Kushch, Olga (Date of defense: 2018-03-09)
Previous research has shown that gestures are beneficial for language learning. This doctoral thesis centers on the effects of beat gestures– i.e., hand and arm gestures that are typically associated ...
Barquin, Elisa Leslie (Date of defense: 2012-10-29)
While study abroad at the university level has been shown to benefit many aspects of second language proficiency, little is known about how this affects participants’ writing skills. The present study ...
Zaytseva, Victoria (Date of defense: 2016-07-01)
The present study investigates the impact of two different consecutive learning contexts, formal instruction (FI) at home and a 3-month stay abroad (SA), on second language (L2) vocabulary acquisition ...
Mehotcheva, Teodora H. (Date of defense: 2010-09-16)
Aquest estudi investiga la pèrdua (attrition) del castellà com a llengua estrangera en estudiants Erasmus holandesos i alemanys. S’investiguen tres tipus de dades: orals, lingüístiques i psicolingüístiques ...
Avello, Pilar (Date of defense: 2013-11-22)
The present study investigates the impact of a 3-month study abroad (SA) period on second language (L2) phonological development in speech production by means of acoustic-phonetic measures, as well ...
Lara, Ann Rebecca (Date of defense: 2014-10-31)
Study abroad (SA) as an integral part of university studies is often seen by students, educators and institutions alike as an important means of boosting foreign language skills; yet, still little is ...
Ament, Jennifer (Date of defense: 2018-11-06)
This doctoral dissertation has three main aims: firstly, to investigate the acquisition of pragmatic markers (PMs); secondly, to investigate the effect of either full- or semi-English-medium instruction ...
Tejada Sánchez, Martha Isabel (Date of defense: 2014-03-17)
Cette thèse présente une étude descriptive visant à évaluer l’effet du temps total accumulé et de l’intensité d’exposition à l’anglais-L2 dans deux programmes d’immersion partielle précoce (espagnol-L1) ...
Denissenko Denissenko, Anna (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
L’objectiu d’aquest estudi és descriure el desenvolupament de la competència lingüística escrita en rus com a llengua estrangera per part d’aprenents bilingües (català/castellà) d’edat adulta (n=83) ...
Río San Román, Carmen del (Date of defense: 2013-12-17)
The aim of the present research study is to examine the contrasting effects of two learning contexts, study abroad (SA) vs. at home (AH), on the language development of Spanish adolescent learners of ...