Published April 17, 2026 | Version v1
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Does the multilingual comparison of motion verb constructions facilitate learning? Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in authentic Spanish classes (Poster presentation at GASLA 18)

Description

This poster presents the findings of the randomised controlled field trial entitled 'Digital Plurilingual Pedagogical Construction Grammar', which took place from April to November 2026 in sixteen Spanish classes in southern Germany. The study examined the effectiveness of comparing prepositions in motion verb constructions across different languages within an authentic instructional setting.

The project is funded by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes and the LEAD Graduate School and Research Network at the University of Tübingen. Additional support has been provided by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fremdsprachenforschung (German Society for Foreign Language Research), the Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media, and the Romance Department of the University of Tübingen.

This poster was presented at the 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition at the University of Cambridge on 16 April 2026.

 

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Data quality

Accuracy

The poster presents the results of the data analysis from the cloze test conducted at four different time points. Furthermore, it summarises students' perceptions of the comparison of plurilingual constructions. A preregistration including a detailed statistical analysis plan was published in the REES repository in May 2025. 

Kanli, E., Wiesinger, E., Wolf, J., Meurers, D., Sering, K., Berens, F. (2025-05-06). Does the multilingual comparison of constructions facilitate learning? An analysis of the acquisition of the Spanish prepositions a and de after motion verbs through mono- and multilingual pedagogical construction grammar. Registry ID: #24080.1v1. Registry of Efficacy and Effectiveness Studies. The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness. https://sreereg.icpsr.umich.edu/sreereg/subEntry/29122/pdf?section=all&action=download

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This poster presents only excerpts from the doctoral thesis project. It does not claim to be complete.

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