Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pronunciación fonética study abroad/estudios en el extranjero

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The current study analyzes vowel quality production across the lexical factors of cognate status and timing of word introduction, the linguistic factor of vowel position (pre-tonic, tonic, or post-tonic), and individual factors including age of acquisition of Spanish and length of study abroad. Participants were 29 intermediate second language Spanish learners who completed an oral text reading task. Results found that learners pronounced vowels differently in early as compared to later introduced words and in tonic (stressed) position compared to unstressed (pre-tonic/post-tonic) position. However, cognate status and individual factors were in general not statistically significant. These results lead us to suggest that pronunciation instruction should ideally begin early in the acquisition process and include explanations of vowel...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: corpus gramática vocabulario

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The current article offers an overview of scholarship on additional-language (e.g., second-language, heritage-language) users of Spanish that has been carried out using learner corpora in the last decade. I focus the review of Spanish learner corpus research on investigations that have examined grammar (e.g., fluency, grammatical gender), vocabulary (e.g., lexical diversity), and pragmatics (e.g., discourse markers), and I highlight the contributions that this body of work has made to the understanding of the use and development of additional-language Spanish. I also discuss the pedagogical applications that this line of inquiry may have. I conclude by identifying specific avenues for future work pertaining to research on additional-language learning and the development of new corpora.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: profesorado formación de profesores español en Europa

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El primer estudio europeo sobre competencias lingüísticas (European Survey on Language Competences) mostró cifras alarmantes sobre el bajo nivel de español LE/L2 de los alumnos suecos en contraste con su alto dominio del inglés. El proyecto de investigación TAL (Teaching, Assessment, Learning) (2015-2018) surgió para investigar estos resultados en el contexto de la enseñanza de segundas lenguas. El presente estudio muestra las experiencias y opiniones de los docentes de español LE/L2 desde la óptica de su perfil laboral y formativo en el contexto escolar sueco. 114 docentes de español LE/L2 participaron en la encuesta del proyecto. Los resultados constatan la escasez de...

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Tipo: capítulo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: creencias y actitudes de los estudiantes aprendizaje-servicio español como lengua de herencia

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This study contributes to research on second language pedagogy by exploring the experience of advanced second language and heritage language university students of Spanish who, as part of their class, participated in a community-based learning experience in local health and social service clinics serving vulnerable populations. By focusing on students' memories and perceptions of the experience as well as their acquisition of vocabulary, the study elucidates not only the concrete gains in linguistic ability but also the affective aspect of a community-based learning experience.

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Este estudio contribuye a las investigaciones de la pedagogía de segundas lenguas de servicio a la comunidad al explorar las experiencias de estudiantes universitarios de español de segundas lenguas y de herencia en una clase con un...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: sociolingüística multilingüismo

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In this article we explore the role of linguistic landscapes, which refers to language on display in public spaces, in the teaching of languages and enhancing language awareness. Signage can be useful for language learners as a pedagogical tool for language acquisition and to explore issues of multilingualism.

We focus in particular on the multilingual education context in the Basque Country in Spain, where the three languages of instruction are Basque, Spanish and English. Our analysis is based on data collected in public spaces, from students in primary schools and masters-level students at university. Our data include signage in a local covered market, and on the walls of schools as...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: sociolingüística enseñanza de ELE variación y variedades del español

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A través de este monográfico queremos contribuir al avance disciplinar de la enseñanza del español desde una perspectiva sociolingüística más ambiciosa y abierta que, junto a las consideraciones y aportes relacionados con los distintos niveles de variación y cambio de la lengua en contextos de enseñanza y aprendizaje, identifique ámbitos de acción y ofrezca respuestas ante fenómenos, entornos y dinámicas sociales que están presentes dentro y fuera de nuestras aulas.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: sociolingüística variación y variedades del español español como lengua de herencia

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Este artículo examina el papel de la sociolingüística en la enseñanza del español como lengua segunda y lengua de herencia, empezando con una descripción de la función y el espacio que le han dedicado a la sociolingüística los marcos curriculares más importantes (MCER, PCIC, ACTFL World-Readiness Standards) y algunos de los principales enfoques metodológicos en la actualidad (p. ej., comunicativo, por tareas, multiliteracidades). Asimismo, se detalla la importancia de aproximaciones sociolingüísticas en los modelos y estrategias para la enseñanza de variedades del español, incluyendo aquellas que están en contacto con otras lenguas, y el papel de la sociolingüística en elucidar las ideologías lingüísticas implícitas y explícitas en los materiales didácticos. Se plantea también la importancia de incluir instrucción sobre conceptos...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: bilingüismo español como lengua de herencia estudiantes latinx

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This paper aims to redefine Spanish language education in the U.S. by showing how the increased presence of Latinx Spanish-speakers in classrooms brings into question the traditional way in which Spanish language teaching is divided into three, separate fields: as a foreign language, in bilingual education, and as a heritage language. It proposes that Spanish language education focuses on the ways in which the numerous U.S. Latinx perform language, and the reasons for their ways of languaging. The article explores the linked histories of Spanish language education in the U.S and racialization of the U.S. Latinx community. A review of how Spanish language education has constituted itself as three separate fields is then presented, as the cracks in the divisions today are analyzed. The article then proposes a reconstitution of Spanish...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación educación superior factores afectivos

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As language departments increasingly face enrollment concerns, empirical research can provide insights regarding students' reasons to study Spanish. Motivation has a key influence in learners' success and can be internal (e.g., an intrinsic desire or passion for learning) or external (e.g., imposed by others). This study examined motivational factors (motives) for students (N = 149) enrolled in the first required, last required, and first elective Spanish undergraduate courses. Seven motivational categories were examined: Integrative, Instrumental, Intrinsic, Ideal self, Ought-to self, Wish for language proficiency, and Political context. Results at all levels showed that Wish for language fluency was the principal motivator while factors stemming from external motivations were less important. Students in the elective course displayed...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: diseño curricular discriminación y racismo bilingüismo

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The present study applies critical race theory and a raciolinguistic perspective to understand the orientations of language programs in the United States towards developing bilingualism. More specifically, the study draws on survey and in-depth interview data from self-identified Latinx Spanish-English bilinguals who participated in English-dominant and bilingual curricula. We establish that the practices and policies of extant programs are grounded in injurious ideologies that result in the racialization of Latinx students. In particular, the results point to multiple factors—student assessment and placements, teachers' linguistic and social profiles, and instructors' corrective feedback—all of which racialize heritage Spanish speakers by essentializing and homogenizing them and by linking them to notions of "other", often with...

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