Richard A Raschio
Biographic Data
| ID | 5435529 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard A Raschio |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard A |
| FAMILY NAME | Raschio |
| SIGNATURE | RASCHIO R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Thomas College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Oye, ¿qué onda con mi dinero: An analysis of heritage speaker complaints
The objective of this study is to broaden the focus of pragmatic research to include the speech act of complaints produced by heritage speakers of Spanish. In addition to being a face-threatening act, the diverse ways in which complaints are expressed makes them a rich source for investigating how language use can vary across speech communities. Although there has been some research concerning contexts of intercultural communication, the pragmati…
A comparative study of requests in heritage speaker Spanish, L1 Spanish, and L1 English
Although requests are the most widely studied speech act, there has not been extensive research on the requests produced by heritage speakers of Spanish in the United States. This study compares the requests of three groups: Spanish heritage speakers, Mexican native speakers of Spanish, and native speakers of English. The first research question examines the level of directness of the requests combined with the frequency of downgraders. The follo…
The Latino Connection: Designing Service-Learning Programs for Community-Enhanced Language Learning
The presence of seventeen participants in the workshop on community-enhanced language learning is an indication of the growing interest on the part of language faculty learn engage students with languages and cultures outside the classroom. The participants' level of involvement with community-based learning ran the full gamut, from novices more experienced members. In addition giving participants the theories behind and rationale for service-lea…
Service-Learning: Taking Language Learning into the Real World
At the AATSP Annual Conference in Chicago in 2003, several service-learning practi tioners congregated following the last of several service-learning sessions. As they shared experiences, frustrations, ideas, goals, and excitement, the idea emerged to plan a workshop for Acapulco in 2004. The entire process was an organic outgrowth resulting from deep communication among the group of people who continued the dialogue throughout the year. By means…
Adams Spanish Immersion and the Ascension Parish Project: Two Service-Learning Projects, Two Levels of Success
Recognizing the growing Hispanic presence locally and nationally, students in several classes at the University of St. Thomas (Twin Cities) undertook two Service-Learning projects to better comprehend the varied Hispanic impact. In one project, students worked with the Adams Spanish Jmmersion Magnet School as tutor-mentors to examine how immersion education may help to improve cross-cultural community relations. The Ascension Parish Project aimed…
Where Are We with Technology: What Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Have to Say about the Presence of Technology in Their Teaching
Richard Raschio, Robert L. Raymond, Where Are We with Technology?: What Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Have to Say about the Presence of Technology in Their Teaching, Hispania, Vol. 86, No. 1 (Mar., 2003), pp. 88-96
Integrative Activities for the Study-Abroad Setting
A director of a January term in Spain presents the rationale associated with the design of a set of activities that combine cultural understanding and language practice in Spanish courses at three different levels in their study-abroad program. Specific activities that stimulate the use of the target language during a brief study-abroad experience as well as a deeper understanding of the host culture are described. The activities include journali…
Special Feature El español, ¿lengua muerta en nuestra profesión
Spanish Alive
Recuerdos de Madrid
Courseware for Developing Reading Skills in a Second Language
VersaText 1.2
The Role of Cognitive Style in Improving Computer/Assisted Language Learning
One of the strongest points in favor of using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is that can provide self-paced, individualized instruction. With almost any CALL material, students can learn at their own pace if we allow them sufficient time to study by themselves at the computer. To insure that computer-assisted exercises are truly individualized, however, we must pay careful attention to software design and the way content is presented.…
Habla Espanol
Communicative Uses of the Computer: Ideas and Directions
While much concern has been expressed about the lack of a communicative focus in current computer software, few have responded with new conceptualizations of the computer's role in fostering communication. This paper presents a review of concepts which form a basis for a communicative approach to foreign language software design. Examples of communicative program formats are described that can be derived from or integrated with extended class act…
Integrative Activities for the Study-Abroad Setting
A director of a January term in Spain presents the rationale associated with the design of a set of activities that combine cultural understanding and language practice in Spanish courses at three different levels in their study-abroad program. Specific activities that stimulate the use of the target language during a brief study-abroad experience as well as a deeper understanding of the host culture are described. The activities include journali…
