observación de aula

Las investigaciones previamente realizadas en el ámbito de lenguas extranjeras (LE) a estudiantes chinos coinciden en señalar las limitaciones de la metodología tradicional de enseñanza de LE en el desarrollo de la competencia comunicativa, al mismo tiempo que dan fe de las dificultades para implementar el Método Comunicativo en su totalidad. Por otra parte, hay investigaciones que demuestran cómo algunos de sus componentes, desestimados por la metodología tradicional, sí pueden implementarse satisfactoriamente siempre y cuando se atienda a las particularidades del estudiante y del contexto educativo. En la base de estas investigaciones aisladas subyacen los principios teóricos de la pedagogía...

A shape of play to come: Exploring children's play and imaginaries with robots and AI

Robin Samuelsson (2023)

Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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We are rapidly moving into an era where AI and robots are part of everyday interactions in society and education, and there are immense discussions today about current and future technologies. Still, children are often not included in this discussion, while there is much to learn from current uses and children's understandings of AI and robotics. The study is based on a seven-month ethnographical work that details the implementation of a robot in two preschool groups of children aged 1–2 and 3–5 (n = 38). The study descriptively combines a framework for children's play analysis with explorative qualitative child interviews (n = 6) with the 3-5-year-olds to examine how children play with the...

Investigating the mediating role of TPACK on teachers’ AI competency and their teaching performance in higher education

Xiao Tan, Gary Cheng, Man Ho Ling (2025)

Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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The growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in education has significantly influenced teachers' professional development. While AI offers substantial support for teaching practices and serves as a powerful instructional aid, it also places greater demands on teachers, prompting an urgent need for role transformation and skill enhancement. Therefore, the interplay among teachers' AI competency, technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK), and teaching performance has emerged as a critical area of research. This study employed a mixed-methods approach, combining questionnaire surveys with classroom observations, to assess the AI competency, TPACK levels, and teaching...

Stage directions: Evidence-based professional development in improvisational drama for foreign language teachers

Kristina Goodnight, Catherine van Beuningen, Rick de Graaff (2024)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: dramatización

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A significant body of research supports the affective benefits of drama activities in foreign language (FL) learning, yet little is known about how to train teachers to implement such activities. In this study, we tested a professional development program (PDP) aimed at galvanizing FL teachers to integrate improvisational drama techniques (IDTs) into their repertoire. IDTs are defined here as activities which place pupils in a fictional situation and stimulate spoken interaction. Nineteen Dutch secondary school FL teachers participated in the PDP. The goal of this research was to discover the extent to which (1) teachers implement IDTs according to the study’s definition, (2) the techniques become integrated into the teacher’s repertoire, and (3) teachers develop the self-efficacy to execute IDTs. All three areas were met with...

Emotion, motivation and willingness to communicate in the language learning experience: A comparative case study of two adult ESOL learners

Liana Maria Pavelescu (2026)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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The present multiple case study is situated within the growing wave of research on the role of emotions in second language learning. It focuses more specifically on the relationship between emotion, motivation, willingness to communicate and the second language context. The participants were two adult learners of English as a second or other language (ESOL) in the United Kingdom: Aurora and Emilie (pseudonyms). Semi-structured interviews with the learners and their tutors, conducted face to face, were complemented with lesson observations over an academic term to achieve an in-depth understanding of the relationship between emotion, motivation, willingness to communicate and the learning context. Enjoyment and anxiety were the most salient emotions that emerged; however, the sources of these emotions were slightly different for the...

Directives as strategies for building teacher identity: Enhancing collaborative classroom interactions

Si Neng Kot, Roberval Teixeira e Silva (2026)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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This study is theoretically grounded in interactional sociolinguistics, drawing specifically on speech act theory and politeness strategies to discuss how language choices negotiate social relations. It investigates classroom power dynamics by analyzing how teachers construct identities with directive speech acts. The research employs an ethnographic microanalysis to analyze discourse in a video-recorded interaction in a Portuguese as a foreign language (PFL) classroom for Chinese learners at a university in Macau. This methodological approach allows for a fine-grained examination of the linguistic design of directives and their impact on classroom interaction. The analysis reveals that the teacher strategically wields directives to enact interconnected identity positions, each shaping a distinct power dynamic: a negotiatory authority...

The complexity of control shift for learner autonomy: A mixed-method case study of Chinese EFL teachers’ practice and cognition

Yi Wang, Jonathon Ryan (2023)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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The promotion of language learner autonomy has been recognized as being beneficial in various domains, from linguistic achievement to personal growth. Key to the development of learner autonomy is shifting control from the teacher to the learner. While much has been written about the construct of learner control, there has been little close examination of the practices with which language teachers release their command. This article reports on a study conducted in a Chinese private school intent on promoting learner autonomy, and explores ways in which teachers’ practices facilitated or hindered control shift and their perceptions of these actions. From a study of nine teachers within one English department, two case studies are explored in depth through analysis of classroom practices, interviews and post-lesson discussions. While...

Conciencia Emocional y participación en los estudiantes del Primer Curso de Español en la Universidad Amar Télidji de Laghouat

Rachid Nadir, Salima Nadjah Othmani Marabout, Khadidja Boudouaia (2022)

Foro de profesores de ELE

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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El objetivo de este trabajo es estudiar la relación entre la conciencia emocional y la participación en los estudiantes del primer curso del Departamento de Español, en la Universidad de Laghouat. La muestra refleja a todos los alumnos que estudian en el primer curso de español, utilizando la observación no participante y el cuestionario TMMS-24 como técnicas y herramientas para recolectar datos, con el propósito de determinar la relación entre la conciencia emocional de los estudiantes y su participación en el aula de ELE siguiendo un enfoque mixto. Los resultados obtenidos revelan una atención emocional superior en los estudiantes de sexo masculino en comparación con los de sexo femenino. En...

Situated L2 pronunciation instruction during small-group robot-assisted language learning activities

Teppo Jakonen, Derya Duran, Pauliina Peltonen (2025)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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Chatbots and other conversational agents based on speech recognition and processing technologies have been gaining ground in the field of language education. Although previous research has shown that automatic recognition of second language (L2) speech is difficult, little attention has been paid to how L2 teachers and learners interact with such technology when used as an interactional participant in classroom settings. Addressing this gap, this article provides a qualitative analysis of interactional practices of unplanned and situated pronunciation instruction as a teacher and 10- to 13-year-old young learners of L2 English complete robot-assisted language learning (RALL) activities in a...

Exploring learner engagement with languages (LX) within and beyond the English classroom

Giulia Sulis (2026)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: multilingüismo

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Given the complex language repertoire of a large number of students within Austrian schools, particularly in lower secondary schools, it would be critically important to understand their practices, attitudes, and beliefs towards the multiple languages they encounter in their different areas of life. In this study I redefine and expand on the construct of engagement with language to incorporate an investigation of the different languages (hereafter LX) that learners come into contact with in and outside of school. I propose the construct of ‘engagement with LX’ to depict how learners utilize, reflect on, and relate to the LX in their repertoires in all contexts of their lives, including English as...