A Comparison of Vocabulary Banks and Scripts on Native English-speaking Students’ Acquisition of Italian Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title A Comparison of Vocabulary Banks and Scripts on Native English-speaking Students’ Acquisition of Italian

Creator

  • Author: Dean, Brittany L.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Cihon, Traci M.
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Ingvarrson, Einar
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Ala'i-Rosales, Shahla
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Stephens, Christopher
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
    Additional Info: www.unt.edu

Date

  • Creation: 2012-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The study applied behavior analytic principles to foreign language instruction in a college classroom. Two study methods, vocabulary banks and scripts, were compared by assessing the effects on Italian language acquisition, retention, and generalization. Results indicate that students without prior exposure to Italian engaged in more exchanges and emitted more words in script tests compared to vocabulary bank tests. Participants with at least two classes in Italian prior to the study engaged in more exchanges and emitted more words during vocabulary bank tests. Data suggest that different teaching strategies may work for different learners. More research is needed to determine efficient teaching methods and how to ascertain which approaches work best for learners with different histories.

Subject

  • Keyword: Behavior analysis
  • Keyword: foreign language instruction
  • Keyword: college teaching

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Dean, Brittany L.
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc115066

Degree

  • Academic Department: Department of Behavior Analysis
  • Degree Discipline: Behavior Analysis
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Name: Master of Science
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas
  • Degree Publication Type: thesi

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