Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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The current study investigated the relative effects of direct and indirect written corrective feedback (WCF) on the learning of regular past tense, and the extent to which learning outcomes were related to individual variation in field dependence/independence (FDI). Fifty-nine Chinese intermediate second language (L2) learners of English were randomly assigned to two treatment groups and a control group. The two treatment groups carried out three written dictogloss tasks and received direct WCF and indirect WCF, respectively, on their erroneous use of regular past tense. The control group performed the same writing tasks but received feedback on the content of their writing. To evaluate the effect of treatment, a grammaticality judgement task and a picture description task were administered as the pretest, immediate posttest, and...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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In this article self-determination theory (SDT) is used as a framework to explore ways in which ‘advising in language learning’ (advising) can be understood to support language learners’ basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence and relatedness. These are defined in SDT as nutrients essential for integration, growth, healthy development and well-being (Ryan & Deci, 2017). SDT posits that social learning contexts in which learners’ basic psychological needs are supported facilitate and sustain autonomous functioning, more effective learning and performance, strengthen adaptability, promote awareness, and foster greater wellness (Reeve, 2016; Ryan & Deci, 2017; Vansteenkiste et al., 2019). While a growing body of research provides insight into ways advising promotes and is supportive of autonomous language learning and...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: mediación

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After the publication of the CEFR Companion Volume in 2018, a revision of the curriculum in force for the English subject in the Bilingual Sections in the Community of Madrid has been implemented. One of the main changes is the inclusion of the concept of linguistic mediation in the subject ‘Advanced English’ in the last stage of secondary education. In an attempt to understand how linguistic mediation strategies and activities are being developed in real classroom contexts, this study has focused on teachers’ perceptions of linguistic mediation. A questionnaire and a focus group were used to examine teachers’ understanding and awareness of linguistic mediation, as well as the type of mediation activities that are relevant for their students and the extent to which they include linguistic mediation activities and strategies in their...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: cognición y procesamiento

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This study investigates how different task types influence the second language (L2) speech performance of English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners, how working memory capacity (WMC) is associated with that performance, and how L2 proficiency moderates the relationship between WMC and L2 speech performance across story retelling, independent speaking, and picture narration tasks. The participants were 86 Chinese EFL university undergraduates. Data were collected through a sociodemographic questionnaire, a speaking span test, and three monologic oral tasks. Results showed that distinct tasks elicited varying L2 speech performance, with the influence of WMC on L2 speech performance depending on task types. Specifically, higher WMC was associated with increased syntactic complexity in the story retelling task, and greater accuracy in...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: dramatización

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Research in language learning indicates that process drama (PD), an educational approach where students and teachers work in and out of role to explore themes and issues, can be well suited to the Japanese higher education (HE) context. Despite the benefits highlighted in the literature, PD remains a niche approach to language teaching and learning, with a limited number of practitioners in Japan. This study seeks to uncover language teachers’ experiences of becoming Process Drama Practitioners (PDPs) and using and sharing PD as an English language teaching approach in Japanese HE. Data were collected via in-depth interviews with six experienced PDPs. The findings indicate that prior positive experiences with drama was an encouraging factor of the adoption and self-directed initial use of PD in their teaching practices. Positive...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the educational field by storm, offering unique affordances for addressing diverse learners’ needs, including those of English language learners (ELLs). Harnessing the pedagogical value of AI, however, largely depends on teachers’ preparedness to integrate the new technology effectively into teaching. Pedagogical integration of AI is especially important for pre-service teachers (PSTs), who often struggle to gain enough technological fluency for teaching ELLs due to limited teaching experience and minimal exposure to field-specific technology experimentation. Given AI’s potential to support differentiated instruction, it is vital for PSTs to learn to use the technology effectively to teach ELLs. Grounded in the technological pedagogical content knowledge framework, this mixed-methods study...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua extranjera

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Now more than ever before, language learners can autonomously engage with the target culture beyond the classroom through international television shows, online forums, video clips, and study abroad. Still, much of the literature has deemed the target-language dominant speaker (TLDS) as a key source of cultural knowledge, and, thus, the principal aim here is to ascertain how paid TLDSs and student peers are perceived in terms of their cultural expertise and whether these perceptions affect learners’ confidence development over time. This research is guided by the functional model of second language confidence (FML2C), which integrates the contact space dimensions of richness and self-involvement , and novel to this study is cultural depth . In terms of procedure, 32 second language learners of Spanish carried out eight 30-minute...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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Knowing how to create a positive motivational climate that motivates college students to engage in second language (L2) courses can be a big challenge for some L2 college professors. We created an intervention that used teaching strategies consistent with the MUSIC Model of Motivation to redesign lecture-based reading and listening classes within an L2 English course. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of the intervention on students’ perceptions of the motivational climate, motivation, and effort. Students were surveyed four times throughout the semester: before and after a reading class intervention, and before and after a listening class intervention. Participants included 31 first-year graduate students in a public university in eastern China. Paired t -test results showed that in the reading class, the...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español para fines específicos

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En esta comunicación queremos presentar los resultados de la aplicación del diario de aprendizaje en nuestros cursos de Español para Fines Específicos (EFE) como herramienta reflexiva para facilitar y evaluar el proceso de aprendizaje. Cuando pedimos a nuestros estudiantes que escribieran sus diarios pretendíamos alcanzar un doble objetivo. Por un lado, esperábamos desarrollar su pensamiento crítico y una actitud abierta al debate y al cuestionamiento sobre lo que sucede en el aula. Por otra parte, esperábamos usar esta técnica para garantizar una mayor calidad de enseñanza. Los diarios nos ofrecieron información detallada sobre lo que los estudiantes habían aprendido durante el curso y cómo fue su...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza en línea e híbrida

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Few previous studies have focused on the effect of online environment factors (teachers’ enthusiasm, group interaction, etc.) on learners’ willingness to communicate in the context of learning Chinese as a second language (CSL). To fill this gap, this study investigated 471 CSL learners (1) to explore the mediating role of online learning enjoyment and perceived group interaction on the perception of teachers’ enthusiasm and willingness to communicate in L2 in online CSL classes; and (2) to clarify whether gender, weekly self-online learning time and learning achievement moderate those relations. A moderated mediation structural equation model with good fitness revealed that both perceived group interaction and online learning enjoyment fully mediated the relationship between perceived teachers’ enthusiasm and willingness to...

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