis with Promax rotation was performed on the responses. The data indicated that the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Spanish
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Schwieter, John; Sunderman, Gretchen – Language Learning, 2009
The present study investigates the locus of language selection in less and more proficient language learners, specifically testing differential predictions of La Heij's (2005) concept selection model (CSM) and Kroll and Stewart's (1994) revised hierarchical model (RHM). Less and more proficient English dominant learners of Spanish participated in…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, English, Language Dominance, Bilingualism
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Torres, Lucas; Rollock, David – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2009
Among 96 Latino adults, active coping accounted for variance in global self-esteem beyond that of biculturalism and sociodemographic indicators. The findings highlight the importance of accounting for the way Latino adults approach negotiating multiple cultural contexts. Extending acculturation research to integrate competence-based formulations…
Descriptors: Coping, Biculturalism, Hispanic Americans, Spanish Speaking
Ramirez, Joline; Rehfeldt, Ruth Anne – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2009
One 9-year-old child was taught conditional discriminations between dictated names in Spanish and their corresponding pictures across three stimulus sets while her 10-year-old brother observed. Posttests revealed the emergence of symmetry relations in the form of oral naming skills by both children. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Operant Conditioning, Observational Learning, Pretests Posttests
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Pyers, Jennie E.; Gollan, Tamar H.; Emmorey, Karen – Cognition, 2009
Bilinguals report more tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) failures than monolinguals. Three accounts of this disadvantage are that bilinguals experience between-language interference at (a) semantic and/or (b) phonological levels, or (c) that bilinguals use each language less frequently than monolinguals. Bilinguals who speak one language and sign another…
Descriptors: Semantics, Interference (Language), American Sign Language, Semiotics
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Tallon, Michael – Foreign Language Annals, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate if heritage students of Spanish experience foreign language anxiety and, if so, what levels of anxiety they experience. The data were collected using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). A total of 413 students (209 heritage students and 204 nonheritage students) participated in this…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Anxiety, Heritage Education, Spanish
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Bunta, Ferenc; Fabiano-Smith, Leah; Goldstein, Brian; Ingram, David – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2009
The present study investigated phonological whole-word measures and consonant accuracy in bilingual and monolingual children to investigate how target approximations drive phonological acquisition. The study included eight bilingual Spanish- and English-speaking 3-year-olds and their monolingual peers (eight Spanish and eight American English).…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Monolingualism, Bilingualism, Phonology
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Hall, Christopher J.; Newbrand, Denise; Ecke, Peter; Sperr, Ulrike; Marchand, Vanessa; Hayes, Lisa – Language Learning, 2009
Learners of third language (L3) German and L3 French studied unfamiliar verbs that were cognate with first language (L1) Spanish equivalents, second language (L2) English equivalents, or neither. We examined whether learners would assume that the verbs shared syntactic frames with cognate forms in the typologically closer language. In immediate…
Descriptors: Verbs, Grammar, Language Classification, French
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Canadas, Maria C.; Castro, Encarnacion; Castro, Enrique – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2009
Introduction: We present some aspects of a wider investigation (Canadas, 2007), whose main objective is to describe and characterize inductive reasoning used by Spanish students in years 9 and 10 when they work on problems that involved linear and quadratic sequences. Method: We produced a test composed of six problems with different…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Mathematical Models, Spanish, Foreign Countries
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Gomez, Diane W.; Gujarati, Joan; Heckendorn, Rick – American Secondary Education, 2012
This article highlights the Orbital Experience (OE), a unique experience that explores the affective domains of second language acquisition, including communication in the target language, making interdisciplinary connections, and fostering a community of learners. Through Orbitals, students serve as experts by researching a topic of interest,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Spanish, High School Students, Second Language Learning
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Filippini, Alexis L.; Gerber, Michael M.; Leafstedt, Jill M. – International Journal of Special Education, 2012
This study examined the added value of a vocabulary plus phonological awareness (vocab+) intervention against a phonological awareness (PA only) intervention only. The vocabulary intervention built networks among words through attention to morphological and semantic relationships. This supplementary classroom instruction augmented existing…
Descriptors: Intervention, Semantics, Reading Difficulties, Second Language Learning
Cheung, Alan C. K.; Slavin, Robert E. – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2012
This review synthesizes research on English reading outcomes of all types of programs for Spanish-dominant ELLs in elementary schools. It is divided into two major sections. One focuses on studies of language of instruction, and one on reading approaches for ELLs other than bilingual education. A total of 14 qualifying studies met the inclusion…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Reading Programs, Minority Group Students, Bilingual Education
Barrantes Santamaria, Alfredo G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Due to federal mandates, Title I schools now are being asked to implement parent involvement programs that meaningfully involve parents in the schools to increase academic gains. This action research study was based on three different concepts from the literature: a) critical pedagogy theory from Paulo Freire, b) parent involvement from diverse…
Descriptors: Action Research, Video Technology, Communities of Practice, Critical Theory
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Appel, Christine; Robbins, Jackie; Moré, Joaquim; Mullen, Tony – Research-publishing.net, 2012
Learners and teachers of a foreign language in online and blended learning environments are being offered more opportunities for speaking practice from technological developments. However, in order to maximise these learning opportunities, appropriate task-based materials are required which promote and direct student to student interaction in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
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