Tipo: libro

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: metodología de investigación

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What is eye tracking? Why is it important for linguistics? How can I use it in my own research project?

Answering these questions and more, this book guides you through one of the most exciting and innovative research methods in the field of linguistics. Divided into three parts, the chapters first offer an historical introduction and a foundational overview to the neurology and physiology of the eye and the common measurements and tools used in eye tracking. They then provide a guide to the applications of eye tracking most pertinent to linguists (reading, the visual-world paradigm, social eye tracking, and classroom applications), followed by a step-by-step process to plan, execute, analyze and report your research project in eye tracking. The book covers topics such as reading, lexical and syntactic processing, mind...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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The imagination effect occurs when students learn better from imagining concepts and procedures rather than from studying them. Cognitive load theory explains the effect by better use of available working memory resources and increased productive, intrinsic cognitive load. The effect has been found in numerous empirical studies. However, in the majority of studies demonstrating the effect, visual/spatial information has been used: the type of information that is believed to be easy for imagining. The reported two experiments investigated if an imagination effect could be obtained using verbal information in the area of learning a second language. The results indicated that while textual material was expectedly more difficult for learning than diagrammatic material, asking learners to imagine textual material did improve performance....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: materiales audiovisuales

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Repeated viewing of the same video is a common strategy among autonomous language learners as well as a much used pedagogical strategy among foreign language (FL) teachers. Learners may watch the same video more than once, to increase global comprehension of the target language or to focus their attention on linguistic aspects, such as new vocabulary or pronunciation. This study sought to examine to what extent repetition is more efficient for vocabulary learning if the second viewing follows the first immediately, or a week later. Participants were upper intermediate-level college learners who were distributed into three groups, one watched a TV series episode twice in the same session, one also watched the same episode twice but one week apart, and the last (control) group did not watch the video. Tests of word meaning recognition...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: lingüística cognitiva

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This article lies within the field of applied cognitive linguistics (ACL) and presents empirical work that addresses overlooked effects of assessment typology in second language (L2) learning. It examines whether pairing a cognitive instructional approach with matching assessment design results in greater learning outcomes over the more pervasive notional-functional approaches. The last two decades have witnessed a proliferation of empirical research measuring the effectiveness of ACL-based teaching approaches, yet studies have only been partly fruitful in eliciting data that truly favors ACL. We argue that this is largely due to assessment design, which typically measures performance via correct vs. incorrect tasks. To overcome this caveat, two studies addressing the complex Spanish psych-verb construction (e.g. gustar ?to like?)...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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Recent research indicated the effectiveness of immediate and delayed corrective feedback (CF) on second language (L2) learning. What is little known is the moderating effects of learner individual factors such as foreign language anxiety (FLA) on the efficacy of immediate and delayed CF. The primary aim of the present study is thus to investigate if learners? FLA can moderate the effectiveness of immediate and delayed feedback. To this end, 82 learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) were randomly assigned to two treatment conditions as well as a control group. During three treatment sessions, the participants performed storytelling tasks in groups of four and received either immediate or delayed metalinguistic feedback for the errors they made. Regarding the immediate feedback condition, each participant received...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: profesorado

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El papel de los profesores de lenguas es clave en el proceso de inclusión social de migrantes y refugiados. Aunque el perfil del profesorado de español como lengua extranjera ha recibido atención en los últimos años (Muñoz-Basols et al., 2017), las investigaciones centradas en los docentes que ejercen en contextos de migración son todavía muy escasas. Conocer las motivaciones y los retos que experimentan estos profesores resulta esencial para comprender su realidad laboral. El presente estudio explora los factores que determinan la identidad profesional de 34 docentes de español en contextos de migración. Para ello, se realizó un cuestionario en línea con preguntas abiertas y se llevó a cabo un análisis temático a través de un proceso...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: estudiantes chinos

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En base a la teoría de los sistemas complejos y adoptando el método de microcambios, el presente trabajo tiene, como objeto de estudio, una clase de alumnos chinos del primer año de la carrera de Filología Hispánica. Se ha realizado un seguimiento de las variables de la riqueza léxica, incluidas la diversidad, densidad, complejidad y tasa de error, y sus patrones de interacción. El resultado muestra que (1) los alumnos presentan un desarrollo fluctuante y no lineal, pero aquellos con un nivel alto del idioma son los primeros en evidenciar cambios en el aprendizaje, como alcanzar el estado atractor, mientras los alumnos con menos nivel experimentan un período fluctuante más largo; (2) el alumno de nivel superior presenta una...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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Este trabajo investiga los efectos de la instrucción pragmática y el enfoque por tareas en la producción escrita de correos electrónicos en situaciones de reclamos, por parte de aprendices de español L2 (EL2), en un contexto de aula virtual. Se analiza un corpus compuesto por las redacciones de estudiantes universitarios de EL2 en Suecia, obtenido a través de un diseño de prueba anterior, tratamiento pedagógico, prueba posterior y posterior prolongada, así como de hablantes del español L1. Este corpus es complementado con un cuestionario de hábitos pragmáticos aplicado al grupo de español L1. El análisis observa el uso de secuencias de inicio, modificaciones externas y secuencias de cierre en los...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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Language teaching is a highly emotional profession that can affect the teachers' well-being and learners' achievement. However, studies have yet to explore the potential of positive psychology interventions and artificial intelligence (AI) tools to promote the psycho-emotional aspects of second language (L2) teachers and learners. Further, studies regarding the effectiveness of AI in promoting the learners' language skills could have been expansive....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pedagogía crítica

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This paper examines the impact of a curriculum designed to develop students? Critical Language Awareness (CLA) in two postsecondary Spanish advanced grammar courses and a Hispanic Linguistics Master?s course in a public institution of the US Northeast. The study includes a unique population of Latinxs, most of them born and raised outside the US, in the Dominican Republic. Quantitative analyses reveal CLA development in the areas of language variation, linguistic diversity, language ideologies, Spanish in the US, bilingualism, and translanguaging. Qualitative data shows that students approached the course experiencing linguistic insecurity and interrogating their own academic knowledge of grammar, whereas, after taking the course, learners move from feeling ?grammarless? (students? perception of their Spanish as lacking grammar) to...

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