Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: storytelling/narración

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Storytelling is a well-established literary practice in language classrooms. However, approaches influencing its effectiveness and efficiency have rarely been investigated. This study compared the effects of three storytelling approaches on the vocabulary acquisition and response patterns of third-grade students of English as a foreign language (EFL). The storytelling approaches we considered are commonly used in schools, including storytelling alone (S), storytelling with word focus (S+W), and storytelling with activities (S+A). Our research comprised a three-week pilot study and a nine-week main study. For both studies, a pretest–posttest design involving a delayed test was used. Video recordings were also captured to facilitate the categorization of in-class response patterns. Results indicated that storytelling alone achieved the...

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Tipo: capítulo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: tecnología educativa

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We have not exploited the most obvious and inexpensive uses of technology in language education, but are instead encouraged to spend substantial amounts of money using ineffective and even untested commercial programs. None of these programs that we have seen makes a serious attempt to provide language students what they need the most: compelling comprehensible input. We present here some promising attempts to use technology in an inexpensive and still very helpful way.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: expresión escrita

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Los autores examinan los factores que contribuyen al éxito en la escritura en lengua extranjera. Revisan primero el papel de la lectura, que proporciona el conocimiento de la lengua escrita —gramática, vocabulario y estilo— y no se sustituye por la práctica de escribir ni por la instrucción; después, el del proceso de composición: las estrategias con que los buenos escritores descubren lo que quieren decir (planificar con flexibilidad, revisar, releer, dejar reposar el texto). Cierran señalando las lagunas que la investigación tiene todavía en este terreno.

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