Jeremy Bachelor

Heartland Community College · English & Modern Languages

The objective of this study was to employ a new tool for assessing pragmatic proficiency (over performance) in L2 students and to determine if pragmatic lessons on compliment sequences had a positive impact on L2 Spanish students’ intercultural competence. To this end, students at a Midwestern college engaged in live video chat pre-test conversatio...

The NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements for Intercultural Communication (2017) task everyday situations (p.15), curriculum, especially with regard to online language learning. To this end, in the fall 2018 semester at two community colleges, intercultural/pragmatic lessons on invitation sequences were implemented in both online and on-ground Spanish One...

The present study sought to evaluate the pragmatic competence of heritage learners of Spanish in regard to compliment sequences and the impact that pragmatic lessons would have on these students. To this end, pre and post tests to assess pragmatic recognition in regard to Spanish compliments were designed by the researchers and completed by the par...

This study examines the formative aspects of teaching in the World Language community college classroom: formative feedback, reflection, and assessment, and then recommends a new educational technique that applies the aforementioned formative elements into the classroom. To this end, in the fall semester of 2015, three sections of Spanish I at the...

This study expands upon previous research examining the relationship between grammar and pragmatics in foreign languages. While other studies maintain that pragmatics depends on grammar, we propose that both are highly related and that grammar also depends on pragmatics. To this end, 72 beginning students of Spanish took pre and post grammar and pr...

This paper examines the use of technology in the development and assessment of interpersonal communication skills in an online second language (L2) Spanish classroom. The study explores the use of synchronous and asynchronous communication tools and strategies to promote interaction among learners, while also considering the challenges and limitati...

Learners of a second language often have limited access to the native culture of that language in an authentic way, resulting in them committing linguistic and intercultural mistakes. One of the main advantages of task-based learning is that it can expose students to real-world circumstances, which makes learning a language more meaningful and incl...

Individual differences (IDs) play an important role in the second language learning process and explain the varied experiences of the L2 learner. The two major IDs, language aptitude and motivation, can be primary factors in one's ultimate proficiency. While language aptitude is largely fixed, motivation is malleable and can aid in overcoming defic...

The goal of this study was to elicit greater quantity and quality of output in speaking and writing from L2 Spanish students through Visual Thinking Strategies. Previous studies completed in the L1 classroom demonstrate that students exhibit gains when pairing whole-class discussion with writing, thus inspiring this present study. As such, thirty-t...

El propósito de este estudio es comparar y contrastar las técnicas de enseñanza presencial, semipresencial, virtual e invertida en el aula de L2 para determinar qué modalidad promueve mejor el aprendizaje estudiantil, el uso del lenguaje meta y la espontaneidad del lenguaje entre el alumnado. Con este fin, se recogieron datos durante tres cuatrimes...

The objective of this investigation is to determine if the "flipped" model can be combined with hybrid learning in order to create the "flipped-hybrid" classroom. The flipped classroom refers to an educational model where the traditional practice of dedicating class time to direct instruction is inverted, so that students receive initial content in...

The study of pragmatics attempts to determine what is considered socially appropriate given the context in question. Many studies now suggest that pragmatic errors are perceived as more severe than other types of errors, such as grammatical or vocabulary errors. Additionally, pragmatic competence is key in students communicating effectively in the...

This paper studies the pragmatic competence of U.S. heritage learners of Spanish in an attempt to determine (a) the degree of pragmatic transfer from English to Spanish experienced by heritage learners when producing different types of requests in Spanish; and (b) how to best teach pragmatics to students of Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL). Add...

There is an ongoing debate among L2 educators regarding the best way for students to achieve effective communication and language spontaneity. The flipped classroom refers to an educational model where the traditional practice of dedicating class time to direct instruction is flipped so that students receive initial instruction at home and then spe...

Previous studies suggest that grammar is a prerequisite to Language 2 or second/foreign language (L2) pragmatic acquisition, although high grammatical competence does not guarantee high pragmatic competence. This study more extensively examines the correlation between these two competencies. In the year 2013 at a North American university, 29 Spani...

Algunos educadores de L2 afirman que la motivación influye de manera importante en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes y lleva a la adquisición exitosa de una lengua extranjera. Como resultado de ello, el estudio de la motivación en los estudiantes L2 es crucial, ya que permite a los investigadores explorar las razones para el éxito (o el fracaso) en...