Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: estudios de género

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Recent findings indicate that native speakers (L1) use grammatical gender marking on articles to facilitate the processing of upcoming nouns. Conversely, adult second language (L2) learners for whom grammatical gender is absent in their first language appear to need near-native proficiency to behave like native speakers. The question addressed here is whether sensitivity to grammatical gender in L2 learners of Spanish is modulated by the cognate status of nouns due to their heightened parallel orthographic, phonological, morpho-syntactic and semantic activation. Additionally, the role of transparent and non-transparent word-final gender marking cues was examined because past studies have shown that native speakers of Spanish are sensitive to differences in gender transparency. Participants were English learners of Spanish and Spanish...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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Teacher training programs and models recognize research engagement as a key competency of qualified professionals. However, despite current calls from scholars to bridge the divide between research and practice in second language teaching, little is known about how teaching professionals engage with existing research or carry out their own research. This study is the first to address this issue with regards to Spanish Language Teaching (SLT) professionals, aiming to understand if and how they engage with and in research, and identify what they would need to increase their engagement. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of online survey responses from 1,675 SLT professionals from 84 countries show that research engagement is dependent on the job description. Coding of freetext responses into eight themes (motivation, prestige,...

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua de herencia

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n the United States, heritage language speakers represent approximately 22 percent of the population and 29 percent of the school-age population. Until now, though, few studies have examined the outcomes of classroom teaching of heritage languages.

Outcomes of University Spanish Heritage Language Instruction in the United States sheds light on the effectiveness of specific instructional methods for college-level heritage learners. The first of its kind, this volume addresses how receiving heritage classroom instruction affects Spanish speakers on multiple levels, including linguistic, affective, attitudinal, social, and academic outcomes. Examining outcomes of instruction in the Spanish language?the most common heritage language in the United States?provides insights that can be applied to instruction in other heritage...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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The current study investigates how foreign language enjoyment (FLE), foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) and attitude/motivation (AM) of 360 learners of English, German, French and Spanish in a Kuwaiti university was shaped over the course of one semester by three teacher behaviours: frequency of using the foreign language (FL) in class, predictability and frequency of joking. Linear mixed modelling revealed a positive relationship between the three teacher behaviours and FLE as well as AM, but no significant relationship emerged with FLCA. Multiple comparison analyses showed that levels of FLE dropped significantly among students whose teacher joked very infrequently and infrequently. It thus seems that the absence of teacher jokes had a delayed cumulative effect on FLE. No interaction effects were found with time for FLCA and...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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At the turn of the new millennium, in an article published in Language Teaching Research in 2000, Dörnyei and Kormos proposed that ?active learner engagement is a key concern? for all instructed language learning. Since then, language engagement research has increased exponentially. In this article, we present a systematic review of 20 years of language engagement research. To ensure robust coverage, we searched 21 major journals on second language acquisition (SLA) and applied linguistics and identified 112 reports satisfying our inclusion criteria. The results of our analysis of these reports highlighted the adoption of heterogeneous methods and conceptual frameworks in the language engagement literature, as well as indicating a need to refine the definitions and operationalizations of engagement in both quantitative and qualitative...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pronunciación

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The goal of this work was to explore the training, classroom practices, and beliefs related to pronunciation of instructors of languages other than English. While several investigations of this type have been conducted in English as a second/foreign language contexts, very little is known about the beliefs and practices of teachers of languages other than English. It is unknown whether recent shifts to focusing on intelligibility, as advocated by some pronunciation scholars, are borne out in foreign language classrooms. To fill this gap, instructors of Spanish (n = 127), French (n = 89), and German (n = 80) teaching basic language courses (i.e. the first four semesters) at 28 large (e.g. more than 15,000 students), public universities in the United States completed an online survey reporting on their training, classroom practices, and...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: corpus

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El desarrollo de los corpus de aprendientes ha permitido un avance significativo en los estudios de Adquisición de Segundas Lenguas (ASL) (Granger, 2012, 2015, 2017). El Corpus especializado de Aprendientes de Español como Lengua Extranjera (CAELE) es un inventario abierto que cuenta con 1217 textos producidos por 201 aprendientes de diferentes lenguas maternas y niveles de competencia en ELE A2 y B1. Los estudiantes provienen de universidades extranjeras en el contexto de programas de intercambio de nivel de pregrado y posgrado. La recolección de los textos se ha llevado a cabo a través de tareas de escritura bajo el enfoque metodológico basado en tareas. En este artículo se presenta el diseño e implementación...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: discriminación y racismo

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Los menores de edad que llegan a España sin tener nociones de la lengua son más de los que acostumbramos a considerar y conforman un paradigma especial en el mundo de ELE. Al estar en edad educativa obligatoria, los gobiernos autonómicos han propuesto algunas iniciativas para la incorporación e inclusión de estos alumnos, como es el caso de las Aulas de Enlace en Madrid. La odisea para muchos de estos menores empieza en este punto en el que tienen que aprender el idioma a un ritmo acelerado para incorporarse a un sistema educativo nuevo y luchar por su futuro. Con todo lo anterior, aparece una dificultad aún mayor: la discriminación racista. Y es que las conductas comunicativas racistas forman parte de nuestra conciencia...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua de herencia

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Este estudio analiza las percepciones de hablantes de herencia acerca de su propia variedad y sus actitudes y percepciones en el contexto de estudios en el exterior. Se analizan y contrastan las percepciones de hablantes de herencia que participan en un programa en España, por un período de tres meses, versus un grupo que participa en un programa en Costa Rica por un mes. El objetivo de este estudio es determinar, si después de haber participado en programas de estudio de lengua española en estos países, la experiencia impacta o modifica la percepción y comprensión sobre su español de herencia y, si diverge, en cuál parámetro. Los participantes son todos de la región del Medio Oeste, Estados Unidos (particularmente...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: evaluación

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This classroom-based action research (CBAR) corroborated our belief in the valuable role rubrics play in a tertiary L2 writing context where English is the medium of instruction. The three-stage CBAR involved ongoing discussions between us, two writing teacher-researchers, as we adapted our teaching and assessment strategies to explore the potential of rubrics as formative tools. This study confirmed the proactive role rubrics could play in teaching writing and promoting successful partnerships between teachers and students during the assessment process. The multifaceted function of rubrics as driver of change in practitioners? approaches to teaching and assessing writing as well as a tool that enables students to take ownership of the different stages of their writing was a major finding of our study.

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