TY - JOUR
T1 - The development of oral ability in L2 Spanish by English-home language learners in a TWI program
AU - Ruiz-Funes, Marcela T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - This study reports on a small-scale, longitudinal investigation on L2 Spanish oral development by English-home language (EHL) learners in an English/Spanish Two-Way Immersion (TWI) program in rural, eastern United States. It examined EHL learners' oral ability in L2 Spanish based on longitudinal assessment data from Kindergarten, Grade 2, and Grade 5 in two ways: (a) ratings of students' speech samples and (b) linguistic analysis of the speech samples. Ratings of the students' speech samples were elicited with the SOPA/COPE rating scale and the FLOSEM. In addition, linguistic analyses of the speech samples were performed quantitatively and qualitatively. Findings indicate steady progress from one grade level to the next, along with a marked use of codemixing in Grades 2 and 5. This article provides empirical evidence to inform curriculum design, identify areas in need of future research, and reexamine L2 oral assessment tools.
AB - This study reports on a small-scale, longitudinal investigation on L2 Spanish oral development by English-home language (EHL) learners in an English/Spanish Two-Way Immersion (TWI) program in rural, eastern United States. It examined EHL learners' oral ability in L2 Spanish based on longitudinal assessment data from Kindergarten, Grade 2, and Grade 5 in two ways: (a) ratings of students' speech samples and (b) linguistic analysis of the speech samples. Ratings of the students' speech samples were elicited with the SOPA/COPE rating scale and the FLOSEM. In addition, linguistic analyses of the speech samples were performed quantitatively and qualitatively. Findings indicate steady progress from one grade level to the next, along with a marked use of codemixing in Grades 2 and 5. This article provides empirical evidence to inform curriculum design, identify areas in need of future research, and reexamine L2 oral assessment tools.
KW - English-home learners
KW - L2 Spanish oral development
KW - linguistic features
KW - longitudinal investigation
KW - ratings of speech samples
KW - Two-Way Immersion
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081268066&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/flan.12442
DO - 10.1111/flan.12442
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85081268066
SN - 0015-718X
VL - 53
SP - 96
EP - 127
JO - Foreign Language Annals
JF - Foreign Language Annals
IS - 1
ER -