Tipo: artículo

Metodología: experiencia práctica

Temas: aprendizaje-servicio

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El presente artículo describe el diseño e implementación de un programa internacional de aprendizaje-servicio virtual (APSv) planteado a partir de una pedagogía crítica comprometida con la comunidad (Daigre, 2000; Mitchell, 2008). Pese a las expectativas y retos, nos propusimos explorar la posibilidad de traspasar las barreras geográficas a través de la tecnología, con la finalidad de que estudiantes de español como lengua extranjera (ELE), nivel B2-C1 del MCER, interactuaran y aprendieran con socios comunitarios localizados en el extranjero (Colombia, en específico). De esta manera, se dio paso a la creación de un salón de clases global con el que se intentaron contrarrestar los efectos...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: aprendizaje-servicio

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Service learning courses have seen a sharp increase in a variety of disciplines in universities internationally. Language classes, in particular, enjoy the advantages of offering students exposure to the languages and cultures about which they are studying. With the rise in the number of Spanish speakers around the world, university instructors are realizing the benefits of using service learning (SL) as a means to connect students with the community while putting them in direct contact with the target language (Bettencourt, 2015). Because of the variations of Spanish spoken worldwide due to the diversity of Hispanic populations and cultures, educators can also observe whether students...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: aprendizaje-servicio

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El enfoque Aprendizaje-Servicio consiste en aprender ejecutando tareas que repercutan positivamente en la comunidad. A través de este enfoque proponemos una unidad didáctica para los niveles C1-C2. La unidad se divide en tres partes: en la primera se introduce el tema mediante tareas de comprensión e interacción oral. En la segunda, se trabaja la comprensión lectora a partir del cómic Viñetas de vida, cuyo objetivo es sensibilizar a la población de la necesidad de la cooperación internacional. Finalmente, en la tercera parte, se realiza la tarea final de expresión escrita que consiste en la redacción de un informe en que se exponen datos relevantes sobre la cooperación y se propone un plan de...

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Tipo: capítulo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: creencias y actitudes de los estudiantes

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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: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: español para fines específicos

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Over the past two decades, Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) and Community Service Learning (CSL) in the United States (US) have gained traction in post-secondary institutions. Abbott and Lear (2010) established that CSL provides excellent opportunities for students to meet the National Foreign Language Standards. After establishing a brief historical overview of programs and research in the fields of Spanish LSP and CSL, this paper provides an overview of core issues facing the field, i.e., the need to (1) focus LSP on a new specific purpose (foundational training in professionalism) (i.e., those linguistic abilities, behaviors, skills, and manners that are vital to all professions in the target culture), (2) thread this training in professionalism throughout the curriculum (from basic language, to majors, to graduate students...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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Although extensive research exists on the personal, social, and academic outcomes of community-engaged programs (CEPs), limited research exists on vocabulary learning and students' perceptions of their own vocabulary learning through participation in a CEP. Likewise, limited research exists on vocabulary learning in mixed-proficiency groups of Spanish second language (L2) learners. This study contributes to the current literature by exploring the vocabulary learning of 57 mixed-proficiency L2-Spanish college students who participated in a health-focused after-school program with Spanish—English bilingual children in a Midwestern city in the US. The higher proficiency students were enrolled in a language-focused class, whereas the lower-level students were enrolled in a Spanish for health professional—s class. Student reflective...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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This study reports on vocabulary learning through service-learning (SL) where Spanish L2 learners participated in a story-time program with bilingual children. The descriptive, observational, and qualitative analysis of data sources (e.g., journals, vocabulary assessments) describes language learning "sowing" events (van Lier 2000) that supported vocabulary learning/teaching goals: extending learners' meaningful use of the target language, increasing their usable vocabulary, and equipping them with strategies to take charge of their own lexical development (Nation 2013). Framed through sociocultural perspectives, findings show that learners retained vocabulary targeted through their service as a result of doing with the language in a context in which language exchanges were meaningful, creative, and unscripted. Moreover, the activity'...

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