Second Language Acquisition of Spanish Service Industry Requests in an Immersion Context

Autor/inn/en	Czerwionka, Lori; Cuza, Alejandro
Titel	Second Language Acquisition of Spanish Service Industry Requests in an Immersion Context
Quelle	In: Hispania, 100 (2017) 2, S.239-260 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2133
Schlagwörter	Spanish; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Pragmatics; Intervention; Immersion Programs; Speech Acts; Grammar; Phrase Structure; Comparative Analysis; Native Speakers; Language Variation; Interlanguage; Foreign Countries; English; Contrastive Linguistics; Oral Language; Task Analysis; Teaching Methods; North Americans; Study Abroad; Pretests Posttests; Statistical Analysis; Language Tests; Service Occupations; Outcomes of Education; Undergraduate Students; Spain (Madrid) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spanisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Pragmalinguistik; Immersionsprogramm; Sprechakt; Grammatik; Phrasenstruktur; Muttersprachler; Sprachenvielfalt; Zielsprache; Ausland; English language; Englisch; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Aufgabenanalyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Statistische Analyse; Language test; Sprachtest; Dienstleistungsberuf; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	The current study examines English-speaking learners of Spanish and their pragmatic development of request forms during a six-week immersion program in Madrid, Spain. Elicited production and intuition data were analyzed, focusing on personal deictic orientation, directness evidenced by clause type, and the use of "por favor" "please," and comparing learners to native speakers of Peninsular Spanish. Results indicate pragmatic acquisition over the short-term program, suggested by a change in the learners' produced requests and intuitions regarding requests and also an increase in the pragmatic appropriateness of leaners' requests and intuitions over the program. Importantly, these results demonstrate that pragmatic acquisition can occur during a short-term immersion program, and during one without any pragmatic intervention. The discussion addresses potentially important programmatic variables, developmental patterns, and also an interlanguage perspective of requests, considering grammatical form, speech act, and illocutionary force in Spanish and English as challenges for learners. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Inc. 900 Ladd Road, Walled Lake, MI 48390. Tel: 248-960-2180; Fax: 248-960-9570; e-mail: AATSPoffice@aatsp.org; Web site: http://www.aatsp.org
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Update	2020/1/01