Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Johnson, Alice Marie
URN	etd-04102008-152426
Title	The Effectiveness of Contextualization on Second Language Acquisition Using the Situational Discourse Semantic Model
Degree	Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department	Communication Sciences & Disorders
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Janet Norris Committee Chair Hugh Buckingham Committee Member Paul Hoffman Committee Member
Keywords	Situational Discourse Model second language acquisition
Date of Defense	2008-04-04
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract In traditional classrooms a second language is taught via thematic word sets, grammatical explanations, and patterned syntactic practice. This study compared the traditional teaching approach to a scaffolded teaching approach, consisting of words taught within a narrative context. Five fifth-grade students were taught Spanish as a second language during a ten-week intervention. Vocabulary learning and sentence generation were measured following each session, as well as a pre-posttest measure. Results showed that print was an important support used by participants in the traditional condition. However across time, vocabulary learning and sentence length increased significantly more in the scaffolded condition.
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