Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: aprendizaje autónomo

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The current study investigated how problem-based English language learning influenced Korean secondary students’ self-directed learning readiness (SDLR). Based on the analysis of 78 students’ responses on the pre- and post-surveys, it was revealed that the students experienced significant increases in their SDLR in 18 out of 46 items, and many were related to learning strategy management, examination management, and time management. While male students showed an increase in five items, female students revealed an increase in 19 items, mostly related to learning strategy management, stress management, and assignment management. In the analysis of the relative significance of the change, the females revealed a more meaningful increase of their SDLR in seven items compared to the males. The items were focused on assignment management,...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: estrategias de aprendizaje

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This article reports findings from a larger research project which aimed to promote learner autonomy among Thai secondary school learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) through strategy-based instruction (SBI). The study involved 30 learners from an intervention class and 32 learners from a comparison class. Nine strategies were introduced to the intervention class learners over a semester with the purpose of helping them develop essential skills for strategic and autonomous language learning. This article focuses on examining how explicit teaching of strategies in class affected learners’ reading scores and approaches to reading. It also observes the effects of SBI on learners’ perceptions of their ability to read English. Findings from the pre-, post- and delayed reading tests and think-aloud reading sessions showed...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: aprendizaje colaborativo

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El presente trabajo se centra en una serie de actividades realizadas en las clases de E/LE de la Universidad de Chipre (niveles A1, A2 y B1 del MCER) y de los Institutos de Enseñanza Secundaria de Chipre (nivel A1/A2). Son actividades que promueven el trabajo colaborativo y la investigación por parte del alumno. Diseñadas para poder realizarse en clase de manera sencilla, a fin de no consumir mucho tiempo en el aula y que puedan ser llevadas cómodamente por el profesor, promueven la investigación y selección de la información en la propia L2, así como el trabajo autónomo de nuestros estudiantes, para construir un aprendizaje y conocimiento colectivo. Se trabajarán diferentes destrezas de forma...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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The contribution of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies to second language (L2) education has recently garnered significant attention in various contexts. However, the way these strategies interact with task engagement in the domain of specific language skills such as L2 writing has been overlooked. To fill this gap, this study employed an experimental–comparison group, pretest–posttest design, conducted within a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design, to investigate whether and how SRL strategies-based writing instruction of English argumentative essays affected L2 learners’ task engagement in the short and long term. The intervention and control intervention consisted of a 14-session instructional program on writing English argumentative essays. The intervention was enhanced with an SRL strategies-based instruction based...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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A central point that has attracted researchers’ attention for several decades is related to establishing the causal relationship between student motivation and second language (L2) achievement. Based on self-determination theory, we investigated the effects of motivational interventions applied by English language teachers on subsequent L2 achievement through the meditating effect of students’ basic psychological need for autonomy, intrinsic motivation, and motivational intensity. To obtain precise results, we applied structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine whether the impact of the intervention on L2 achievement was direct and/or indirect. The results of SEM indicated that the effect is both direct and indirect, and the model variables explained approximately 87% of the variance in students’ achievement. Moreover, the indirect...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español para fines específicos

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En esta comunicación queremos presentar los resultados de la aplicación del diario de aprendizaje en nuestros cursos de Español para Fines Específicos (EFE) como herramienta reflexiva para facilitar y evaluar el proceso de aprendizaje. Cuando pedimos a nuestros estudiantes que escribieran sus diarios pretendíamos alcanzar un doble objetivo. Por un lado, esperábamos desarrollar su pensamiento crítico y una actitud abierta al debate y al cuestionamiento sobre lo que sucede en el aula. Por otra parte, esperábamos usar esta técnica para garantizar una mayor calidad de enseñanza. Los diarios nos ofrecieron información detallada sobre lo que los estudiantes habían aprendido durante el curso y cómo fue su...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: estrategias de aprendizaje

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There is an increasing recognition that effective deployment of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies is essential for the development of second/foreign language learners’ abilities to accomplish learning goals. Within models of SRL, a prerequisite for the active employment of SRL strategies is learners’ self-efficacy, which interacts with strategy use in all phases. In the domain of second language (L2) writing, previous research mainly adopted a variable-centred approach to investigate the relationship between SRL strategy use and self-efficacy whereas person-centred questions have largely been neglected. Performing latent profile analysis (LPA) with undergraduate students of English as a foreign language (EFL), we identified three SRL profiles that differed quantitatively concerning levels of self-efficacy. The efficacious self-...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: experiencia práctica

Temas: discurso digital

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En abril de 2006 llevé a cabo una experiencia con mis alumnos de español como lengua extranjera (E/LE) y la utilización de blogs en una escuela de español en Barcelona. Partiendo de una investigación previa sobre la utilización de blogs en la enseñanza de E/LE, así como en la enseñanza en general y en la enseñanza de lenguas, decidí hacer un curso especial dedicado a los blogs. Los alumnos tenían un nivel B2 y diferentes nacionalidades: Brasil, Japón, Noruega y Hungría.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: comprensión oral

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Listening instruction in language education often remains product-oriented, focusing on comprehension accuracy rather than awareness of cognitive processes and learner self-regulation. Grounded in metacognitive and self-regulated learning frameworks, this study examined the effectiveness of an artificial intelligence (AI)-mediated metacognitive listening textbook designed to promote metacognitive awareness and learner autonomy through guided reflection and adaptive feedback. The textbook implemented a four-phase metacognitive cycle (planning, monitoring, evaluating, reflecting) supported by AI feedback that helped learners diagnose comprehension challenges, plan strategies, and monitor progress. A 12-week quasi-experimental mixed-methods design was conducted with 500 upper-secondary learners divided into experimental (n = 250) and...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: aprendizaje autónomo

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Self-regulated learning (SRL) is crucial to online language learning. Previous studies have shown that learners’ self-efficacy, task value, and SRL strategies improve SRL in online language learning contexts. However, how self-efficacy and task value affect different types of online SRL strategies is understudied. This study investigated the determinants of different types of online SRL strategies in online language learning courses to determine whether task value mediated self-efficacy and online SRL strategies. A total of 425 international university students who studied online Chinese language courses were recruited to complete self-report questionnaires measuring self-efficacy, task value and four types of online SRL strategies. Structural equation modelling showed that self-efficacy had significantly direct and positive effects...

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