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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: gamificación

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Limited vocabulary leads to decreased performance and motivation in reading comprehension among students who learn English as a foreign language (EFL). Morphological analysis provides an effective means to problem-solve the meanings of unknown words and support reading comprehension. This study designed the non-digital gamification approach based on the five game features proposed by Richard E. Mayer to support collaborative morphological analysis. It compared the effects of a non-digital gamified and conventional morphological analysis intervention on reading outcomes and intrinsic motivation. An explanatory sequential mixed-method research design was adopted. Two classes from a secondary school in China were recruited and assigned to either the experimental group receiving the non-digital gamified programme ( N = 52) or the control...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresión escrita

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Collaborative writing (CW) involves two or more students writing a single text together. Previous studies mainly focused on students’ cognitive engagement in CW and investigated their attention to various language-related problems during task interaction. However, little CW research to date has considered that engagement in language-related discussions can manifest from three dimensions: cognitive, social, and affective. Focusing on the multidimensional characteristics of engagement, this study investigated how Russian learners’ social and affective reactions influence their focus on language use while they completed a CW task. Drawing on Svalberg’s framework of engagement with language to identify the three dimensions of engagement, I conducted a mixed-method approach towards analysing the audio-recorded collaborative dialogues by...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: redes sociales

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En este artículo se presenta una experiencia práctica real basada en una tarea digital comunicativa a través de una red social de cine. La enseñanza del español como lengua extranjera lleva mucho tiempo basándose en un aprendizaje significativo por tareas donde las actividades tienen un objetivo que además de ser lingüístico debe ir más allá, hacia un aprendizaje social y cultural de la lengua, orientado a una situación comunicativa real. La autonomía del aprendiente, el aprendizaje por descubrimiento o el aprendizaje cooperativo también se han convertido en conceptos esenciales del mundo E/LE. ¿Por qué no aplicar estos conceptos al uso de las TIC tan integradas en el día a día de nuestros alumnos...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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Although the learning benefits of peer feedback in English-as-a-foreign-language writing instruction have been well recognized, the process and effects of peer feedback are largely reliant on teacher agency in conducting such activities. However, inadequate research has been conducted on this issue, leaving the dynamic features and causes of teacher agency in peer feedback largely unknown. Drawing on an ecological perspective, this comparative case study examined how two English-as-a-foreign-language teachers from two universities enacted agency in organizing peer feedback activities in their writing instructions. Multiple data including classroom observation, interviews and relevant teaching documents were collected and coded for themes. The study revealed that both teachers exerted dynamic agency in creating peer feedback...

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Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: escritura creativa

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El propósito de esta propuesta didáctica consiste en desarrollar la expresión escrita a través de la composición de microrrelatos de forma colaborativa, haciendo uso de la plataforma de microblogging Twitter, y la autocorrección de los mismos por parte de los alumnos.

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresión escrita

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This study examined how timing influences writing behaviors and associated cognitive activities in second language users during computer-assisted collaborative writing and whether task complexity mediates this relationship. The study involved 56 Chinese participants with English proficiency levels at CEFR B2 and C1. They were randomly arranged into 28 pairs. Each pair completed two counterbalanced writing tasks in a reading-to-write format, differing in cognitive complexity. The simple task version involved summarizing a single text, whereas the complex task version required writing a summary of three texts. Keystroke logging software tracked the participants’ typing behaviors during the tasks....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: aprendizaje colaborativo

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Groupwork has become ubiquitous in language education, with the clear benefits of interaction and output on language acquisition. A body of research has investigated this interaction in pairs and small groups, and there is an increased understanding that individual group context is a key factor in determining the behavior of students. This article reports on a study that first investigated emergent leadership within groups, and the influence of the group on leader stability. The study then examined how leadership is represented in student task engagement. Students were placed into fixed small groups for the first semester, and then allowed to self-select into groups for the second semester. Perceptions of leadership were measured three times in each semester, and leaders were identified in each group. Results showed that changing...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: aprendizaje colaborativo

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Pair dynamics has received much attention in collaborative writing (CW) research. Prior research on the link between pair dynamics and L2 learning opportunities (often operationalized as language related episodes; LREs) in CW has primarily focused on the quantity, length, and outcome of LREs, but rarely considered the quality of the LREs. Also, scarce research has considered the fluctuating nature of pair dynamics and its impact on the L2 learning opportunities. This study employs an approach of detecting pair dynamics that accounts for its fluid nature to investigate how learners’ collaboration in various aspects of CW may influence the quantity, quality, focus, and outcome of the LREs in CW tasks by intermediate L2 learners. Results indicated that while discussion on task management and organization generally took up a limited...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: aprendizaje basado en proyectos

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En el marco de las metodologías activas y la enseñanza de idiomas, el enfoque por proyectos sitúa al estudiante en el centro del proceso de aprendizaje, concibe la adquisición de la lengua conectada con la realidad y mejora las habilidades lingüísticas, personales, sociales y profesionales. Este trabajo desarrolla la posibilidad de implementar este enfoque en la enseñanza del español con fines específicos (EFE) mediante una propuesta dirigida a profesionales del sector turístico de nivel B1. Tomando como punto de partida el manual Profesionales del turismo, se expone el diseño de un proyecto que tiene como objetivo elaborar un póster científico sobre el turismo de un destino hispano, a partir de...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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This study examines the evolution and regulation of group-level enjoyment of online collaborative language learning. Three Chinese undergraduate learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) collaborated to finish a series of English writing tasks via an online group enabled by WeChat, a popular social instant messaging app in Chinese-speaking communities. The data were collected in three sessions over a single semester using an idiodynamic approach for participants’ ratings of enjoyment intensity and stimulated recall interviews for participants’ descriptions of emotion regulation types. The data were analysed using deductive qualitative thematic analysis and quantitative descriptive analysis...

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