scholarly journals The Impact of Multilingualism on Spanish Language Acquisition Among Immigrants in Spain

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santiago Budria ◽  
Pablo Swedberg
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Spanish Language Acquisition ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals SPANISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN TERTIARY EDUCATION: THE ACTUAL SITUATION IN LATVIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Agata Babina
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Educational Standard ◽  
Foreign Language Acquisition ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Spanish Language Acquisition

The data published by The Instituto Cervantes (2021) prove that Spanish language use in the world is constantly rising. The current number of native speakers is 489 million people, and there are more than 22 million learners worldwide. It is the fourth most spoken language in the EU and the third in the UN. The newest Latvian Educational Standard states that the first and second-level educational institutions should offer a minimum of two foreign language acquisition. Nevertheless, the Latvian Educational Curriculum does not include Spanish as an option; therefore, it lacks institutional support to establish Spanish studies in all educational levels with the proper follow-up. The article presents the current situation in various study programs proposed by several Latvian tertiary education institutions in 2020/2021. The data has been collected by contacting current Spanish lecturers and analyzing the current study programs offering Spanish language acquisition in tertiary education institutions mentioned in the article. The analysis presents the content of the study programs in the bachelor and master study levels and the estimated number of students in each study program. It is a panoramic insight into Latvia's Spanish language teaching situation, which is necessary to understand Latvian-speaking Spanish learners' needs, existing resources for Spanish language teaching, and a further perspective for promoting Spanish studies in Latvia. It proves a lack of institutional cooperation to provide the constant Spanish language acquisition from the first till the tertiary educational level that would improve the general recognition of Spanish and its need in Latvian society as a part of the European Union.

scholarly journals Sí, Tu Puedes: An Integrated Spanish Language Acquisition in Residency Utilizing Personal Instruction

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy B. Barr ◽  
Anthony Valdini ◽  
Joshua St. Louis ◽  
Nicholas Weida ◽  
Cara Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Spanish Language Acquisition

Native Spanish language acquisition: the effect of age, schooling and context on responses to ‘dile’ and ‘pregúntale’

1977 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carole Edelsky ◽  
Virginia Muiña
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Spanish Speakers ◽  
Native Spanish Speakers ◽  
Language Performance ◽  
Relative Difficulty ◽  
Spanish Language Acquisition ◽  
Second Language Performance ◽  
Effect Of Age

ABSTRACTThe ability to distinguish ask and tell in Spanish was studied with five groups of native Spanish speakers: adults, 7- and 10-year-olds in a full-bilingual-programme school (BISO), and 7- and 10-year-olds in a non-total BISO school. The interviews included context-present and context-absent items. Differences in these subjects' responses and those elicited by Chomsky (1969) among children acquiring English are explored. Increased age, bilingual schooling, and presence of contextual clues enhanced performance. Relative difficulty of dile and pregúntale, stages in distinguishing these in three types of constructions, and comparisons of first and second language performance are discussed.

Perceived foreign accent in first language attrition and second language acquisition: The impact of age of acquisition and bilingualism—ERRATUM

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
HOLGER HOPP ◽  
MONIKA S. SCHMID
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Open Access ◽  
First Language ◽  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Language Attrition ◽  
First Language Attrition ◽  
The Impact

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