Tipo: guía

Temas: guía MCER

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CEFR Companion Volume implementation toolbox —también denominado VITbox— es un conjunto de recursos del Centro Europeo de Lenguas Modernas del Consejo de Europa para facilitar la aplicación del CEFR Companion Volume en la enseñanza, el aprendizaje y la evaluación de lenguas. El sitio se dirige principalmente a formadores de docentes, diseñadores curriculares y profesorado de lenguas en contextos universitarios y de formación profesional.

Los materiales se organizan en módulos dedicados a conceptos clave del Volumen complementario, como el enfoque orientado a la acción, el aprendizaje basado en tareas, los modos de comunicación, la interacción, la mediación, los...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo chatGPT

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This article examines the role of advanced generative AI chatbots, particularly ChatGPT, in supporting Spanish language teaching. It explores how ChatGPT can aid educators in developing language learning tasks, utilizing a five-step model and backward design methodology. Through an exploratory and descriptive approach, the study sheds light on ChatGPT's potential in task generation. The article shows that ChatGPT can produce a broad array of integrated tasks for the interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational modes, targeting specific learning objectives and standards. However, AI-generated content often requires additional revision and refinement to fully align with established task criteria. While ChatGPT can save educators time and resources in task creation, the study underscores the importance of cautious AI integration. It...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo intercambios virtuales

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Virtual exchanges (VE) are gaining popularity as an opportunity to provide learners with authentic language and intercultural experiences mediated by technology. This article presents the results of a VE project aimed at developing intercultural and digital competences among Spanish Language Teaching (SLT) learners and trainee teachers. Among the main components of the project, the design, implementation and monitoring of telecollaborative tasks constitute key elements for the success of the project. The VE was carried out with Spanish learners in Ireland and Spanish and Latin American trainee teachers in Spain. The results collected through a post-questionnaire (n = 22) and a multimodal analysis of intercultural digital artefacts (n = 9), created by the participants, show that the VE had a positive impact on the Intercultural...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo enseñanza de español en China

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With the ongoing advancement of foreign language education in China, Spanish has gained increasing attention at the secondary level. As a pilot site for the New Gaokao reform, Shanghai implemented the National Matriculation Spanish Test (Shanghai) as an example of foreign language assessment reform. This study adopts a qualitative descriptive approach, analysing official documents and representative test tasks to examine the test's design and assessment framework. Results indicate that the test aligns with the CEFR B1 level and uses integrated, task-based formats that demonstrate an adequate degree of authenticity, reliability, and validity. The test has exerted a positive washback effect on high school Spanish...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo español como lengua de herencia

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This article explores the status of Spanish as a heritage language in Sweden, a Scandinavian society with diverse multilingual communities. We offer a systematic literature review, focusing on both empirical studies and educational policies related to multilingualism and Spanish heritage language speakers (SHSs). The selected studies cover such areas as identity and socio-affective factors in educational contexts as well as aspects of SHSs' linguistic systems. By synthesizing available research and policy frameworks, this work combines descriptive analysis with instructional implications to provide a critical overview of the educational and sociolinguistic dynamics shaping multilingual SHSs experiences in Sweden. Key challenges such as the mixed classroom are discussed in considering current and future educational opportunities for...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo foco en la forma

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This study examines adapted Focus on Form (FonF) versus mixed Focus-on-Forms (FonFs) for teaching Spanish as a foreign language (ELE) to Chinese university students. The adapted FonF integrated guided inductive noticing (via minimal pairs), staggered rule introduction, and multimodal input, whereas the mixed FonFs condition combined explicit rule explanation and practice in a present-practice-produce sequence. Both approaches incorporated communicative activities. Using a quasi-experimental design, 62 intermediate learners received 15 hours of online instruction. Pre- and post-tests targeted tense–aspect (TA) as the primary domain, with nominal agreement (NA) and embedded clauses (EC) included as reference domains. Pre-test TA accuracy was controlled as a covariate in linear mixed-effects models. The adapted FonF group achieved...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo español como lengua de herencia

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This study investigates the profiles, challenges, and self-efficacy beliefs of teachers of Spanish as a heritage language in non-formal educational contexts in the UK, specifically in the ALCE programme and the NERU (Nuestra Escuela Reino Unido) supplementary school network. Based on survey data from 35 teachers, results reveal a general lack of formal training in heritage language pedagogy, particularly among NERU teachers, who also face greater structural challenges such as limited resources, unstable facilities, and lack of institutional support. While both groups report high levels of teaching self-efficacy, ALCE teachers consistently show stronger confidence, especially in areas like assessment and methodology....

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo español como lengua de herencia

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The transmission of Spanish among heritage speakers is shaped by communicative practices within the family, by their distribution across different geographical areas and the opportunities to use the heritage language in those settings and, finally, by the availability of educational programmes that reinforce the acquired competence. This article analyses how these three factors interact to support the maintenance of Spanish as a heritage language in Germany, the third-largest European country in terms of its heritage Spanish-speaking population. The study draws on demolinguistic data to reconstruct various speaker profiles and the linguistic environments in which they live and are educated, as well as a sociolinguistic survey designed to identify communication practices within households.

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo instrucción explícita

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In this study, 156 learners were randomly assigned to four experimental conditions featuring 5-minute explicit information (EI) treatments on Spanish real and hypothetical conditionals. The Reading + Hearing + Enhancement + Indexing group received EI in text, audio, and with textual enhancements and indexing (synchronous animations connecting segments of metalanguage to their form in examples). The Reading + Hearing + Enhancement group received the same, minus the indexing. The Reading + Hearing group received text and auditory support, and the Reading group received EI in text form only. A control group completed identical outcome measures but was exposed to treatments for a different linguistic target. 82 participants completed recognition pre- and posttests, and 74 completed guided production tests. In recognition, results revealed...

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Temas: artículo aplicaciones

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This study explores the perceptions of learners and instructors regarding mobile learning tasks, comparing WhatsApp and Zoom as platforms for facilitating second language (L2) speaking and overall language skills. Grounded in sociointeractionist theories of second language acquisition (SLA), the research involved novice-high Spanish learners who engaged in weekly Communication Activities via WhatsApp text messaging or Zoom video calls. Findings indicate that while both platforms provided valuable opportunities for language practice outside the classroom, participants preferred face-to-face interactions via Zoom. Despite the familiarity with text messaging, WhatsApp was less favored due to logistical challenges,...

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