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Direct linkKessler, Matt; Loewen, Shawn; Trego, Daniel – Language Teaching Research, 2023
This mixed-methods study investigates the use of synchronous video computer-mediated communication (SVCMC) in a U.S. university's Spanish-as-a-foreign-language curriculum. Using the SVCMC platform "TalkAbroad," the university's Spanish program required second-year students to participate in five, 30-minute, SVCMC conversations with…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Attitudes
Loewen, Shawn; Isbell, Daniel R.; Sporn, Zachary – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
Hundreds of millions of language learners around the globe study a second language with popular apps such as Duolingo, Rosetta Stone, Busuu, and Babbel. This study examined the effectiveness of one app, Babbel, for developing both receptive linguistic knowledge of vocabulary and grammar, as well as oral communicative ability in Spanish as a second…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Nakatsukasa, Kimi; Loewen, Shawn – Language Teaching Research, 2015
This study investigates a teacher's L1 use during focus-on-form episodes (FFEs). FFEs assist L2 learning by bringing learners' attention to language. We studied the language used in FFEs in a Spanish as a foreign language (SFL) classroom to better understand the pedagogical purposes of L1 use in the classroom. We video-recorded 12 hours…
Descriptors: Grammar, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Pronunciation
Morimoto, Shun; Loewen, Shawn – Language Teaching Research, 2007
This quasi-experimental study investigated the effectiveness of two types of vocabulary instruction--image-schema-based instruction (ISBI) and translation-based instruction (TBI)--on the acquisition of second language (L2) polysemous words. Fifty-eight Japanese high school learners of English were divided into two treatment groups (ISBI and TBI)…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Semantics, Form Classes (Languages), Translation
