Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: materiales audiovisuales

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Repeated viewing of the same video is a common strategy among autonomous language learners as well as a much used pedagogical strategy among foreign language (FL) teachers. Learners may watch the same video more than once, to increase global comprehension of the target language or to focus their attention on linguistic aspects, such as new vocabulary or pronunciation. This study sought to examine to what extent repetition is more efficient for vocabulary learning if the second viewing follows the first immediately, or a week later. Participants were upper intermediate-level college learners who were distributed into three groups, one watched a TV series episode twice in the same session, one also watched the same episode twice but one week apart, and the last (control) group did not watch the video. Tests of word meaning recognition...

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: enseñanza de ELE

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Although Indigenous peoples are active citizens of the Americas, many Spanish language teachers lack the knowledge and understanding of their history, culture, and languages that is needed to present the Spanish language in context. By presenting a more complete picture of the Spanish speaking world, Indigenous America in the Spanish Language Classroom invites teachers to adjust their curricula to create a more inclusive classroom.

Anne Fountain provides teachers with key historical and cultural information about Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas and explains how to incorporate relevant resources into their curricula using a social justice lens. This book begins with an overview of the Iberian impact on Indigenous Americans and connects it to language teaching, giving practical ideas that are tied to language learning...

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Tipo: presentación

Temas: gramática

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It can be hard sometimes, when speaking, to remember all of the grammatical rules that guide us when we're writing. When is it right to say "the dog and me" and when should it be "the dog and I"? Does it even matter? Andreea S. Calude dives into the age-old argument between linguistic prescriptivists and descriptivists who have two very different opinions on the matter. 

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Tipo: libro

Temas: adquisición de segundas lenguas

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Este volumen reúne contribuciones actuales e innovadoras a la investigación en lingüística aplicada a la enseñanza de lenguas en diferentes contextos de aprendizaje y uso de la lengua, que reflejan una sociedad caracterizada por el multiculturalismo y el multilingüismo. Estas aportaciones dan cuenta de la investigación desarrollada en áreas como la ciencia cognitiva, la lingüística de corpus, la psicolingüística, las ciencias del comportamiento y la didáctica, es decir, en áreas que van desde la localización del lenguaje en el cerebro, hasta su representación y procesamiento por parte de los aprendices, el papel de las emociones en el aprendizaje del idioma, o el uso de la tecnología en las aulas de una segunda lengua (L2).

Los trabajos de investigación que se presentan en el libro abarcan un amplio espectro de idiomas: algunos...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: creación de materiales

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El profesor y doctor Brian Tomlinson está considerado como uno de los mayores expertos mundiales en el desarrollo de materiales para el aprendizaje de lenguas. A lo largo de su vida ha trabajado como profesor, formador de profesores, redactor curricular y docente universitario en Japón, Indonesia, Nigeria, Singapur, el Reino Unido, Vanuatu y Zambia. También es fundador y presidente de la Asociación para el desarrollo de materiales (Materials Development Association, MATSDA), una organización internacional sin ánimo de lucro que reúne a investigadores, editores, redactores y docentes para colaborar conjuntamente en el desarrollo de materiales de calidad para el aprendizaje de lenguas.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: lingüística cognitiva

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This article lies within the field of applied cognitive linguistics (ACL) and presents empirical work that addresses overlooked effects of assessment typology in second language (L2) learning. It examines whether pairing a cognitive instructional approach with matching assessment design results in greater learning outcomes over the more pervasive notional-functional approaches. The last two decades have witnessed a proliferation of empirical research measuring the effectiveness of ACL-based teaching approaches, yet studies have only been partly fruitful in eliciting data that truly favors ACL. We argue that this is largely due to assessment design, which typically measures performance via correct vs. incorrect tasks. To overcome this caveat, two studies addressing the complex Spanish psych-verb construction (e.g. gustar "to like")...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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The educational impact of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies, such as ChatGPT, has received significant attention. We use the TPACK framework to discuss the types of knowledge teachers require to effectively use GenAI tools. We highlight the qualities of GenAI that make it like other digital technologies (they are protean, opaque, and unstable) as well as qualities that make it revolutionary (namely, they are generative and social). We describe how these traits affect specific knowledge domains (TK, TPK, TCK, XK, and TPACK) and explore implications for educators. Finally, we argue for a more expansive description of Contextual Knowledge (XK), going beyond the immediate context to include...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: vocabulario

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This paper aims to contribute to the knowledge of linguistic change over the lifespan by means of panel studies. The analysis offered presents two elements that have received little treatment within the field. On the one hand, the analysis is interested in the evolution or development of the lexicon in dialogical speech; on the other hand, the analysis is carried out on material from a panel study on the Spanish language. This text analyzes the evolution of lexical richness by means of an exploratory panel study based on semi-guided interviews carried out in Madrid, a Spanish city included in the framework of the international PRESEEA project.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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Recent research indicated the effectiveness of immediate and delayed corrective feedback (CF) on second language (L2) learning. What is little known is the moderating effects of learner individual factors such as foreign language anxiety (FLA) on the efficacy of immediate and delayed CF. The primary aim of the present study is thus to investigate if learners? FLA can moderate the effectiveness of immediate and delayed feedback. To this end, 82 learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) were randomly assigned to two treatment conditions as well as a control group. During three treatment sessions, the participants performed storytelling tasks in groups of four and received either immediate or delayed metalinguistic feedback for the errors they made. Regarding the immediate feedback condition, each participant received...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: evaluación

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Paul Meara developed the LLAMA tests as a free, language-neutral, user-friendly suite of aptitude tests incorporating four separate elements: vocabulary learning (LLAMA_B), phonetic (implicit) memory (LLAMA_D), sound-symbol correspondence (LLAMA_E) and grammatical inferencing (LLAMA_F) based on the standardised MLAT tests (Carroll & Sapon, 1959). Recently, they have become increasingly popular in L2 acquisition research. However, Meara has expressed concern about the wide use of these tests without validity testing. We investigated several areas relating to the LLAMA tests. 
1. What is the role of gender in LLAMA test performance… 
2. Are the LLAMA tests...

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