Nina Spada

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
63 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Nina Spada is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nina Spada has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Language and Linguistics, 40 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 29 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Nina Spada's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (49 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (38 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (24 papers). Nina Spada is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (49 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (38 papers) and Second Language Acquisition and Learning (24 papers). Nina Spada collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Türkiye. Nina Spada's co-authors include Patsy M. Lightbown, John Angell, Yasuyo Tomita, Ahlem Ammar, Howard Nicholas, Maria Fröhlich, Tom Cobb, Lydia White, Leila Ranta and Patrick Allen and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly and Language Learning.

In The Last Decade

Nina Spada

60 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

How Languages Are Learned

1995 1.5k citations Patsy M. Lightbown, Nina Spada et al. Modern Language Journal profile →
Interactions Between Type of Instruction and Type of Language Feature: A Meta‐Analysis

2010 412 citations Nina Spada, Yasuyo Tomita Language Learning profile →

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The COLT Observation Scheme 2024 ·Nina Spada	0
2	Reflecting on task-based language teaching from an Instructed SLA perspective 2021 ·Language Teaching ·Nina Spada	9
3	Focusing on Language and Content with Adolescent English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom 2020 ·Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes ·(unknown), Nina Spada	1
4	Teaching and learning L2 in the classroom: It's about time 2019 ·Language Teaching ·Patsy M. Lightbown, Nina Spada	38
5	Teacher and Learner Preferences for Integrated and Isolated Form-Focused Instruction 2015 ·MaryAnn Christison, Donna Christian, Patricia A. Duff, Nina Spada	4
6	Validating an Elicited Imitation Task as a Measure of Implicit Knowledge: Comparisons With Other Validation Studies 2015 ·Language Learning ·Nina Spada, (unknown), Yasuyo Tomita	61
7	Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research and Its Relevance for L2 Teacher Education 2014 ·The Journal of Teaching and Learning ·Nina Spada	7
8	Isolated and Integrated form-focused instruction: Effects on different types of L2 knowledge 2014 ·Language Teaching Research ·Nina Spada, (unknown), Yasuyo Tomita, Wataru Suzuki, Antonella Valeo	48
9	SLA research and L2 pedagogy: Misapplications and questions of relevance 2013 ·Language Teaching ·Nina Spada	33
10	Form‐focused instruction and learner investment in L2 communication 2013 ·Modern Language Journal ·Yasuyo Tomita, Nina Spada	13
11	UNDERSTANDING SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. Lourdes Ortega. London: Hodder Education, 2009. Pp. 224. 2010 ·Studies in Second Language Acquisition ·Nina Spada	1
12	Language learning and language teaching 2002 ·Birgit Harley, Jan H. Hulstijn, Nina Spada, Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl	19
13	Acquiring Vocabulary through Reading: Effects of Frequency and Contextual Richness 2001 ·Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes ·(unknown), Tom Cobb, Nina Spada	216
14	Recasts as Feedback to Language Learners 2001 ·Language Learning ·Howard Nicholas, Patsy M. Lightbown, Nina Spada	295
15	Do They Know What They're Doing? L2 Learners' Awareness of L1 Influence 2000 ·Language Awareness ·Patsy M. Lightbown, Nina Spada	29
16	Approaches to Observation in Classroom Research: Macroscopic and Microscopic Views of L2 Classrooms. 1997 ·TESOL Quarterly ·Nina Spada, Roy Lyster	4
17	COLT Communicative Orientation of Language Teaching observation scheme : coding conventions and applications 1995 ·Nina Spada, Maria Fröhlich	105
18	An Innovative Program for Primary ESL Students in Quebec 1994 ·TESOL Quarterly ·Patsy M. Lightbown, Nina Spada	75
19	Étude des effets à long terme de l'apprentissage intensif de l'anglais, langue seconde, au primaire 1991 ·Canadian Modern Language Review/ La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes ·Patsy M. Lightbown, Nina Spada	21
20	Input Enhancement and L2 Question Formation 1991 ·Applied Linguistics ·Lydia White, Nina Spada, Patsy M. Lightbown, Leila Ranta	168

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