Participate in Research Study on Instructional Techniques for Spanish or Russian

Instructional Techniques – Spanish

Are you currently learning Spanish or have you learned Spanish in the past? We are recruiting advanced learners of Spanish who have no prior experience in Portuguese to participate in a language study. The goal of the project is to assess the effectiveness of a variety of methods for teaching related languages.

 

For full participation, you will earn $20 for the first session and $30 for the second session, for a total of $50 for approximately 3 hours of your time.

 

If you volunteer, you will be asked to perform a series of language training and cognitive tasks during two sessions, the first lasting approximately 2 hours and the second lasting approximately 1 hour. The study sessions can be completed online from a computer of your choice. We ask that you find a quiet room and use a computer with a full keyboard, mouse, Internet access, and capable of running the Chrome internet browser. Payment will be completed in person at a location in the greater Washington DC metropolitan area accessible by public transportation.

 

If you are interested in participating or if you would like more information, please fill out the prescreening language history and proficiency survey (approximately 10-15 minutes) at ter.ps/instructSpre. If you qualify for the study, a researcher will contact you with instructions for completing the study online. If you are ineligible or decide not to participate, your survey responses will be deleted.

 

Eligibility:

·         At least 18-years old

·         An advanced learner (at least four semesters of post-high school foreign language study) of Spanish with no background in Portuguese

                                                                                                AND

·         A native speaker of English

If you are interested or have questions, please contact Alia at: alancaster@casl.umd.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Instructional Techniques- Russian

Are you currently learning Russian or have you learned Russian in the past? We are recruiting advanced learners of Russian who have no prior experience in Ukrainian to participate in a language study. The goal of the project is to assess the effectiveness of a variety of methods for teaching related languages.

 

For full participation, you will earn $20 for the first session and $30 for the second session, for a total of $50 for approximately 3 hours of your time.

 

If you volunteer, you will be asked to perform a series of language training and cognitive tasks during two sessions, the first lasting approximately 2 hours and the second lasting approximately 1 hour. The study sessions can be completed online from a computer of your choice. We ask that you find a quiet room and use a computer with a full keyboard, mouse, Internet access, and capable of running the Chrome internet browser. Payment will be completed in person at a location in the greater Washington DC metropolitan area accessible by public transportation.

 

If you are interested in participating or if you would like more information, please fill out the prescreening language history and proficiency survey (approximately 10-15 minutes) at ter.ps/instructRpre. If you qualify for the study, a researcher will contact you with instructions for completing the study online. If you are ineligible or decide not to participate, your survey responses will be deleted.

 

Eligibility:

·         At least 18-years old

·         An advanced learner (at least four semesters of post-high school foreign language study) of Russian with no background in Ukrainian

                                                                                                AND

·         A native speaker of English

If you are interested or have questions, please contact Alia at: alancaster@casl.umd.edu