The Learning of Third-Person Clitics of Spanish by Brazilian University Students: the Effect and Durability of Instructional Intervention

ABSTRACT

In this study, we analyze and discuss the effect and the durability of the instructional intervention in the learning of third person clitics of Spanish by Brazilian university students. For statistical purposes, the data were submitted to the International Business Machine Statistical Package for Social Studies (SPSS) software, from which we have used relative frequency, χ² test and repeated measures of Anova test. This study included 10 participants, students of a Portuguese and Spanish Language Teacher Education Program from a public university. The results, in general, suggested that the pedagogical intervention has produced progress and durable effects, respectively, of the simple and complex forms which are still being acquired by these student-participants.

KEYWORDS:
third person clitics; focus on form instruction; Spanish