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Direct linkMandy R. Menke – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
Language immersion programs seek to develop multilingual, multiliterate individuals able to engage with academic content. Studies of immersion students' language development provide details regarding language proficiency and accuracy, yet they generally do not address how features of written, academic language, for example, syntactic and lexical…
Descriptors: Spanish, Immersion Programs, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Kim, Kyung Ja; Pae, Tae-Il – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
The present study aimed to examine the relationships between reading and writing, and the role of L2 proficiency in moderating these relationships, among 8th and 11th graders in South Korea. A total of 257 eighth and 322 eleventh graders learning English as a foreign language participated in Study 1 and Study 2, respectively. The findings…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Language Proficiency
Mengxia Fu; Shaofeng Li – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
This article reports on a study exploring the associations between foreign language anxiety and the effectiveness of immediate and delayed corrective feedback (CF) in the acquisition of the English past tense. One hundred and two middle school English as a foreign language (EFL) learners responded to the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Anxiety, Feedback (Response), Error Correction
Amado M. Padilla; Xinjie Chen; Elizabeth Swanson; Margaret Peterson; Tatiana Zamora; Tami Girsky – Foreign Language Annals, 2025
Seven cohorts of students (N = 258) who completed a K-5 Spanish Immersion (SI) program in a suburban California school district were followed longitudinally through middle and high school to understand their academic, language, and social emotional outcomes. Academic and language outcomes included Spanish classes and grades, standardized Math and…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Middle School Students, High School Students, Second Language Learning
Clayton, Stephanie – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
In a world where English has achieved global dominance, it is unsurprising that the instrumental value of learning a language other than English (LOTE) for those already fluent in English is increasingly deemed unnecessary. There are significant enrollment declines postcompulsory second language (L2) learning in all English-speaking countries. To…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Elective Courses, Declining Enrollment, High School Students
Ruiz-Funes, Marcela T. – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
This study reports on a small-scale, longitudinal investigation on L2 Spanish oral development by English-home language (EHL) learners in an English/Spanish Two-Way Immersion (TWI) program in rural, eastern United States. It examined EHL learners' oral ability in L2 Spanish based on longitudinal assessment data from Kindergarten, Grade 2, and…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Spanish, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Gaugler, Kevin M.; Matheus, Carolyn C. – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
The current study compared perceived language gains between learners of different preprogram proficiencies, academic interests, and genders who participated in the same predeparture preparation and short-stay service learning program abroad. L2 learners studying Spanish and computer science students participated in a semester-long program to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Study Abroad, Instructional Design
Kim, YouJin; Taguchi, Naoko – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Previous task complexity studies have suggested that learners produce more negotiation of meaning opportunities during complex tasks than simple tasks (Robinson, 2011). The present study builds on the existing task complexity literature by examining the impact of task complexity and pragmatic situational demands on the number of learning…
Descriptors: Role, Pragmatics, Task Analysis, Asians
Kissau, Scott; Adams, Mary Jo; Algozzine, Bob – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
Multiple studies conducted over the past decade have suggested the motivational and proficiency-related benefits of commencing language instruction at an early age. Limitations in many of these studies, however, have prevented their results from being applied to the teaching of foreign languages in the United States. In response to calls for…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, French, German, Spanish
Burkhauser, Susan; Steele, Jennifer L.; Li, Jennifer; Slater, Robert O.; Bacon, Michael; Miller, Trey – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Research has demonstrated that students in dual-language immersion programs perform as well as, or better than, their peers in core academic content areas by late elementary school. However, the extent to which immersion education fosters bilingualism has received less attention in the literature. Using data from a four-year efficacy study of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Immersion Programs, Bilingualism
Boyson, Beverly A.; Semmer, Martha; Thompson, Lynn E.; Rosenbusch, Marcia H. – Foreign Language Annals, 2013
Educators have generally believed that foreign language instruction should begin in kindergarten or earlier to promote optimum oral language development (e.g., Abbott, 1998; Curtain & Dahlberg, 2010; Rhodes & Pufahl, 2010; Rosenbusch, 1991; Swender & Duncan, 1998). This article describes two Spanish programs in the Westport…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Oral Language
Ajayi, Lasisi – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
The purpose of this study is to examine English as a second language (ESL) teachers' sensitivity to their students' social-cultural backgrounds and the kind of constraints they face as they translate sociocultural perspectives into practice. Through both quantitative (questionnaire surveys) and qualitative (interviews) analysis, the study reports…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Secondary School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes
