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Peer reviewedHorwitz, Elaine K. – Hispania, 1986
Summarizes current trends in second language acquisition research and suggests their implications for teaching. Five second language acquisition principles are presented, followed by a discussion of the relevant literature and a description of language teaching practices consistent with each principle. (SED)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Feedback, Holistic Approach, Interlanguage
Peer reviewedZampini, Mary L. – Hispania, 1994
Studies the role played by native language transfer and task formality in the second-language acquisition of the Spanish voiced stop phonemes /b d g/ and their spirantized variants to identify specific problems affecting learners. Results indicate that native language transfer markedly inhibits acquisition of the voiced spirants. (21 references)…
Descriptors: College Students, English, Error Analysis (Language), Higher Education
Peer reviewedLafford, Barbara A.; Ryan, John M. – Hispania, 1995
Examination of the development of form/function relations of the prepositions "por" and "para" at different levels of proficiency in the interlanguage of study-abroad students in Granada, Spain, revealed "noncanonical" as well as "canonical" uses of these prepositions. The most common noncanonical uses were…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
