Rosa Alonso Alonso

List of John Benjamins publications in which Rosa Alonso Alonso is involved.

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Speaking in a Second Language

Edited by Rosa Alonso Alonso

For millions of individuals all over the world, speaking in a second language is a daily activity. It is therefore important that research in applied linguistics should contribute empirically to the study of second language spoken interaction. The aim of this volume is to make such a contribution… read more

[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 17] 2018. xii, 243 pp.

Fernández-Dobao, Ana and Rosa Alonso Alonso 2026 Assessing the relationship between extramural English and L2 writing: A CALF perspective ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article

This study examines the relationship between engagement in extramural English (EE) activities and second language (L2) writing among 96 high school learners of English. Participants completed an EE questionnaire and a writing task. Their texts were analyzed using measures of syntactic and… read more

Alonso, Rosa Alonso and Ana Fernández-Dobao 2025 Adolescents’ informal exposure to English as a second language in the context of Galicia: Effects on vocabulary, grammar, and writing ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 176:1, pp. 76–110 | Article

This study examines the effects of informal English exposure on vocabulary, grammar, and writing. A total of 178 Galician adolescent learners of English completed a placement test, a language background and an out-of-school English activities questionnaire, and three language tasks: a… read more

Alonso, Rosa Alonso 2024 Review of Hijazo-Gascón (2021): Moving across languages: Motion events in Spanish as a second language Review of Cognitive Linguistics 22:1, pp. 296–300 | Review

Alonso, Rosa Alonso 2020 Boundary-crossing events across languages: A study on English speakers, Spanish speakers and second language learners Review of Cognitive Linguistics 18:2, pp. 316–349 | Article

This study analyses how speakers of two typologically distinct first languages (English (N = 12) and Spanish (N = 16)) and a group of 19 Spanish second language learners of English express boundary-crossing events, what type of verb they use, and how they segment these motion events. The stimuli… read more

Alonso, Rosa Alonso 2018 Cross-linguistic influence in the interpretation of boundary-crossing events in L2 acquisition Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Figurative language in use, constructions and typology, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Rafael Alejo-González (eds.), pp. 157–178 | Article

This chapter analyses the interpretation of boundary-crossing events in second language acquisition (SLA) to determine whether L2 learners are able to select the target-like option for the interpretation of motion events or whether, on the contrary, their choice reflects cross-linguistic influence… read more

Alonso, Rosa Alonso 2018 Chapter 10. Speaking in a second language: Where are we now? Speaking in a Second Language, Alonso, Rosa Alonso (ed.), pp. 225–240 | Chapter

This concluding chapter presents an overview of the speaking skill in the history of language teaching from the Grammar Translation Method to current Task-based Approach. It then moves on to the role of speaking in current usage-based perspectives, which view language as a social activity and… read more

Alonso, Rosa Alonso 2016 Cross-linguistic influence in the interpretation of boundary crossing events in L2 acquisition Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Figurative language in use, constructions and typology, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Rafael Alejo-González (eds.), pp. 161–182 | Article

This paper analyses the interpretation of boundary-crossing events in second language acquisition (SLA) to determine whether L2 learners are able to select the target-like option for the interpretation of motion events or whether, on the contrary, their choice reflects cross-linguistic influence… read more