Informal Second Language Learning
Edited by Maria Rosa Alonso Alonso and Ignacio M. Palacios Martínez
Special issue of ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 177:1 (2026) v, 192 pp.
Maria Rosa Alonso Alonso
List of John Benjamins publications in which Maria Rosa Alonso Alonso is involved.
Titles
Speaking in a Second Language
Edited by Maria Rosa Alonso Alonso
For millions of individuals all over the world, speaking in a second language is a daily activity. It is therefore important that research in applied linguistics should contribute empirically to the study of second language spoken interaction. The aim of this volume is to make such a contribution… read more[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 17] 2018. xii, 243 pp.
2026 Assessing the relationship between extramural English and L2 writing: A CALF perspective Informal Second Language Learning, Alonso Alonso, Maria Rosa and Ignacio M. Palacios Martínez (eds.), pp. 60–87 | Article
This study examines the relationship between engagement in extramural English (EE) activities and second language (L2) writing among 96 high school learners of English. Participants completed an EE questionnaire and a writing task. Their texts were analyzed using measures of syntactic and… read more
2025 Adolescents’ informal exposure to English as a second language in the context of Galicia: Effects on vocabulary, grammar, and writing ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 176:1, pp. 76–110 | Article
This study examines the effects of informal English exposure on vocabulary, grammar, and writing. A total of 178 Galician adolescent learners of English completed a placement test, a language background and an out-of-school English activities questionnaire, and three language tasks: a… read more
2020 Boundary-crossing events across languages: A study on English speakers, Spanish speakers and second language learners Review of Cognitive Linguistics 18:2, pp. 316–349 | Article
This study analyses how speakers of two typologically distinct first languages (English (N = 12) and Spanish (N = 16)) and a group of 19 Spanish second language learners of English express boundary-crossing events, what type of verb they use, and how they segment these motion events. The stimuli… read more
2018 Cross-linguistic influence in the interpretation of boundary-crossing events in L2 acquisition Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Figurative language in use, constructions and typology, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Rafael Alejo-González (eds.), pp. 157–178 | Article
This chapter analyses the interpretation of boundary-crossing events in second language acquisition (SLA) to determine whether L2 learners are able to select the target-like option for the interpretation of motion events or whether, on the contrary, their choice reflects cross-linguistic influence… read more
2018 Chapter 10. Speaking in a second language: Where are we now? Speaking in a Second Language, Alonso Alonso, Maria Rosa (ed.), pp. 225–240 | Chapter
This concluding chapter presents an overview of the speaking skill in the history of language teaching from the Grammar Translation Method to current Task-based Approach. It then moves on to the role of speaking in current usage-based perspectives, which view language as a social activity and… read more
2016 Cross-linguistic influence in the interpretation of boundary crossing events in L2 acquisition Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Figurative language in use, constructions and typology, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Rafael Alejo-González (eds.), pp. 161–182 | Article
This paper analyses the interpretation of boundary-crossing events in second language acquisition (SLA) to determine whether L2 learners are able to select the target-like option for the interpretation of motion events or whether, on the contrary, their choice reflects cross-linguistic influence… read more