observación de aula

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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...

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

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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...

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

Si Neng Kot, Roberval Teixeira e Silva (2026)

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Metodología: estudio empírico

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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...

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...

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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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...

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...

Digitizing the story-writing process for EFL primary learners: An exploratory study

Anisa Cheung (2024)

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresión escrita

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The benefits of using digital storytelling are well documented in the literature. Whether and how these advantages can be extended to digital story-writing, especially for young learners, remains underexplored. Recent advancement in technology has the potential of streamlining the stages of planning and revising in a process approach to second language writing. The present study examined how English teachers in two Hong Kong primary schools adopted a process approach to teach digital story-writing. They planned eight writing lessons for 10 Primary 3–4 classes. Students were taught to use Google Slides to write their stories on iPads and complete a recording in small groups, which were then published on an online platform. Findings from focus-group interviews, lesson observations and student writings revealed that students were highly...

Genre instruction, textual borrowing, and foreign language writing: Graduate teaching assistant perspectives and practices

Heather Willis Allen, Kate Paesani (2022)

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Metodología: estudio empírico

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Although writing plays a significant role in communication, 21st century literacies and academic foreign language learning, little research has investigated approaches to and instructional practices of writing in foreign language (FL) contexts. To address this gap, the current study explores how postsecondary FL teachers conceptualize writing instruction and apply their conceptual knowledge in the classroom. Using a sociocultural theory perspective, this qualitative study focuses on genre-based writing instruction and the teaching of textual borrowing among three graduate teaching assistants in a lower-level French as a FL course. Findings, based on analysis of classroom observations, teaching materials, and interviews, demonstrate that participants’ conceptualizations and implementation of textual borrowing were emergent, variable,...

Boosting engagement through gamified cooperative teaching: a mixed-methods study in middle school EFL

Tianli Zhou, Lianguo Wu (2026)

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Metodología: estudio empírico

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Addressing the pervasive issue of low engagement in Chinese junior high school English classrooms, this study evaluates the efficacy of gamified cooperative teaching (GCT) using a mixed-methods design. By integrating surveys, pre- and postintervention vocabulary tests, systematic classroom observations, and semi-structured interviews, the research examines the behavioral and cognitive shifts of a cohort of seventh-grade English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners. Findings indicate that the implementation of GCT was associated with a notable increase in active classroom participation and improved vocabulary retention compared with traditional instructional methods. Qualitative data from interviews and observations further suggest that the gamified collaborative framework effectively fostered student motivation and enhanced classroom...

Lacking bridges and apprehensive tensions: The impact of emotions and contextual factors on German L3 teachers’ perceptions and grammar teaching practices

Deni Beslagic (2025)

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: creencias y actitudes de los profesores

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This article reports the findings of a multiple-case study on four teachers of German as a third language (GL3) at a Swedish lower secondary school (year 7). To gain a better understanding of third language (L3) teachers’ pedagogical perceptions and practices about grammar teaching to young beginners, teacher emotions are used as a theoretical frame. The data consist of individual interviews, lesson observations and immediate post-observational oral reflections that are analysed qualitatively using thematic content analysis with narrative features. The study points out the links between emotions and contextual factors inside and outside the classroom – such as time, workload, colleagues’ teaching...