Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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Recently, there has been a shift in the perception of tasks. Tasks are no longer viewed as ‘one-off’ activities, and the importance of studying the role of task repetition has been increasingly addressed (Bygate, 2018). However, the way task repetition effects are mediated by other instructional conditions such as corrective feedback has not been widely researched. The current study examined the effects of task repetition and indirect synchronous written corrective feedback (WCF) during collaborative writing on the quality of students’ written task performance and the learning of Korean grammar. Fifty-four Korean as a foreign language learners completed a pretest, two collaborative writing tasks, and two posttests over 10 weeks. Their task performance was analysed in terms of complexity, accuracy and fluency, and the pretest and...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: español de los negocios

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El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar una propuesta didáctica que se enmarca dentro de la enseñanza del español para fines específicos (EFE) y, más concretamente, del español para los negocios. A partir de un enfoque comunicativo por tareas, se propone que el alumnado diseñe una campaña de publicidad de un producto. Para lograr este objetivo, los estudiantes se organizan en grupos de trabajo de entre 4 y 6 personas y deben realizar, en las distintas sesiones de trabajo, las siguientes actividades: elegir el producto que van a promocionar, identificar y hacer un perfil del público objetivo y el buyer persona de dicho producto, reflexionar sobre la mejor ubicación, elaborar un anuncio gráfico y...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: dramatización

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Drama serves as an innovative teaching method, particularly within education. It offers a mode of learning that both challenges and supports students in understanding their world, allowing them to express and convey ideas through an artistic medium. Drama is crucial in the teaching of languages and also helps to develop learners’ intercultural communication skills, stimulates learners’ sense of cooperation, and provides a simulated real social environment, authentic communication tasks, and a holistic learning method. Therefore, the present article aims to examine how drama contributes to the teaching of the Chinese language. The reason behind conducting the current study is to explore the specific benefits of drama in language teaching, particularly within the unique Chinese context. Data was gathered using a questionnaire survey...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: experiencia práctica

Temas: enseñanza en línea e híbrida

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En este trabajo presentamos el concepto de aprendizaje mixto que hemos desarrollado en nuestro centro de trabajo en el que las clases presenciales se combinan con el trabajo asíncrono en la plataforma Moodle y con sesiones síncronas en webconferencias. Nos detenemos brevemente en los papeles que según el constructivismo pedagógico —teoría que subyace a nuestro concepto— desempeñan los tres actores principales del proceso de aprendizaje: alumno, metodología y docente. A manera de ejemplo presentamos una unidad didáctica explotada de acuerdo con este concepto para poner de manifiesto de forma práctica la actuación del alumno, el trabajo colaborativo como base de la metodología constructivista de...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: uso de la L1 en el aula

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Reflecting the important role of collaborative dialogue in second language (L2) learning, collaborative writing tasks have been widely used in L2 classrooms to help students gain new knowledge and consolidate their existing knowledge about how the target language works. Although use of the first language (L1) during peer interaction has been criticized (Levine, 2003; Unamuno, 2008), collaborative dialogue research has identified how L1 English use serves several important sociocognitive functions and supports knowledge mediation in foreign language classrooms (Swain & Lapkin, 2013). This study also examines the sociocognitive functions served by English in an L2 French classroom but compares...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enfoque por tareas

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This study examined the impact of learner proficiency on the occurrence and resolution of language-related episodes (LREs) in rehearsal of interactive speaking tasks and on the subsequent use of language items from LREs during performance of the same tasks in front of the class. Forty-eight learners from six intact English as a foreign language (EFL) classes at a Vietnamese high school were divided into three proficiency groups, each consisting of eight dyads. Group 1 was higher proficiency (HH) dyads; Group 2 consisted of mixed proficiency dyads (HL) and Group 3 was lower proficiency (LL) dyads. All the pairs rehearsed and then consecutively performed a problem-solving task and a debate task in two separate classroom lessons. The total data included 48 rehearsals and 48 corresponding performances collected during normal classroom...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: géneros textuales

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Esta propuesta didáctica nace de la observación de distintos manuales de E/LE y del estudio de conceptos como tareas, uso comunicativo de la lengua y TIC. La secuencia didáctica que hemos diseñado propicia el uso comunicativo de la lengua en un contexto real y cercano, con el que los estudiantes pueden encontrarse fuera del aula. Unas vacaciones horribilis sirven de marco perfecto para lograr nuestro objetivo en esta unidad: aprender a escribir una reclamación formal. Para conseguirlo, hemos preparado unas actividades que atienden a la cronología propia de unas vacaciones y que, a su vez, otorgan al alumnado una serie de herramientas comunicativas para usar la lengua con el fin comunicativo...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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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...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: comprensión lectora

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While research has indicated that college students may benefit from collaboratively reading academic texts, little is known about how they co-construct comprehension through text-based discussions. This case study focused on two groups of undergraduate students with different degrees of participation in discussions – one active group and one silent group – in a course on English for academic purposes (EAP) at a Chinese university. Drawing upon classroom observation and semi-structured interviews, the study investigated the spontaneous use of reading strategies in 10 post-reading group discussions and probed into the key processes for comprehension building shared by the two groups. The findings suggest that the students utilized a series of reading strategies and drew on the ideational and linguistic resources shared within the group...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua extranjera

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Spanish learners engaged in two-way interaction gap tasks where, through social interaction, they identified and defined low-frequency vocabulary. Participants (referred to as actors to differentiate them from task partners) completed two such tasks. Each time, they collaborated with different partners of varying degrees of Spanish proficiency and linguistic background, either an L2 learner or a heritage speaker (HS). The purpose of the study was thus to shed light on if and how features of the collaborating partners in mixed (HS–L2) and matched (L2–L2; HS–HS) partnerships impacted vocabulary learning. Through a mixed methods analysis of the data (perception measures and qualitative responses, plus pre- and post-vocabulary tests), it was deduced that learners’ language proficiency level alone was not associated with differences in...

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