Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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La función y la utilidad del feedback sobre los trabajos de escritura en la clase de lenguas extranjeras es un tema ampliamente debatido en el campo y hoy sabemos que no cualquier tipo de feedback es efectivo. El propósito de este artículo es analizar y discutir los resultados obtenidos en un curso de escritura llevado a cabo en una universidad danesa con estudiantes de la carrera de máster de español, donde se ha experimentado con una cadena de distintos tipos de feedback para apoyar el aprendizaje y la motivación de las/os participantes. El curso, inspirado en un enfoque socioconstructivista del aprendizaje, se caracteriza por su énfasis en las necesidades y los deseos de los aprendices, quienes asumen...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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As language departments increasingly face enrollment concerns, empirical research can provide insights regarding students' reasons to study Spanish. Motivation has a key influence in learners' success and can be internal (e.g., an intrinsic desire or passion for learning) or external (e.g., imposed by others). This study examined motivational factors (motives) for students (N = 149) enrolled in the first required, last required, and first elective Spanish undergraduate courses. Seven motivational categories were examined: Integrative, Instrumental, Intrinsic, Ideal self, Ought-to self, Wish for language proficiency, and Political context. Results at all levels showed that Wish for language fluency was the principal motivator while factors stemming from external motivations were less important. Students in the elective course displayed...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza de español en China

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La enseñanza del Español como Lengua Extranjera en las universidades chinas cuenta con profesores nativos y no nativos. La colaboración docente, pese a resultar beneficiosa tanto para los estudiantes de lengua como para los docentes, no está lo suficientemente desarrollada en el ámbito de la enseñanza superior. A través de una encuesta en línea de carácter exploratorio, esta investigación identifica rasgos comunes, en los departamentos de español, relacionados con: los planes de estudio, los manuales de aprendizaje, la asignación de clases y las dificultades del trabajo en equipo. Por último, teniendo en cuenta estas características, presentamos un programa colaborativo entre docentes nativos...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: evaluación

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Each year in the United States, hundreds of thousands of undergraduate students enroll in introductory Spanish courses. For many students, passing these classes is a prerequisite for graduation. Consequently, it is imperative that the exams used in these courses are of the highest possible quality. For decades, the Rasch model (a special case of logistic regression) has been used to evaluate high-stakes language assessment, but has rarely been applied to exams used in classrooms. The current study employs the Rasch model to evaluate a midterm exam administered in the fourth week of an introductory Spanish class (n = 399 across 17 sections). This model identifies which questions best evaluate students at different proficiency levels and shows that the test reliably assigns scores near the pass-fail cutoff. The results of this study...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español en Estados Unidos

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En este informe nuestro objetivo es analizar la situación del español en el ámbito universitario estadounidense, que comprende: (a) escuelas técnicas (community / junior / technical colleges), con programas de dos años que otorgan certificaciones de formación profesional o de los dos primeros años de una titulación universitaria superior; (b) escuelas universitarias (colleges), cuyos programas se distribuyen a lo largo de...

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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: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: enseñanza de español en Estados Unidos

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This article chronicles the teaching and learning of Spanish in the United States (US) preschool through college (preK-16) from the 1800s to the present day and beyond. National and local policies, initiatives, and practices are reviewed as well as program and curricular models and methodologies at each educational level: pre-kindergarten through elementary school; junior high, middle, and high school; college and university. From the 1800s until the 1980s, teaching and learning Spanish was steeped in tradition, incorporating predominantly grammar translation and reading great works of literature. Some exceptions to instruction included the Berlitz method and the audiolingual methods. An enrollment crisis in the 1970s propelled change in instructional delivery. These innovations were guided by research that then informed the creation...

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Tipo: libro

Temas: español para fines específicos

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Learner-centered practical strategies, models, and resources for the development of world languages for specific purposes curriculum.

The world today is changing, and college-level language departments are rethinking and revamping their vision and curricular offerings as a result. The field of world languages for specific purposes (WLSP) presents a solution to these challenges, helping students develop language skills and intercultural competencies as they focus on content-based professional areas such as business, law, and medicine. As demand for these courses grows, teachers and administrators seek research-based information on how to develop and teach WLSP curricula. This book bridges theory and practice, inviting scholars, educators, students, and professionals of all areas of world language specialization to...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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This study investigated differences in students' foreign language anxiety and foreign language self-efficacy related to skill-specific foreign language tasks (i.e., speaking, listening, reading, and writing) across five levels of university foreign language coursework. A total of 206 participants in 12 university Spanish classrooms (ranging from Beginning Spanish I to Intermediate Spanish II) were surveyed for this study. The findings revealed that students who have higher levels of skill-specific foreign language anxieties provided corresponding lower ratings on skill-specific foreign language self-efficacies. Analyses also revealed that students' ratings for foreign language anxiety for each foreign language-learning skill were not significantly different across the five levels of coursework. However, students' ratings of foreign...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: español académico

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El presente monográfico ofrece una visión actualizada de la investigación sobre el discurso académico (oral y escrito) en español como segunda lengua (L2), a la luz de los nuevos contextos de aprendizaje y metodologías de enseñanza en el nivel universitario. Su actualidad y relevancia en este momento se justifica por el creciente número de estudiantes no nativos de español que acuden a las universidades de habla hispana, un fenómeno paralelo al de la cada vez mayor movilidad estudiantil internacional, que ha generado un área de gran interés para la didáctica específica del español.

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