Ana Fernández-Dobao
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ana Fernández-Dobao plays a role.
2020 Chapter 4. Exploring interaction between heritage and second language learners in the Spanish language classroom: Opportunities for collaborative dialogue and learning Languaging in Language Learning and Teaching: A collection of empirical studies, Suzuki, Wataru and Neomy Storch (eds.), pp. 91–110 | Chapter
This study analyzes collaborative writing activities completed by heritage language (HL) and second language (L2) learners’ dyads with a focus on collaborative dialogue and learning. Eight HL and ten L2 learners participated in the study, completing a total of 26 collaborative writing activities… read more
2020 Present tense verb morphology of Spanish HL and L2 children in dual immersion: Feature Reassembly revisited Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 10:6, pp. 775–804 | Article
We provide a snapshot of childhood morphology development in our investigation of two profiles of bilinguals (age 9–10) in an English-Spanish dual immersion academic setting: Spanish heritage language (SHL, n = 21) and second language (SL2, n = 41) children. Three tasks were given to the 62… read more
2018 Chapter 8. Code-switching in the Spanish heritage language classroom: Communicative and cognitive functions Speaking in a Second Language, Alonso, Rosa Alonso (ed.), pp. 175–196 | Chapter
Code-switching is a common practice among bilingual speakers, including Spanish heritage language learners. Research on Spanish-English bilinguals in the United States has provided plenty of evidence documenting the use of code-switching in daily conversation with a variety of communicative and… read more
2016 1. Peer interaction and learning: A focus on the silent learner Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning: Pedagogical potential and research agenda, Sato, Masatoshi and Susan Ballinger (eds.), pp. 33–61 | Article
This chapter investigated whether all learners benefitted from the lexical language-related episodes (LREs) produced in small group interaction, even when acting as silent observers of their peers’ collaborative work. Using a pretest-posttest design, evidence was obtained confirming that silent… read more
2006 Linguistic and cultural aspects of the translation of swearing: The Spanish version of Pulp Fiction Babel 52:3, pp. 222–242 | Article
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: Online-First Articles | 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