Explanatory factors of acquiring English oral comprehension skills in secondary education: a comparison between Spain and The Netherlands ; Factores explicativos del aprendizaje de la comprensión oral en lengua inglesa en educación secundaria: comparación entre España y Holanda

Based on the current relevance of foreign language education and acquisition, this article presents a statistical analysis of the data provided by Spain and The Netherlands from the First European Survey on Language Competences (ESLC) (European Commission, 2012a). The intention of the statistical analysis of this data is to shed light on two main issues. First, it offers a description of student performance in both countries, regarding oral comprehension in English at the end of the stage of compulsory secondary education. Secondly, it delves into potential explanatory factors of performance i... Mehr ...