Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: sostenibilidad

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In both the school environment and teacher education, sustainable development is usually linked to the natural and social sciences and is rarely incorporated into language education or encouraged as part of language teacher education. As more research is needed on the practical implementation of sustainable development in language teaching and language teacher education, this study elucidates Finnish pre-service language teachers' perceptions of sustainability dimensions (i.e. ecological, economic, social, and cultural) and their role in language teaching. We used a questionnaire comprising open-ended and Likert-scale questions to examine pre-service language teachers' perceptions of and attitudes...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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In the field of L2 (second language) learning motivation, most studies have focused on English since it is one of the most important international languages in the world, while few have explored students' motivation to learn languages other than English (LOTEs) or an L3. The literature on L2 motivation raises the issue of the need to compare the similarities and differences between learning a second language (L2) and a second foreign languages (or L3). English departments at Taiwanese universities require students to begin studying an L3 in their second or third years of study. However, the motivations for these students to learn L3s remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap in the literature. A standardized questionnaire was completed by 150 students in technological universities in Taiwan. The findings reveal five new...

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Tipo: libro

Temas: español como lengua de herencia

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This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Language Processing in Spanish Heritage Speakers that was published in Languages. 

This reprint offers a collection of empirical research on how Spanish heritage speakers process language input. It brings together ten contributions from varied theoretical and methodological perspectives, providing a comprehensive overview of the field and a solid foundation for future research on Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL). Research on SHL has gained prominence as a lens for examining the linguistic, social, and cognitive mechanisms underlying its intergenerational transmission. Increased mobility among Spanish-speaking populations has intensified...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresión escrita

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Debate pedagogy may hold great potential for improving second language (L2) writing skills. This study investigates this potential by examining the effects of a debate intervention on the quality of argumentative essays of Dutch secondary school students. The intervention consisted of a number of speaking and writing activities, including case-writing and note-taking. The study, which employed a pretest–posttest–delayed-posttest design with a control group, involved 135 students from eight classes at three secondary schools in the Netherlands. To measure the effects of the intervention, we analysed argumentative essays composed by the students on three occasions (pretest, posttest, and delayed posttest). The students’ essays were analysed using a range of measures for fluency, syntactic and lexical complexity, accuracy, and cohesion,...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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While research suggests that vocabulary learning through task completion is more effective than direct instruction, the underlying cause of this advantage—whether task involvement load (IL) or time spent on tasks—remains unclear. Extending the work of Hill and Laufer (2003, International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 41, 87–106), this study examines the effects of IL and employs eye-tracking to investigate how time spent on tasks, target words, and context, as well as regressions to targets, influence incidental vocabulary acquisition. Seventy-three second-language (...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: gamificación

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As digital or video gaming has grown in popularity around the globe in the last few decades, attention to its potential as a means to learn L2s (second, foreign, or additional languages) has grown, as evidenced by an increase in academic journal-based treatment of research in DGBELLT (digital game-based and enhanced second/foreign language learning and teaching), alongside monographs and edited volumes. To identify common findings and research trends, we conducted a review of recent research and scholarship in the young field published between January 2021 and December 2024 inclusive in major academic journals and edited volumes. We ultimately selected 76 pieces for the review, categorizing them into five types or foci: reviews and meta-analyses, studies of game-enhanced L2 learning and L2 gaming, game-enhanced pedagogy, L2 learning...

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: lingüística

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Bringing together an international team of scholars from various linguistic areas, theoretical viewpoints, and educational contexts, this book makes the case for strengthening the role of linguistics in second language (L2) teaching and learning. Seeing firsthand how the strengths and tools of the science of language contribute greatly to pedagogical effectiveness in the L2 classroom, the authors of each chapter lay out the strengths of linguistics for L2 teaching and learning with examples, case studies, research, anecdotal evidence, illustrations, and sample activities for the language classroom. The book argues as well for the place of L2 theory and data in linguistic inquiry and linguistics education. Bringing these disparate disciplines together around the shared reality of language itself has great promise of mutual benefit....

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Tipo: libro

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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Vocabulario y enseñanza del español se adentra en la naturaleza y la adquisición del léxico, su relevancia en el dominio lingüístico y comunicativo, y, en consecuencia, su peso en la enseñanza de segundas lenguas.

En primer lugar, este libro profundiza en los diferentes rasgos de las palabras, en las relaciones que estas establecen entre sí, con la gramática y con el contexto para conformar el mensaje de todo texto y articular la interacción. A continuación, se abordan los aspectos y factores involucrados en el proceso de adquisición de las unidades léxicas. Todo este análisis pone de manifiesto las complejas tareas a las que se enfrentan los aprendientes durante el proceso de adquisición de una lengua y, en particular, de su vocabulario. Para resolverlas, se proponen orientaciones metodológicas que parten de las...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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El presente estudio examina la incidencia entre tres factores clave en la adquisición de lenguas adicionales: la motivación, la autoeficacia y las estrategias de aprendizaje, en aprendientes de español como lengua extranjera. En la investigación participaron 122 estudiantes de Benín, quienes respondieron a tres escalas tipo Likert validadas para medir cada constructo. Se realizaron análisis descriptivos, correlaciones de Spearman, análisis de factores exploratorios y varias regresiones lineales para reconocer en profundidad la relación que mantienen la autoeficacia y la motivación, como variables independientes, en el uso de estrategias de aprendizaje. Los resultados revelaron correlaciones positivas y significativas entre las tres variables, aunque se observa un papel más relevante por parte de la motivación en el uso de estrategias...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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El reconocimiento de emociones forma parte de las habilidades comunicativas fundamentales y resulta esencial para el proceso de aculturación emocional. El objetivo de este artículo es ofrecer expresiones verbales cargadas emocionalmente de ira, miedo y tristeza, no explícitas, para observar el reconocimiento emocional en usuarios de español como lengua adicional (ELX). Para ello, se crea un corpus de 20 escenas emocionales del que se seleccionan expresiones verbales con input comprensible para usuarios de nivel B1. Estas expresiones verbales son validadas mediante metodología mixta a través de dos cuestionarios aplicados a dos muestras distintas (n = 92). El resultado final de la validación son 18 expresiones verbales cargadas emocionalmente de ira, miedo y tristeza. Finalmente, se proponen tres franjas de dificultad en las...

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