Tipo: libro

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua extranjera

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e-Research y español LE/L2: Investigar en la era digital es el primer volumen que aborda de manera conjunta las aportaciones al español LE/L2 de la lingüística de corpus, la biblioteconomía y la edición digital. Es excelente para mejorar las técnicas de investigación a la vez que se toma conciencia sobre el uso de las tecnologías en los estudios sobre el español LE/L2.

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1. e-Research: fundamentos metodológicos y aplicaciones a la investigación sobre el español LE/L2
Mar Cruz Piñol

2. Investigar en el contexto de las Humanidades Digitales y del español LE/L2
Beatriz Trigo

Parte I
El Entorno Personal de Investigación (EPI)
3. Buscar referencias académicas de calidad sobre el español LE/L2
Francisco López-Hernández, Inmaculada Muro-Subías y Lola...

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua de herencia

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Spanish Heritage Learners' Emerging Literacy: Empirical Research and Classroom Practice introduces a comprehensive, multi-level empirical study on the writing abilities of Spanish Heritage Learners at the beginner level; the findings guide a broad selection of instructional activities and pedagogical resources to support writing development in the heritage language classroom.

This is the first book dealing exclusively with writing competence among Spanish Heritage Language Learners through the integration of empirical evidence and instructional perspectives to address core questions on heritage language literacy. In addition to the in-depth analysis of Spanish production?spelling, verb usage, grammatical features, vocabulary, and discourse organization?the volume revises the latest perspectives within the Heritage Language...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: análisis de materiales y manuales

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Analizamos desde la óptica del Análisis Crítico del Discurso y la Pedagogía Crítica la representación de siete variables (clase social; diversidad étnico-racial; roles sociales; prácticas culturales; roles de género e identidades LGTBIQ+; edad; discapacidad) en cinco manuales de Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE) muy utilizados en España. Mediante un método inductivo-deductivo, un corpus de materiales multimedia (textos, audios, imágenes y vídeos) y el diseño de una parrilla con 19 subcategorías y 38 variables, el análisis desvela la construcción de una realidad idealizada sobre la sociedad española con importantes implicaciones pedagógicas, comerciales y políticas. Constatamos la...

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: materiales audiovisuales

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This book demonstrates the positive impact of using film and audiovisual material in the language classroom. The chapters are evidence-based and address different levels and contexts of learning around the world. They demonstrate the benefits of using moving images and films to develop intercultural awareness and promote multilingualism, and suggest Audiovisual Translation (AVT) activities and projects to enhance language learning. The book will be a valuable continuing professional development resource for language teachers and those involved in curriculum development, as well as bringing the latest research, theory and pedagogical techniques to teacher training courses.

Contenidos
Carmen Herrero and Isabelle Vanderschelden: Introduction

Part I. Film Literacy and Languages

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pronunciación

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It has been argued that a learner?s L1 articulatory tendency to produce an American English ?retroflex? tongue shape as opposed to a ?bunched? one can facilitate Spanish trill acquisition. This is because the American English retroflex is articulated by moving the tongue apex towards the alveolar ridge, while the ?bunched? articulation is produced by moving the tongue apex down in the opposite direction to the trill. This study examines this articulatory hypothesis by analyzing the tongue shape of two anglophone learners of Spanish. Ultrasound visualization was employed to create individual lessons centered on: (a) each learner?s type of tongue-shape errors and (b) conducive tongue gestures for trill production. The results illustrate that the participant who presented articulatory tendencies similar to retroflex-like articulations...

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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: competencia intercultural

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Some challenges to intercultural communication prevent intercultural interactions altogether, while others can prevent effective and successful communication during an intercultural exchange. This article addresses a key challenge within intercultural interactions: cultural meaning-making. This is a process that requires both communicative and intercultural competence and encompasses the interdependent and ever-present relationships between language, culture, and worldviews. Considering the important role of language teachers in second language (L2) learners? cultural meaning-making development in challenging interactions that may be faced by learners in the target language community, the current pilot study elicits teachers? perceptions of linguistic and cultural resources required by their students to engage in challenging...

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: cultura

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El presente trabajo tiene como meta investigar la cultura como un constructo discursivo en torno a la lengua española en el contexto del aprendizaje y la enseñanza de español como lengua segunda o extranjera (ELE). Parte de una cuestión simple al respecto: ¿por qué esta cultura hispanohablante y no otra? Para poder responderla es necesario analizar primero cómo se conceptualiza la cultura en relación con la lengua en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de lenguas (EAL). El español requiere, adicionalmente, aclarar cómo se puede considerar la cultura respecto a una lengua pluricéntrica. En concreto, se analizará aquí cómo construyen discursivamente los materiales (manuales) la cultura del mundo...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español en el mundo

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This article considers the role of Spanish as a global language by examining its use in London, a global, multilingual and superdiverse city, where Spanish has no official status. I consider how pluricentric norms, panhispanism, and the emerging Nueva Política Lingüística Panhispánica (NPLP) find expression. In particular, I ask how regional and national varieties of Spanish are perceived by L1 and L2 learners and how these attitudes construct local language ideologies held by different actors. I profile two institutions where language ideologies and linguistic practice can be examined. These are: (1) an international Spanish?English bilingual school run as part of Spain?s diplomatic mission; and (2) a language school backed by the Spanish government. I argue that the NPLP is not just about the traditional ?pillars? of Spanish...

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Tipo: capítulo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: vocabulario

Resumen:

Until very recently, vocabulary played a role in the production of language teaching materials that was very definitely a secondary one. Although inevitably present in any course book, vocabulary was generally subordinated to other elements that were considered more important to the process of learning a language. Thus, in the 1950s and 1960s, when grammar translation was the dominant approach to language teaching, the lexical content of courses was considered less important than the grammatical content of textbooks. To a large extent, the vocabulary taught was determined by the words that appeared in the works of classical authors whose texts were used for teaching purposes. Later, the structural or audiolingual methods, based on behaviourist theories subordinated the vocabulary to be taught to the linguistic structures that the...

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