Affiliation:
1. Minnesota State University-Mankato
Abstract
Abstract
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.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Literature and Literary Theory,Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics