Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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The present study examines how learners’ language mindsets (beliefs about the malleability of language intelligence) and achievement goals predict learners’ preferences for different types of corrective feedback (CF). Questionnaire data were collected from 537 learners of Spanish as a foreign language at two North-American universities. Factor analytic and multiple regression results showed two clear patterns. A growth language mindset (the belief that language learning ability is malleable) predicted preferences for all types of CF whereas a fixed language mindset predicted a preference for conversational recast and absence of CF. A development-approach goal (concerned with improving one’s language competence) positively predicted learners’ preference for the explicit types of CF whereas a development-avoidance goal (concerned with...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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The extent to which learners benefit from instruction may be largely dependent on their individual abilities. However, there is relatively little work on the interaction between instructional effectiveness in second language learning and learner individual factors. In this study, we investigated the relationship between instruction, individual differences in cognitive abilities (working memory and declarative memory), and second language vocabulary acquisition in the context of web-based intelligent computer assisted language learning (ICALL). To this end, 127 adult learners of English, predominantly advanced-level, German-speaking learners, read news texts on the web for about two weeks using an ICALL system under two instructional conditions: form-focused and meaning-focused instruction. Learners in the form-focused condition read...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: comprensión oral

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Existing research has established captions as effective second-language (L2) or foreign language (FL) listening comprehension aids. However, due to the transient nature of captions, not all learners are capable of attending to captions in all cases. Previous work posited that to leverage the impact of technologies in learning and instruction, a better understanding of the interplay between technology and cognition is warranted. In this vein, the current study set out to investigate the effects of four different caption modes (full vs. partial vs. real-time vs. control) on the listening comprehension of 95 high-intermediate Taiwanese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) with different caption reliance (i.e. more-caption-reliant vs. less-caption-reliant). The results showed no significant difference between the participants’...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: pronunciación

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En este artículo se presenta una propuesta didáctica para la enseñanza y la mejora de la pronunciación de estudiantes de español. La propuesta se enmarca en el paradigma comunicativo y en los principios de la didáctica en enseñanza de las lenguas. La propuesta desarrolla un método de enseñanza de la pronunciación basado en el modelo de doble ruta psicolingüístico y para la intervención se apoya en el paradigma propioceptivo, entendido desde una perspectiva holística donde la percepción y la producción se engloban dentro del acto comunicativo. La propuesta comienza con una evaluación de las dificultades en pronunciación que guíe la elaboración del plan de enseñanza personalizado según las...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: metacognición

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This classroom-based, quasi-experimental study explored the impact of metacognitive instruction designed to promote young learners’ (1) willingness to communicate (WTC), (2) participation in communicative activities, and (3) metacognitive knowledge of oral communication. Forty-four Grade 3 students (8–9 years old) from two intact classes participated in the study. The learners in Class A (n = 23) engaged in a series of activities designed to increase their metacognition in relation to WTC, while Class B (n = 21) served as the control. Three outcome measures were explored in the pre-post design: (1) WTC questionnaire; (2) second language (L2) production during group work; and (3) empty WTC pyramids that the participants drew before and after the intervention. In addition, post-intervention interviews were conducted to understand the...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: marcadores discursivos

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El presente trabajo reflexiona sobre la visualización de las funciones de los marcadores discursivos en el aula de E/LE, tomando como ejemplo la forma bueno. Esta visualización parte del modelo Val.Es.Co. para la segmentación del habla y articula las funciones de este marcador según su posición estructural y el ámbito sobre una unidad discursiva u otra. Esta metodología no solo resulta útil para la descripción lingüística, sino también para la enseñanza de los marcadores. La simplificación de esta metodología ofrece una visualización cuyas posibilidades, en último término, problematizamos.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: multimodalidad

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While previous studies have examined the impact of digital multimodal composing (DMC) as a new literacy activity on second language (L2) learners’ language development, L2 teachers’ engagement with DMC is under-conceptualized and underexplored. Based on a qualitative analysis of five teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) who implemented in their curriculum a year-long DMC program within which students produced multimodal videos, this study presents three forms of teacher engagement with DMC. In the first form, the teachers used DMC as an instrument for traditional exercises of speaking and writing with incidental attention to the multimodal aspects of DMC, while in the second, the teachers manifested ambivalence about the means and the ends of using DMC. The teacher in the third form used DMC as integral to pedagogy with...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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L2 motivational self system (L2MSS) has offered novel pathways for motivating language learners by introducing the concepts of possible selves, vision and imagery. The aim of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a vision-based motivational intervention program in improving motivational attributes of Iranian learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). A total of 51 male and female adult Iranian EFL learners formed the experimental and control groups. The experimental groups received the treatment during an academic semester. The intervention consisted of six steps and included various tasks and activities to improve the students’ vision and imagination. A Likert scale self-report questionnaire was administered before and after the intervention. Marginal qualitative data was also collected for a more in-depth analysis of...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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En el presente artículo se ofrece un recorrido teórico por los principios, estrategias e indicaciones claves a la hora de ofrecer un feedback efectivo en entornos en línea de aprendizaje de idiomas, de forma que maximicemos la presencia cognitiva, social y reflexiva de los aprendientes y los profesores. Proponemos llevar estas ideas al terreno del aula y de la práctica del aprendizaje mediante una hoja de ruta, abierta y flexible, con una serie de recursos y estrategias concretas para ofrecer y recibir feedback en los contextos en línea, entornos colaborativos y personales. Se tendrán especialmente en cuenta los procesos de feedback relacionados con la evaluación entre pares, metacognición y...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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This study investigated the nature of learners’ positive emotional engagement during a task-based interaction and its relationship with their interactional behaviours. Vietnamese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL; n = 74) performed a communicative task in dyads in 15 minutes. Their positive emotional engagement was gauged using an Experience Sampling Method via a questionnaire that the participants completed after every five-minute interval of the interaction, capturing three timepoints of learners’ emotional engagement. Learners’ cognitive and social interactional behaviours were examined in light of the amount of second language production (words and turns), language-related episodes (LREs), and the degree of collaboration. Results showed that learners’ positive emotional engagement fluctuated over the course of a 15-...

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