Heritage learners studying abroad
Edited by Angela George
Special issue of Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 8:2 (2023) v, 137 pp.
Angela George
List of John Benjamins publications for which Angela George plays a role.
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Subjects Applied linguistics | Language acquisition | Language teaching
2024 Chapter 6. L2 intonation perception in learners of Spanish Perspectives on Input, Evidence, and Exposure in Language Acquisition: Studies in honour of Susanne E. Carroll, Hracs, Lindsay (ed.), pp. 144–160 | Chapter
While the field of L2 variation, particularly with L2 Spanish, is expanding, to date little is known about the acquisition of variable intonation that occurs in final boundary tones of yes-no questions. The present study investigates the effects of explicit instruction on the accurate… read more
2023 The changing landscape of heritage language learners abroad: Current research and future directions Heritage learners studying abroad, George, Angela (ed.), pp. 177–196 | Article
This special issue highlights current research on topics related to linguistic and identity development of heritage language learners (HLLs) who participate in study abroad programs. With the steady increase of study abroad, it is becoming more common for HLLs to study in the country of their… read more
2023 Chapter 1. Relationship between external factors and development of regional variation ( vosotros vs. ustedes ) by L2 learners of Spanish in Spain Study Abroad and the Second Language Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Variation in Spanish, Zahler, Sara L., Avizia Y. Long and Bret Linford (eds.), pp. 20–53 | Chapter
This chapter focuses on the impact of three key programmatic features – program type, housing condition, and program length – on the development of a geographically variable feature, the second-person plural forms of address (i.e., vosotros/ustedes distinction) by second language learners of… read more
2019 Study abroad homestay versus dormitory: Extralinguistic factors and regional features Spanish in Context 16:1, pp. 77–103 | Article
This article addresses differences in 25 study abroad students that reside in the dormitory, primarily with other native English speakers, to those that live with local host families during a 13-week semester in Central Spain. In addition to completing four tasks to elicit three regional… read more
2019 Dialect and identity: US heritage language learners of Spanish abroad Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 4:2, pp. 252–279 | Article
Heritage language learners of Spanish are studying abroad in Spanish-speaking countries yet their linguistic evolution in Spanish is not addressed sufficiently in existing published scholarship. The current study consists of four case studies of US heritage speakers of Spanish studying abroad in… read more