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Development of assessments in L2 Spanish during study abroad

Pages 157-170 | Received 03 Jun 2016, Accepted 20 Sep 2016, Published online: 20 Mar 2017
 

ABSTRACT

This study examines the development of speaker and listener assessments by second language (L2) learners of Spanish during a semester abroad in Spain. Assessments express the speaker’s judgment, attitude, or affect towards what is said and perform the crucial functions of closing a topic and displaying shared understanding with an interlocutor. The results indicate that learners increased their use of listener assessments, as well as their use of specific structures and lexical items in speaker assessments. Participation in everyday conversation as well as explicit instruction represented ways that students could learn to make assessments. The article concludes with suggestions for teaching assessments in the Spanish L2 classroom.

RESUMEN

Este estudio analiza la adquisición de evaluaciones de hablante y oyente realizadas por estudiantes de español como segunda lengua durante un semestre en España. Mediante una evaluación, el hablante puede expresar su criterio, actitud o emociones hacia lo previamente dicho además de cerrar un tema y demostrar comprensión mutua con el interlocutor. El análisis muestra un aumento en el uso de evaluaciones de oyente y en el uso de construcciones y vocabulario específicos. La participación en la conversación cotidiana y la enseñanza explícita constituyeron maneras en las que los estudiantes aprendieron a realizar evaluaciones. Este artículo concluye con sugerencias para la enseñanza de las evaluaciones en el aula de español como L2.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

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