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Dr GABRIELA ZAPATA's Outputs (2)

Literature in L2 Spanish Classes: An Examination of Focus-on-Cultural Understanding (2005)
Journal Article
Zapata, G. (2005). Literature in L2 Spanish Classes: An Examination of Focus-on-Cultural Understanding. Language Awareness, 14(4), 261-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658410508668841

This paper investigates the development of L2 Spanish students’ cultural awareness through the teaching of literature by the application of the method Focus-on-Cultural Understanding. The paper partially reports on a one-semester study in which 17 in... Read More about Literature in L2 Spanish Classes: An Examination of Focus-on-Cultural Understanding.

Contact and contracting Spanish (2005)
Journal Article
Zapata, G., Sánchezb, L., & Jacqueline Toribio, A. (2005). Contact and contracting Spanish. International Journal of Bilingualism, 9(3-4), 377 - 395. https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069050090030501

This investigation is inspired by an interest in the contact/contracting grammars of heritage speakers of Spanish who have experienced prolonged exposure to English in the United States and, in particular, what their linguistic performance reveals of... Read More about Contact and contracting Spanish.