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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: vocabulario

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According to Hopp?s Lexical Bottleneck Hypothesis, difficulties in second language (L2) lexical processing may lead to non-target syntactic computations. In line with this hypothesis, cognates ? which are processed faster than non-cognates, as defined by the cognate facilitation effect ? can ease L2 syntactic processing. In order to investigate whether cognates additionally facilitate L2 syntax learning, we had two groups of Spanish natives learn an artificial language drawing on Basque. Each group explicitly learnt a set of either Spanish?Basque cognates or non-cognates and a word order grammatical rule. Then, two sentence?picture matching tasks tested their ability to apply the rule (1) with...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enfoque por tareas

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Most research on task-based language teaching (TBLT) has focused on specific factors that play a role in task-based performance and learning, whereas considerably fewer studies have paid attention to how TBLT curricula have been developed and delivered in second language (L2) teaching contexts. However, it has been argued that the latter type of evaluative inquiry is crucial in order to advance the educational significance of the approach. While more evaluation studies have been published in recent years, few of them adopt a multi-...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: análisis de materiales y manuales

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Los análisis de la representación de los géneros en materiales de ELE se han visto limitados hasta ahora por los métodos de recuento manual. El presente estudio abandona estos métodos y analiza la representación de los géneros en un corpus compuesto por 47 lecturas graduadas para estudiantes de ELE aplicando técnicas básicas de procesamiento del lenguaje natural basadas en el trabajo de Lucy, Demszky, Bromley y Jurafsky (2020). Se examinan las diferencias en el espacio dedicado a cada uno de los géneros y su evolución en el tiempo. Asimismo, se analiza el valor explicativo del sexo de los protagonistas sobre la distribución de menciones de hombres y mujeres. Los resultados muestran que,...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: norma y estandarización

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En este trabajo, analizamos la manera en la que se formula la corrección lingüística en El libro de estilo de la lengua española (2018), la última publicación de naturaleza normativa de la Real Academia de la Lengua y la Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española. Demostramos que más de la mitad de las normas enunciadas son de naturaleza difusa, por lo que resultan poco operativas para el usuario. Analizamos tres clases de normas difusas: normas de baja carga deóntica, de escaso carácter preceptivo; normas confusas, en tanto que imprecisas o subjetivas; y normas particulares, con un campo de aplicación muy limitado. Observamos, finalmente, que no es extraño que estos tres tipos...

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Tipo: libro

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Temas: pronunciación

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The main aim of this book is to contribute to our understanding of the acquisition of second language intonation, by comparing Czech learners of Spanish with German learners of Spanish and Czech learners of Italian. By means of a large production database, the study seeks to uncover how L1-to-L2 intonational transfer works and what role prosodic (dis)similarities between languages play. Contrary to most previous research, the work presents an original multidirectional cross-linguistic comparison and examines different types of sentence, such as neutral and non-neutral statements, yes/no questions, wh-questions, exclamatives and vocatives. The findings reveal positive and negative...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: comprensión lectora

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While existing research has documented that the reading medium significantly impacts language learners? reading comprehension processes and outcomes, empirical evidence on how the reading medium influences reading emotions is lacking. The present study contributes to the field by investigating whether reading emotions (i.e. enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom) of learners of Spanish as a second language (L2) differ between mobile-assisted and paper-based reading processes. In addition, it explores whether individual difference variables (i.e. L2 Spanish proficiency and preferences for the reading medium) moderate the relationship between the reading medium and reading emotions. The instruments used are reading comprehension tests and questionnaire surveys administered to a sample of 245 first-year college students majoring in Spanish....

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