Development of Oral Communication Skills Abroad
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https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v9i1.119Keywords:
Study Abroad, Second Language AcquisitionAbstract
This study examines the impact of a semester study abroad experience in Argentina on the second language acquisition of three American university Spanish learners. The goal is to measure development of two aspects of oral communication skills: fluency and performance in the oral functions of narration, and description and supporting an opinion.
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Ginsberg, R. B and L. Miller. “What do they do? Activities of Students During Study Abroad.” Language Policy and Pedagogy: Essays in Honor of A. Ronald Walton. Eds. R. D. Lambert and E. Shohamy. Philadephia: John Benjamins. 2000. 237-260.
Isabelli-García, C. (forthcoming). “Study Abroad Social Networks, Motivation, and Attitudes: Implications on Second Language Acquisition.” In E. Churchill & M. Dufon (Eds.), Second Language Acquisition in the Study Abroad Context.
Isabelli-García, C. (forthcoming). Motivation and Extended Interaction in the Study Abroad Context: Factors in the Development of Spanish Language Accuracy and Communication Skills. Published Dissertation. New York: Edwin Mellen Press.
Lafford, B. A. (1995) “A Comparison of Communicative Strategies used by Students Studying Spanish - Abroad and ‘at home’.” Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context. Ed. B. Freed. Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 1995. 97-121.
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Liskin-Gasparro, J. “Talking about the Past: An Analysis of the Discourse in Intermediate High and Advanced Level Speakers of Spanish.” Diss. University of Texas at Austin, 1993.
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Polanyi, L. “Linguistic and Social Constraints on Storytelling.” Journal of Pragmatics 6 (1982): 509-824.
Regan, V. “Sociolinguistics and Language Learning in a Study Abroad Context.” Frontiers: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. 4.2 (1998). 61-90.
Rubin, J. “What the ‘good language learner’ can Teach Us.” TESOL Quarterly 9 (1975): 41-51.
Stansfield, C. W. “An Evaluation of Simulated Oral Proficiency Interviews as Measures of Spoken Language Proficiency.” Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics. Ed. J. Atlantis. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP. 1990. 228-234.
Beebe, L. “Measuring the Use of Communication Strategies.” Research in Second Language Acquisition. Eds. R. Scarsella and S. Krashen. Rowely, Mass: Newbury House, 1980. 39-66.
Byrnes H. and M. Canale, eds. Defining and Developing Proficiency: Guidelines, Implementations, and Concepts. Chicago: National Textbook Company, 1987.
Donato, R. “Collective Scaffolding in Second Language Learning.” Vygotskian Approaches to Second Language Research. Eds. J. P. Lantolf and G. Appel. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1994. 33-5.
Freed, B. “Current Realities and Future Prospects in Foreign Language Acquisition Research.” Foreign Language Acquisition Research and the Classroom. Ed. B. Freed. Lexington, MA: DC Heath, 1990a. 3-27.
———–”Language Learning in a Study Abroad Context: The Effects of Interactive and Non-interactive Out-of-Class Contact on Grammatical Achievement and Oral Proficiency.” Linguistics, Language Teaching and Language Acquisition: The Interdependence of Theory, Practice and Research (GURT 1990b). Ed. J. Atlatis. Washington DC: Georgetown UP. 1990b. 459-477.
———— “Language Learning and Study Abroad.” Second Language Acquisition in a StudyAabroad Context. Ed. B. Freed. Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 1995a. 3-34.
———— “What Makes us Think That Students who Study Abroad become Fluent?” Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context. Ed. B. Freed. Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 1995b. 123-148.
Galloway, V. “From Defining to Developing Proficiency: A Look at the Decisions.” Defining and Developing Proficiency: Guidelines, Implementations, and Concepts. In Conjunction with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Eds. H. Byrnes and M. Canale. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company. 1987. 25-74.
Gass, S., and E. Varonis. “Input, Interaction, and Second Language Production.” Studies in Second Language Acquisition. 16 (1994): 283-302.
Ginsberg, R. B and L. Miller. “What do they do? Activities of Students During Study Abroad.” Language Policy and Pedagogy: Essays in Honor of A. Ronald Walton. Eds. R. D. Lambert and E. Shohamy. Philadephia: John Benjamins. 2000. 237-260.
Isabelli-García, C. (forthcoming). “Study Abroad Social Networks, Motivation, and Attitudes: Implications on Second Language Acquisition.” In E. Churchill & M. Dufon (Eds.), Second Language Acquisition in the Study Abroad Context.
Isabelli-García, C. (forthcoming). Motivation and Extended Interaction in the Study Abroad Context: Factors in the Development of Spanish Language Accuracy and Communication Skills. Published Dissertation. New York: Edwin Mellen Press.
Lafford, B. A. (1995) “A Comparison of Communicative Strategies used by Students Studying Spanish - Abroad and ‘at home’.” Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context. Ed. B. Freed. Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 1995. 97-121.
Lantolf, J. P., and G. Appel. (1994). “Theoretical Framework: An Introduction to Vygotskian Perspectives on Second Language Research.” Vygotskian Approaches to Second Language Research. Eds. J. P. Lantolf and G. Appel. Norwood, NJ: Ablex. 1994. 1-32.
Liskin-Gasparro, J. “Talking about the Past: An Analysis of the Discourse in Intermediate High and Advanced Level Speakers of Spanish.” Diss. University of Texas at Austin, 1993.
Liskin-Gasparro, J., and L. Urdaneta. “Language Learning in a Semester Abroad: The spring 1995 University of Iowa Universidad de los Andes program in Mérida, Venezuela. Conference manuscript.”Research Perspectives in Adult Language Learning and Acquisition-Study abroad: Research on Learning Language and Culture in Context. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University: National Foreign Language Resource Center. 1995. 138-160.
Matsumura, S. “Learning the Rules for Offering Advice: A Quantitative Approach to second Language Socialization.” Language Learning 51.4 (2001): 635-79.
Naiman, N., M. Fröhlich, H. Stern, and A. Todesco. The Good Language Learner. Research in Education Series No. 7. Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. 1978.
Polanyi, L. “Linguistic and Social Constraints on Storytelling.” Journal of Pragmatics 6 (1982): 509-824.
Regan, V. “Sociolinguistics and Language Learning in a Study Abroad Context.” Frontiers: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad. 4.2 (1998). 61-90.
Rubin, J. “What the ‘good language learner’ can Teach Us.” TESOL Quarterly 9 (1975): 41-51.
Stansfield, C. W. “An Evaluation of Simulated Oral Proficiency Interviews as Measures of Spoken Language Proficiency.” Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics. Ed. J. Atlantis. Washington, DC: Georgetown UP. 1990. 228-234.
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2003-08-15
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Isabelli-García, C. L. . (2003). Development of Oral Communication Skills Abroad. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 9(1), 149–173. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v9i1.119
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