Mitchell, Rosamond
(2017).
Linguistic development in L2 Spanish: Creation and analysis of a learner corpus.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
Economic and Social Research Council.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-850024
Data description (abstract)
This project had two aims: to establish a small scale, high quality database of spoken learner Spanish, and to undertake a short programme of substantive research into L2 (second language)Spanish. The data was collected from classroom learners of Spanish (with English as their first language), from beginners to advanced level, using specially designed elicitation tasks. For comparison purposes, native speakers were also recorded undertaking the same tasks. The resulting database contains digital soundfiles of learner speech, accompanied by transcripts in CHILDES (Child Language Data Exchange System) format which are tagged for parts of speech. The material will be made freely available for use among the Spanish second language acquisition research community, through a specially created website. The substantive research programme investigates the acquisition of central morphosyntactic properties of Spanish, such as word order, clitic pronouns, verbal morphology and wh-questions, providing a description and analysis of developmental sequences of L2 Spanish from an interface perspective. Phenomena such as the role of rote-learned formulas in instructed L2 Spanish were also studied. Research such as this enables us to better understand the processes involved in learning a second language in a classroom setting, and thus supports curriculum design for instructed L2 programmes.
Data creators: |
Creator Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
Mitchell Rosamond |
University of Southampton |
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Contributors: |
Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
Marsden Emma |
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Myles Florence |
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Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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Grant reference: |
RES-000-23-1609
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Topic classification: |
Media, communication and language Education
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Keywords: |
language, languages and linguistics education, spanish, language development, foreign languages and cultures education
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Project title: |
Linguistic development in L2 Spanish: creation and analysis of a learner corpus
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Grant holders: |
Rosamond Mitchell, Florence Myles, Emma Marsden
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Project dates: |
From | To |
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1 April 2006 | 31 March 2008 |
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Date published: |
22 Oct 2008 05:28
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Last modified: |
19 Oct 2017 13:54
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Collection period: |
Date from: | Date to: |
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1 April 2006 | 31 March 2008 |
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Country: |
United Kingdom |
Data collection method: |
Elicitation and transcription of speech samples from learners of Spanish as a foreign language |
Observation unit: |
Group, Individual |
Kind of data: |
Audio, Text |
Type of data: |
Qualitative and mixed methods data |
Resource language: |
Spanish |
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Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
Participants signed consent agreements detailing the aims of the research and allocating copyright to the research team. All transcripts have been anonymised following a project protocol e.g. all proper names have been changed including names of smaller locations.
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Rights owners: |
Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
Mitchell Rosamond |
University of Southampton |
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Contact: |
Name | Email | Affiliation | ORCID (as URL) |
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Mitchell, Rosamond | R.F.Mitchell@soton.ac.uk | University of Southampton | Unspecified |
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Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service.
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Publisher: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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Last modified: |
19 Oct 2017 13:54
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