Linguistic and Cultural Dimensions of Second Language Acquisition

About the Book

Linguistic and Cultural Dimensions of Second Language Acquisition: A Venezuelan Case Study is a qualitative study of a group of U.S. college students learning Spanish in a language and culture immersion program in Mérida, Venezuela. This work focuses on the relationship between the linguisitic and cultural dimensions of second language learning in a partial immersion program. This book describes the nature and the dynamic of the second language learning process, and assesses the hypothesis that culture influences language learning.

Dr. Urdaneta´s work contributes to a better understanding of the second/foreign language learning process by articulating the complex interweaving and interactions that frame a second/foreign language learning experience abroad.

About the Author

Dr. Ladimiro Urdaneta Hernández is an Associate Professor of Languages within the School of Modern Languages at the Universidad de Los Andes (Mérida, Venezuela). He is the former Head of the English Section of the Department of Modern Languages at the Universidad de Los Andes, as well as Coordinator of the foreign language internship program for the School of Modern Languages. Dr. Urdaneta has been teaching foreign language for more than 15 years.