Advancedness in Second Language Spanish: Definitions, Challenges, and Possibilities

✍ Scribed by Mandy R. Menke (editor), Paul A. Malovrh (editor)

• Publisher: John Benjamins
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 524
• Series: Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics (IHLL) 31
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book analyzes the construct of advanced proficiency in second language learning by bringing together empirical research from numerous linguistic domains and methodological traditions. Focusing on the dynamic nature of language use, the volume explores diverse manifestations of high-level second language Spanish, including performance on standardized proficiency assessments, acquisition of late-acquired linguistic structures, sophisticated language use in context, and individual differences. Chapters relate empirical findings to current definitions of advancedness, challenging scholars and practitioners to re-consider existing conceptualizations, and propose possible directions for future research and teaching with second language speakers of Spanish. By addressing larger issues in the field of second language learning, the volume is a valuable reference for language teachers, scholars, professionals and students with an interest in second language acquisition generally, and second language Spanish, more specifically.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of contents
1 The problematic pursuit of defining advancedness • Mandy R. Menke and Paul A. Malovrh
Part I. Advancedness and standardized assessments of proficiency
2 The (limited) contributions of proficiency assessments in defining advancedness • Mandy R. Menke and Paul A. Malovrh
3 ACTFL OPIc question prompt and advanced Spanish fluency • Alan V. Brown, Gregory L. Thompson and Troy Cox
4 Advanced users of Spanish: Relationships among modalities of speaking, reading, and listening • Dan Soneson
Part II. Advancedness and late-acquired structures
5 The role of late-acquired structures in advanced oral proficiency: A consideration of complexity and variability as indicators of development • Paul A. Malovrh and Mandy R. Menke
6 Allowable temporal distances for future-time forms: The case of advanced L2 Spanish learners • Matthew Kanwit
7What does advanced L2 pronunciation look like?Evidence from the ultimate attainment of Spanish consonants 143Timothy L. Face
8 An exploration of advanced-level learners’ verb choicesin variable mood-distinction contexts • Aarnes Gudmestad
9 L2 proficiency and L2 dialect processing during study abroad • Christine Shea
Part III. Advancedness and sophisticated language use in context
10 Sophisticated language use in context: The contributions of variationist approaches to the study of advanced learners of Spanish • Kimberly Geeslin
11 Linguistic markers of stance in advanced second language Spanish academic writing • Mandy R. Menke
12 Using the L2 to express intercultural competencet: A measure of sophisticated language use in context • Lori Czerwionka
13 Spanish-language advancedness: Grammatical metaphor and the oral-written continuum • Omar Velázquez-Mendoza
14 Developing advanced pragmatic competence in Spanish • J. César Félix-Brasdefer and Megan DiBartolomeo
Part IV. Advancedness and individual learner characteristics and advanced-level performance
15 Advancing notions of advancedness: Clarifying the differential and dynamic effects of working memory across the second language proficiency spectrum • Ellen J. Serafini
16 Individual characteristics in advanced Spanish proficiency: Cluster and case-matching analyses on 127 advanced learners • Paula Winke, Emily Heidrich Uebel and Susan Gass
17 The effects of study abroad on interlanguage development: A concept-oriented analysis of advanced Spanish majors’direct object expression • Paul A. Malovrh and James F. Lee
18 The role of individual characteristics in the acquisition of Spanish copula choice: The case of Korean learners • Avizia Y. Long
19 The role of language anxiety and enjoyment in advanced proficiency: Considerations for task-based language teaching research • Ángela Donate
20 Language aptitude and foreign accent in advanced L2 speakers of Spanish • Gisela Granena
21 Looking ahead: Future directions for research on advanced nesssand instructional practice in second language Spanish • Paul A. Malovrh and Mandy R. Menke
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