The benefits of social interaction and proficiency for foreign language acquisition of Spanish conventional expressions

Evidence from foreign language Spanish learners

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ID21179683
AuthorsNofiya Denbaum-Restrepo (0000-0002-1422-8036, Minnesota State University, Mankato, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue2
Pages337-360
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSpanish in Context (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1571-0718 • E-ISSN: 1571-0726
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/sic.18029.den
OpenAlexW4297376612
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited31

Several studies have examined the second language acquisition of English conventional expressions (CEs) in the study abroad context. However, there is a lack of studies that investigate Spanish CEs and CEs in general in the at-home context. This study examines the foreign language acquisition of Spanish CEs in the at-home context and the effect of proficiency and Spanish social interaction outside of the classroom. Three levels of learners (3rd semester, 5th semester, and graduate level) (N = 32) and a Spanish speaker comparison group (N = 10) completed an oral discourse completion task, a recognition task, and a social interaction questionnaire. Results showed that social interaction in Spanish leads to better recognition of conventional expressions and that proficiency is a significant predictor of production of these expressions. Results have pedagogical implications, including the importance for instructors to provide input of expressions related to a variety of contexts

Foreign language · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Second-language acquisition · Social environment · Social relation · Sociology · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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