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Spenader, Allison J. – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
This study investigates the relationship between acculturation and language learning during a year-long study abroad program at the pre-collegiate level. The researcher presents the experiences of four U.S. American sojourners to Sweden as case studies. This mixed-methods study looks specifically at students with no prior knowledge of the target…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Researchers
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Gascoigne, Carolyn – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
Many recent studies have examined the effectiveness of various types of input enhancement. The following study expands this line of inquiry to include technological applications of language learning by comparing the effectiveness of the computer application of diacritics to a traditional pen-and-paper process among beginning students of French and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Computer Oriented Programs, Questionnaires, Second Language Learning
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Boutin, France – Foreign Language Annals, 1993
Classroom actions of early French immersion teachers were identified and the teachers' perceptions of their effectiveness were determined. The majority of actions referred to vocabulary instruction management. The need for a distinct teacher preparation program for teaching in a second-language context was found. (Contains 43 references.)…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Critical Incidents Method, French, Immersion Programs