Vanessa Elias

List of John Benjamins publications for which Vanessa Elias plays a role.

Articles

Given exposure to hegemonic language ideologies from multiple sources and actors in larger society, a key component of critical language awareness (CLA) pedagogy is to raise students’ critical consciousness about them. Therefore, the present study examines how seven Spanish heritage language… read more
DiBartolomeo, Megan, Vanessa Elias and Daniel Jung 2023 Chapter 3. Situational and contextual variation in the development of Spanish apologies during short-term study abroadStudy Abroad and the Second Language Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Variation in Spanish, Zahler, Sara L., Avizia Y. Long and Bret Linford (eds.), pp. 82–109 | Chapter
This study investigates the effect of instruction and micro-social factors (social distance and power) on learners’ production of L2 Spanish apologies during a 6-week immersion program in Spain. It also explores whether learners are able to apply semantic formulas learned for one speech act… read more