Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: certificación

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Actualmente existe una gran demanda para la obtención de certificaciones de idiomas. Por ello, se han de realizar estudios sobre la validez y eficacia de los exámenes de acreditación de idiomas para asegurarnos de que miden con fiabilidad el nivel de desempeño lingüístico de los aprendientes y que se adecúan al perfil de los estudiantes y a sus necesidades personales y profesionales. Asimismo, al realizarse estos exámenes a nivel internacional, se han de analizar los factores culturales que pudieran afectar en la realización de las pruebas. Por último, es importante promover los aspectos motivacionales que ayudarán al aprendiente en la preparación de las pruebas y desarrollar material...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: actitudes lingüísticas

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In this study we investigate the sources of individual differences in the language attitudes of 125 students enrolled in a language school in La Coruña (Galicia). Attitudes towards Galician, Spanish, English and French were found to be linked to self-perceived proficiency in all languages except Spanish. The type of upbringing (monolingual or bilingual) was found to affect attitudes towards Galician and Spanish. Age of onset of learning had an effect only on attitudes towards Galician. Exposure to foreign languages through television corresponded with more favourable attitudes towards these languages.  Visits to the foreign country had a similar effect on attitudes towards English but...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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This study investigates whether the integration of AI in primary education relates to the digital divide and educational inequality, thereby examining the mediating roles of AI usage and digital literacy. Using survey and national registry data from 4497 Grade 6 students in the Netherlands (2022–2023), we examined relations between family socioeconomic status (SES) and personality traits (openness, extraversion, perseverance) via AI usage and digital literacy to academic performance. Our analyses revealed that digital literacy, not AI usage, positively mediated the relationship between all three personality traits and academic achievement. Family SES demonstrated a strong, direct...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: diferencias individuales

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The present article studies the relation between learning styles in language learning and educational culture in Romania before and after the fall of the communist regime. The sample consists of 204 Romanian students learning Spanish in Madrid. To measure learning styles, the Cuestionario Honey Alonso (CHAEA) was used. Educational culture, understood as behaviors, beliefs and attitudes with respect to the learning process, was analyzed using the Cuestionario de Cultura Educativa (CCE), based on the cultural dimensions theory and model by Hofstede (1986, 2001). Significant changes were found in educational culture and dominant learning styles between both periods,...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: vocabulario

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Este estudio examina el papel de los estímulos emocionales en el aprendizaje léxico de una segunda lengua, considerando no solo la ganancia media, sino también la relación entre conocimiento léxico previo, aprendizaje y variabilidad interindividual. Mediante un diseño cuasi-experimental con pretest y postest, se compararon dos condiciones de enseñanza: una presentación del vocabulario con estímulos emocionales y otra neutra. Los resultados muestran que la condición emocional presenta una tendencia hacia mayores ganancias léxicas, aunque sin alcanzar significación estadística convencional. Asimismo, el conocimiento léxico previo emerge como un predictor significativo del rendimiento...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly integrating into design education, yet its effects on student learning processes remain empirically underexplored. This study reports a sequential mixed-methods investigation across a built-environment faculty at a research-intensive university, drawing on 24 faculty interviews, a survey of 32 instructors with regression modelling, and five clustered discussions involving 31 participants. Faculty accounts converge on a pattern in which AI amplifies existing differences in student readiness rather than producing uniform improvements. Consistent with cognitive offloading theory, students with stronger foundations use AI to extend reasoning...

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Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: diferencias individuales

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Questo commento analizza il contributo con il titolo “Perception of educational culture and learning styles in language learning: the Romanian case” di Isabel Morera Bañas e Kris Buyse. L’articolo propone due linee di ricerca: l’identificazione dei condizionamenti culturali negli stili di apprendimento dei rumeni che imparano lo spagnolo nelle scuole di lingua sul territorio della Spagna alla quale si aggiunge una dimensione contrastiva che vuole mettere in risalto le differenze tra gli stili di apprendimento dei rumeni integrati nel sistema scolastico comunista e quelli scolarizzati nel periodo postcomunista. Il commento porta sull’utilità dello studio di Morera e Buyse nella didattica...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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The growth and uptake of educational technology has significantly reshaped the delivery of distance and online learning. With an unprecedented number of learners engaging with online modes of education, there is a growing need to understand the underlying student enrolment motivations, goals and learning behaviours evolving from a highly diverse student population. Research in learning analytics has advanced the use of digital data to understand student learning processes. However, there remains a limited understanding of how non-traditional learner characteristics, needs and motivational factors influence their learning behaviour and engagement strategies. Survey data from 232 students...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: inteligencias múltiples

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La teoría de las Inteligencias Múltiples de Gardner supone un gran impacto en el diseño de las programaciones curriculares, ya que busca potenciar las estrategias de aprendizaje más propicias para el alumnado. En este trabajo, se hace una revisión de las teorías sobre la inteligencia más influyente y se propone una actividad didáctica para favorecer el proceso de enseñanza - aprendizaje del Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE), haciendo uso de las ocho inteligencias múltiples.

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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With growing attention attached to young students’ social and emotional well-being besides their cognitive development, social and emotional learning (SEL) has been increasingly researched in general school education over the past decades with its positive effects on academic performance reported. However, SEL research has not emerged in English as a foreign language (EFL) learning contexts. To bridge the void, the current research aimed to profile Hong Kong secondary school students’ SEL competence level and examine the intricate relationships among the four SEL competence clusters (i.e. self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and social management) and English learning achievements. The results indicated an overall medium level of SEL competence among 315 secondary school grade level 3 students and suggested a gap between...

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