Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enfoque por tareas

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This study investigated the impact of task type and proficiency level on second language learners’ task engagement, combing the discourse analytic method with the idiodynamic method. Sixty undergraduate English-as-a-foreign-language learners in China were divided into high- and low-proficiency groups based on their scores on the Oxford Placement Test. The learners were randomly paired with a partner who shared the same proficiency level and completed a narrative task and a decision-making task. Their spoken discourse of task performance was analyzed to explore behavioral, cognitive, and social engagement....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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This study investigates the impact of an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant on reader response theory in novel analysis using a mixed-methods approach. It examines how AI-generated real-time feedback, powered by advanced machine learning and natural language processing, enhances interpretive possibilities beyond conventional methods, aligning with reader response theory’s emphasis on reader-text interaction. The AI assistant, designed with Real-Time Theme Identification, Character Relationship Mapping, Symbolism Detection, and Interactive Literary Simulation, supports nuanced interpretations, uncovers underlying patterns, and fosters deeper engagement with literary texts. Participants (n = 100), aged 15–18 years, were divided into an experimental group (n = 50), which used the AI assistant for novel analysis, and...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: translingüismo

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Previous research on translanguaging in classrooms for a language other than English (LOTE) has shown that it helps learners compensate for limited language proficiency. Few studies have investigated how translanguaging promotes learners’ conceptual understanding of the target language. This study aims to investigate how a Chinese teacher mediates conceptual understanding of the target language among 15 Spanish major undergraduates in a Chinese university through pedagogical translanguaging. Data were collected from classroom observations, questionnaires, and semi-structured interviews. Microgenesis of the discourse reveals that teacher–student mediation through pedagogical translanguaging facilitates students’ conceptual understanding of Spanish linguistic and cultural knowledge, enhances metalinguistic awareness, and promotes self-...

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: metodología de investigación

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Este libro reúne los fundamentos de la metodología de la investigación en ELE, en el marco de la lingüística aplicada a la adquisición de segundas lenguas, una información hasta ahora dispersa. Ofrece las pautas imprescindibles para desarrollar una investigación en ELE en todas sus fases, desde la elección del tema y el diseño, pasando por la determinación del método y los instrumentos que se utilizarán, aspecto este que se trata con especial atención, hasta la ejecución y estructuración del trabajo, el análisis y la valoración de los resultados o su transferencia y difusión. Por todo ello, sirve como compendio de estudio y consulta para cualquiera que desee investigar el proceso de adquisición, aprendizaje y enseñanza del ELE desde diversas perspectivas. Esta obra concita a veintitrés autores de reconocido prestigio académico en un...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza en línea e híbrida

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Las redes sociales están modificando la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de idiomas, generando prácticas educativas desconocidas hasta hoy. En este contexto, presentamos el primer estudio empírico en cualquier idioma sobre el aprovechamiento de la red de voz Clubhouse, para enseñar y aprender español. Nuestras preguntas de investigación son: cuáles son las prácticas formativas empleadas en esta red y qué estrategias discursivas utilizan los moderadores para llevarlas a cabo. Nuestros datos proceden de la escucha participante (45h), la grabación de sesiones (2,5h), las entrevistas a 8 moderadores y la recolección de objetos culturales, que procesamos con análisis del contenido y del discurso y triangulación de fuentes. Los resultados distinguen varias salas (planificada, semiplanificada y espontánea), desde clases formales hasta debates...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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Few mobile-assisted vocabulary learning approaches fully correspond to the authenticity principle of the situated learning theory (SLT). A novel practice of changing the smartphone system language to second language (L2), which intends to better implement SLT in a real smartphone context, is the focus of this study. To explore the potential of using this under-researched approach to facilitate L2 vocabulary learning, a mixed-method design was adopted to investigate its impact on vocabulary acquisition, global language learning motivation, and vocabulary learning motivation. Participants' pre- and post-test scores on the vocabulary knowledge test and motivation questionnaires were compared between the experimental and control groups. Interviews were also conducted to understand learners' perceptions of this novel approach. Both...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: diseño curricular

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The present study applies critical race theory and a raciolinguistic perspective to understand the orientations of language programs in the United States towards developing bilingualism. More specifically, the study draws on survey and in-depth interview data from self-identified Latinx Spanish-English bilinguals who participated in English-dominant and bilingual curricula. We establish that the practices and policies of extant programs are grounded in injurious ideologies that result in the racialization of Latinx students. In particular, the results point to multiple factors—student assessment and placements, teachers' linguistic and social profiles, and instructors' corrective feedback—all of which racialize heritage Spanish speakers by essentializing and homogenizing them and by linking them to notions of "other", often with...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua de herencia

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This article examines the issue of teaching Spanish as a heritage language (SHL) focusing primarily on the issues of linguistic diversity and the socio-affective issues related to heritage language learners. First, we consider linguistic diversity in speech communities where students use SHL. Second, we discuss students' perceptions of the teaching of Spanish in a linguistically diverse setting and draw upon a corpus of interviews with 35 students attending an SHL program at a large southwestern university in the United States. We examine stated perspectives regarding the (mis)match between students' heritage varieties and what is promoted in the classroom. The data reveals the importance of considering the student perspective in validating heritage language varieties and indicate both challenges and insights in achieving this...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: alfabetización

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En este estudio, describimos cómo aprenden y utilizan el alfabeto español estudiantes de esta lengua que se escolarizaron y alfabetizaron con sistemas de escritura que no se basan en el alfabeto latino (griego, cirílico, devanagari, árabe o chino). También exploramos sus prácticas letradas iniciales y sus estrategias orales y escritas de aprendizaje de una L2. Para ello entrevistamos a 21 hablantes de español como L2, de nivel B2…C1, y documentamos tanto su alfabetización en lengua materna como su acceso posterior al alfabeto latino en español u otro idioma. El corpus de datos recoge prácticas diversas, con variaciones discursivas y retóricas relevantes en relación con las de las...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español académico

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This study explores the literacy development of students who speak Spanish as a heritage language and who participate in mandatory, peer-to-peer tutoring sessions outside of the classroom. We explore students' academic development as well as their self-positioning as heritage speakers in a bilingual academic setting. Drawing on Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), we analyze the written production of seven bilingual students enrolled in a Native Speaker Program at a large, public university. We focus on the development of their academic language through the support of a heritage language tutor and explore the role of the peer tutor as a facilitator in this process. Additionally, we employ Appraisal Theory to analyze interviews in which the same participants explore their bilingual identities and how they position themselves...

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