Oye, ¿qué onda con mi dinero: An analysis of heritage speaker complaints
The objective of this study is to broaden the focus of pragmatic research to include the speech act of complaints produced by heritage speakers of Spanish. In addition to being a face-threatening act, the diverse ways in which complaints are expressed makes them a rich source for investigating how language use can vary across speech communities. Although there has been some research concerning contexts of intercultural communication, the pragmati…
Communicative Uses of the Computer: Ideas and Directions
While much concern has been expressed about the lack of a communicative focus in current computer software, few have responded with new conceptualizations of the computer's role in fostering communication. This paper presents a review of concepts which form a basis for a communicative approach to foreign language software design. Examples of communicative program formats are described that can be derived from or integrated with extended class act…
Habla Espanol
The Role of Cognitive Style in Improving Computer/Assisted Language Learning
One of the strongest points in favor of using computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is that can provide self-paced, individualized instruction. With almost any CALL material, students can learn at their own pace if we allow them sufficient time to study by themselves at the computer. To insure that computer-assisted exercises are truly individualized, however, we must pay careful attention to software design and the way content is presented.…
Courseware for Developing Reading Skills in a Second Language
VersaText 1.2
Recuerdos de Madrid
Spanish Alive
Special Feature El español, ¿lengua muerta en nuestra profesión
Integrative Activities for the Study-Abroad Setting
A director of a January term in Spain presents the rationale associated with the design of a set of activities that combine cultural understanding and language practice in Spanish courses at three different levels in their study-abroad program. Specific activities that stimulate the use of the target language during a brief study-abroad experience as well as a deeper understanding of the host culture are described. The activities include journali…
Where Are We with Technology: What Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Have to Say about the Presence of Technology in Their Teaching
Richard Raschio, Robert L. Raymond, Where Are We with Technology?: What Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Have to Say about the Presence of Technology in Their Teaching, Hispania, Vol. 86, No. 1 (Mar., 2003), pp. 88-96
Adams Spanish Immersion and the Ascension Parish Project: Two Service-Learning Projects, Two Levels of Success
Recognizing the growing Hispanic presence locally and nationally, students in several classes at the University of St. Thomas (Twin Cities) undertook two Service-Learning projects to better comprehend the varied Hispanic impact. In one project, students worked with the Adams Spanish Jmmersion Magnet School as tutor-mentors to examine how immersion education may help to improve cross-cultural community relations. The Ascension Parish Project aimed…
Service-Learning: Taking Language Learning into the Real World
At the AATSP Annual Conference in Chicago in 2003, several service-learning practi tioners congregated following the last of several service-learning sessions. As they shared experiences, frustrations, ideas, goals, and excitement, the idea emerged to plan a workshop for Acapulco in 2004. The entire process was an organic outgrowth resulting from deep communication among the group of people who continued the dialogue throughout the year. By means…
The Latino Connection: Designing Service-Learning Programs for Community-Enhanced Language Learning
The presence of seventeen participants in the workshop on community-enhanced language learning is an indication of the growing interest on the part of language faculty learn engage students with languages and cultures outside the classroom. The participants' level of involvement with community-based learning ran the full gamut, from novices more experienced members. In addition giving participants the theories behind and rationale for service-lea…
A comparative study of requests in heritage speaker Spanish, L1 Spanish, and L1 English
Although requests are the most widely studied speech act, there has not been extensive research on the requests produced by heritage speakers of Spanish in the United States. This study compares the requests of three groups: Spanish heritage speakers, Mexican native speakers of Spanish, and native speakers of English. The first research question examines the level of directness of the requests combined with the frequency of downgraders. The follo…
Oye, ¿qué onda con mi dinero: An analysis of heritage speaker complaints
The objective of this study is to broaden the focus of pragmatic research to include the speech act of complaints produced by heritage speakers of Spanish. In addition to being a face-threatening act, the diverse ways in which complaints are expressed makes them a rich source for investigating how language use can vary across speech communities. Although there has been some research concerning contexts of intercultural communication, the pragmati…
Linguistics (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Language acquisition (3 works) · Service-Learning and Community Engagement (3 works)