{"title":"Pedagogical translation for reading comprehension in mixed HL‐L2 secondary classrooms","authors":"Sarah Albrecht","doi":"10.1111/flan.12780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12780","url":null,"abstract":"This exploratory, mixed methods study proposes that pedagogical translation be implemented for biliteracy acquisition in mixed heritage language (HL)‐second language (L2) secondary Spanish classrooms. It investigates the mediation of pedagogical translation for reading comprehension in two mixed HL‐L2 secondary Spanish classrooms at a suburban high school in the southwestern United States. The research question, <jats:italic>How does pedagogical translation influence reading comprehension in a mixed HL‐L2 secondary Spanish classroom</jats:italic> is addressed in this work<jats:italic>.</jats:italic> Findings indicated that through a pedagogical translation activity, heritage language learners (HLLs) and second language learners (L2Ls) demonstrated metalinguistic awareness and vocabulary learning, which are indicators of reading comprehension. Differing HLL and L2L learning approaches during the activities are discussed, followed by pedagogical and research implications.","PeriodicalId":501534,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals ","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142254428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Explaining the penetrating role of technology in online foreign language learning achievement","authors":"Fangwei Huang, Haijing Zhang","doi":"10.1111/flan.12781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12781","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to integrate the technology acceptance model, classroom environment theory, and positive psychology theory to explore the relationships among learners' technology acceptance (TA), perceived online classroom environment (POCE), emotional states (enjoyment, anxiety, boredom, and burnout), and academic achievement in online classes. Six hundred and sixty‐two university students learning Chinese as a foreign language participated in the survey and completed the reading test. The results of partial least square‐structural equation modeling reveal that TA influences reading achievement directly and indirectly through anxiety (with the reversed mediating effect) and enjoyment, and the online classroom environment mediated the relationship between TA and learning emotions (except anxiety). These findings suggest that technology factors may shape the affordance of online classrooms and penetrate environmental and emotional variables to impact FL learning outcomes. Multigroup analysis with different self‐online learning time underscores that enjoyment and anxiety differ in two different effect paths (POCE‐enjoyment) and (TA‐anxiety), implying enjoyment may be more environment‐related while anxiety may be more technology‐related in the online foreign language classroom. This study provides both theoretical and pedagogical implications.","PeriodicalId":501534,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals ","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203320","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amado M. Padilla, Xinjie Chen, Elizabeth Swanson, Margaret Peterson, Tatiana Zamora, Tami Girsky
{"title":"Longitudinal academic, language, and social emotional learning outcomes of graduates of a one‐way Spanish Immersion program","authors":"Amado M. Padilla, Xinjie Chen, Elizabeth Swanson, Margaret Peterson, Tatiana Zamora, Tami Girsky","doi":"10.1111/flan.12782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12782","url":null,"abstract":"Seven cohorts of students (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 258) who completed a K‐5 Spanish Immersion (SI) program in a suburban California school district were followed longitudinally through middle and high school to understand their academic, language, and social emotional outcomes. Academic and language outcomes included Spanish classes and grades, standardized Math and English Language Arts test scores, high school grade point average (GPA), language class enrollment, Advanced Placement (AP™) Spanish scores, and receipt of the Biliteracy Attainment Award. Results showed that SI graduates generally continued with Spanish language classes up through advanced levels and received high grades. They had similar middle school Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium scores and high school GPAs as their non‐SI comparison group. There were no significant differences between SI and non‐SI students for each year on three different social emotional learning (SEL) outcomes (emotion regulation, growth mindset, and school belonging). Overall, results suggest that a K‐5 SI program can lead to positive academic and language outcomes without negative impacts on SEL.","PeriodicalId":501534,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals ","volume":"106 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142203195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}