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Are my learners advanced?: Using measures of complexity and accuracy to analyze L2 Spanish writing

open access: yesForeign Language Annals, EarlyView.
Abstract One of the critiques of proficiency as defined by scales, such as that of ACTFL, is its lack of grounding in linguistic realities. Measures of complexity, accuracy, and fluency provide a route in which proficiency can be quantitatively measured by identifying linguistic correlates (see Brown et al., 2017; Long et al., 2012). This project aimed
Marie Mangold
wiley   +1 more source

Noun incorporation in Bribri [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Pacchiarotti, Sara
core  

Exploring the Effect of Plain Terminology on Processing and Comprehension of Administrative Texts in Spanish: A Self‐Paced Reading Experiment

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 659-671, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Clear communication between government administrations and citizens is a challenge in democratic societies. Public administration texts often contain technical legal terms, essential to convey specialized knowledge with precision but often impenetrable to non‐experts.
Sabela Fernández‐Silva   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Multiple‐Choice Exercise on Collocations: What Do Learners Actually Remember?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 824-833, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Contemporary materials for second language (L2) learning feature exercises on collocations (i.e., word partnerships such as catch fire), many of which require learners to select correct word combinations from two or more candidates. A few studies of the effectiveness of these selected‐response exercises, which are essentially multiple‐choice ...
Alyssa Mengxue Li, Frank Boers
wiley   +1 more source

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