Browsing Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Spanish and Portuguese by Title
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Early and Emergent Bilinguals: The Role of Cognitive Control in the Processing of Linguistic Conflict
(Georgetown University, 2020)Language processing requires frequent resolution of conflict (e.g. temporary ambiguities, conflicting parsing principles, see Jegerski, 2012). This conflict triggers cognitive control, which has been shown to be a major ... -
The Effects Of Pronunciation Instruction On The Production Of Second Language Spanish: A Classroom Study
(Georgetown University, 2016)Evidence suggests that pronunciation instruction is just as effective as grammar or vocabulary instruction (Lee et al., 2014; Thomson & Derwing, 2014). Despite supporting research, pronunciation instruction in the Spanish ... -
THE EFFECTS OF TYPE OF FEEDBACK, AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK AND TASK-ESSENTIALNESS IN A L2 COMPUTER-ASSISTED STUDY
(Georgetown University, 2016)For decades SLA research has looked at learner-external factors as influencers of learning outcomes, one of them being computerized types of feedback, with non-conclusive results. Moreover, a potentially significant ... -
El destape del macho iberico : masculinidades disidentes en la comedia sexy (celt)iberica
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El espectro de la figura gitana en el cine español
(Georgetown University, 2016)This dissertation examines the representation of the Gypsy figure in the Spanish cinema and particularly its role in the formation of Spanish national identity from the Second Republic to the post-Franco period. Titles of ... -
El(la) Mapping: An Integrated Account of Learning Context, Feedback and Agreement Morphology in the Processing of OclVS Sentences in Advanced L2 Spanish
(Georgetown University, 2015)Previous literature has shown that beginning and intermediate English-speaking learners persistently misinterpret O-cliticVS sentences in Spanish, preferring word order over morphology when assigning semantic functions to ... -
Emotion, Motivation, and Vocabulary Learning: A Study of Heritage and Foreign Language Learners of Spanish
(Georgetown University, 2020)Within second language acquisition (SLA), researchers now identify emotion as a cornerstone of cognition and learning (e.g., Dewaele, 2010a; LeBlanc, McConnell, & Monteiro, 2015) and a key component driving learners’ ... -
Experiences of Remembering and Knowing in SLA, L2 Development, and Text Comprehension: A Study of Levels of Awareness, Type of Glossing, and Type of Linguistic Item
(Georgetown University, 2010)Attentional models in SLA (e.g., Schmidt, 1990; Robinson, 1995b) propose a crucial role for awareness in L2 learning, and suggest that awareness allows for encoding in episodic memory. In cognitive psychology, Tulving ... -
Factors affecting English speakers' perception of L2 Spanish vowels
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Falling into Shame: The Cultural History of an Emotion in Pre-Modern Iberia
(Georgetown University, 2020)This dissertation explores literary and visual representations of shame with a particular focus on the 14th to 16th centuries. Through a survey of prose literary works and Early Modern visual culture, this project argues ... -
Ficciones raciales: representaciones de raza y genero a traves de la literatura y las artes visuales en Colombia 1830- 1875
(Georgetown University, 2013)RACIAL FICTIONS: REPRESENTATIONS OF RACE AND GENDER THROUGH LITERATURE AND VISUAL ARTS IN COLOMBIA 1830- 1875 -
Finding God in All Things: Teresa of Ávila's Use of the Familiar
(Georgetown University, 2011)FINDING GOD IN ALL THINGS: TERESA OF ÁVILA'S USE OF THE FAMILIAR -
Fluency, Working Memory, and Second Language Proficiency in Multicompetent Writers
(Georgetown University, 2020)The present study compared pausing behavior while writing in the L1 and the L2 of emergent bilinguals and investigated the role of WM and proficiency level, as well as observed the cognitive processes that occurred during ... -
Hacia una poética del performance cancioneril: culturas del libro de la España Trastámara a la Imperial
(Georgetown University, 2019)In my dissertation, I examine textual performance in the Spanish cancionero (songbook), a type of literary compilation that became an instrument for image projection, social commentary, and humanist exchange in lettered ... -
Heritage and Second Language Learners of Spanish: The Roles of Task Complexity and Inhibitory Control
(Georgetown University, 2013)Scholars in language education have called for a research agenda that examines how heritage language (HL) learners re-learn their family language since their experience learning the heritage language differs from that of ... -
Heterogeneidad de los discursos sobre lo indigena en las revistas indigenistas peruanas de vanguardia
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How To Synchronize? A Study of Video-Based, Voice-Based & Text-Based Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication, Working Memory, and Second Language Learning
(Georgetown University, 2018)The growing presence of Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication (SCMC), defined as ‘real-time, synchronous conversation that takes place online’ (Baralt & Leow, 2016, p. 200), via video-chat programs such as Skype in ... -
Hungry Narratives: Multifocal Readings of Human and Non-human Affects in the Americas
(Georgetown University, 2021)The crafting of travel accounts was decisive for the implementation of exploitative practices towards indigenous societies and nature in the New World. The descriptions of flora, fauna, and local inhabitants not only ...
