Tipo: libro

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: adquisición de segundas lenguas

Resumen:

The purpose of this literature review is to examine theory and research that has addressed what constitutes effective pedagogy for the acquisition of a second language (L2) in a classroom context. In other words, the review seeks to answer the question: How can instruction best ensure successful language learning…

This is not an easy question to answer, both because there are many competing theories offering very different perspectives on how instruction can promote language learning and because the empirical research does not always afford clear cut findings. We will endeavour to reflect the different theoretical viewpoints and findings in the review. To do otherwise would be to misrepresent the current state of research in this field.

However, in order to avoid the pitfalls of complete relativity, we will attempt to...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: tecnología educativa

Resumen:

Globalization and networking technologies have transformed the contexts, means, and uses of foreign language learning. The Internet offers a vast array of texts, "lms, music, news, information, pedagogical resources, sounds, and images from around the world as well as unprecedented opportunities for direct communication with native speakers in real time. However, the very technology that delivers the sematerials and interactions can produce subtle mediational effects that can influence how learners evaluate and interpret them. Focusing first on technological mediation broadly, and then on the specific ccontext of desktop videoconferencing in a telecollaboration project, this article outlines the benefits and the potential pitfalls that computer mediation presents for the learning of languages and cultures. Specific attention is given...

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Tipo: libro

Temas: diseño curricular

Resumen:

El Marco común europeo de referencia proporciona una base común para la elaboración de programas de lenguas, orientaciones curriculares, exámenes, manuales, etc., en toda Europa. Describe de forma integradora lo que tienen que aprender a hacer los estudiantes de lenguas con el fin de utilizar una lengua para comunicarse, así como los conocimientos y destrezas que tienen que desarrollar para poder actuar de manera eficaz. La descripción también comprende el contexto cultural donde se sitúa la lengua. El Marco de referencia define, asimismo, niveles de dominio de la lengua que permiten comprobar el progreso de los alumnos en cada fase del aprendizaje y a lo largo de su vida.
Se pretende que el Marco de referencia venza las barreras producidas por los distintos sistemas educativos europeos que limitan la...

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Tipo: vídeo

Temas: multilingüismo

Resumen:

There seems to be a gap between the way polyglots learn languages and the way they are taught in most language courses. Why is that? And what exactly makes polyglots' ways of learning languages different… 

Lýdia—s mission as a language mentor is to help people learn languages more effectively by applying learning strategies that polyglots use. In this talk, she provides a few insights on where the methods of polyglots and of foreign language teachers seem to differ. She—s helped thousands of Slovaks change their approach to learning foreign languages by applying polyglots' principles in practice.

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Tipo: libro

Temas: diseño curricular

Resumen:

Este volumen presenta los conceptos clave del MCER de una manera accesible para los usuarios y contiene todos los descriptores del MCER. Para los diferentes usos pedagógicos del MCER relacionados con el aprendizaje, la enseñanza y la evaluación, tanto los profesores como los formadores de profesores pueden consultar el Volumen complementario del MCER como una actualización del Marco. El Volumen complementario proporciona así mismo los enlaces y las referencias para consultar los capítulos de la edición de 2001 cuando estos resultan relevantes. Los investigadores que deseen explorar los conceptos subyacentes y las directrices presentes en los capítulos del MCER sobre áreas específicas deberían consultar la...

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Tipo: vídeo

Temas: gramática

Resumen:

Revisión de la teoría de la gramática universal de Chomsky.

Así se presenta el vídeo en TED-Ed:

Language is endlessly variable. Each of us can come up with an infinite number of sentences in our native language, and we're able to do so from an early age— almost as soon as we start to communicate in sentences. How is this possible? In the early 1950s, Noam Chomsky proposed a theory that the key to this versatility was grammar. Cameron Morin details Chomsky's theory of universal grammar.

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Tipo: vídeo

Temas: cognición y procesamiento

Resumen:

The average 20-year-old knows between 27,000 and 52,000 different words. Spoken out loud, most of these words last less than a second. With every word, the brain has a quick decision to make: which of those thousands of options matches the signal? And about 98% of the time, the brain chooses the correct word. How is this possible? Gareth Gaskell digs into the complexities of speech comprehension.

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Tipo: vídeo

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

Resumen:

Want to learn a new language but feel daunted or unsure where to begin? You don't need some special talent or a "language gene," says Lýdia Machová. In an upbeat, inspiring talk, she reveals the secrets of polyglots and shares four principles to help unlock your own hidden language talent -- and have fun while doing it.

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: enfoques y métodos

Resumen:

This is not the first attempt to present a new approach to the teaching of second and foreign languages based on a new theory of language. Earlier attempts, most notably audiolingual approaches, have not met with great success. We think that this has happened for several reasons. A major problem was that the theories were not actually theories of language acquisition, but theories of something else; for example, the structure of language. Also, the application of the theory, the methodology, was not always adequately field-tested. What looked reasonable to the university professor on paper did not always work out in the classroom.

The Natural Approach, we hope, does not have these weaknesses. It is based on an empirically grounded theory of second language acquisition, which has been supported by a large number of scientific...

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

Resumen:

This book provides a forum for methodological discussions emanating from researchers engaged in studying how individuals acquire an additional language. Whereas publications in the field of second language acquisition generally report on empirical studies with relatively little space dedicated to questions of method, the current book gave authors the opportunity to more fully develop a discussion piece around a methodological issue in connection with the interpretation of language-learning data. The result is a set of seven thought-provoking contributions from researchers with diverse interests. Three main topics are addressed in these chapters: the role of native-speaker norms in second-language analyses, the impact of epistemological stance on experimental design and/or data interpretation, and the challenges of transcription and...

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