Abstract
This quantitative study investigated the possible gains in the acquisition of regional vocabulary as a result of incidental learning after studying abroad for one semester. Five college students took courses at a language institute in Madrid (Spain) while living with a host family during a semester, while a control group with five participants continued their studies at XXXX, in the US. They took a survey online that contained forty vocabulary items exclusive to Spain ( majo , mola , guay and similar) three times: at the beginning and at the end of the program and after three years. Results indicated that the group who traveled to Spain improved from a 21% to a 54.5% accuracy rate in the regional vocabulary items. This acquisition remained quite stable after a few years, lowering to 45%, but always maintaining around twice the scores obtained in the initial test.
| Original language | American English |
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| Journal | Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 27 |
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| State | Published - Nov 27 2019 |
Keywords
- SLA
- Spanish
- incidental learning
- regional vocabulary
- study abroad programs
- vocabulary acquisition
Disciplines
- Education
- Higher Education
- Modern Languages
- Other Education