Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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While motivational regulation strategies (MRSs) both as a core facet of self-regulated learning and as a pedagogical issue have attracted increasing attention from researchers and practitioners, what motivational regulation strategies learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) or English as a second language (ESL) tend to use and how these strategies may be associated with learner motivational beliefs in English learning remain under-researched. To fill this research gap, this study aims to contribute to a holistic understanding of Chinese EFL students’ use of MRSs and its relations to English learning motivational beliefs. Data were collected from 638 non-English major undergraduate students through two self-report questionnaires in a College English Course context. Results showed that students reported high frequency use of...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: variación y variedades del español

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En las últimas décadas se ha puesto de relieve la importancia de incluir las variedades lingüísticas en la clase de ELE y en los manuales de enseñanza de español, pero poco se ha considerado la formación que reciben los profesores que imparten esta docencia para poder aportar una enseñanza adecuada y rigurosa a sus alumnos. Para ello destacamos la necesidad de mejorar la metodología aplicada a la enseñanza de las variedades lingüísticas en el ámbito universitario con la confección y análisis de muestras reales de lengua que fomenten la atención y motivación de los estudiantes y mejoren, al mismo tiempo, su nivel de conocimientos. Presentamos aquí los resultados obtenidos durante la docencia a...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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The aim of this qualitative multiple-case study is to examine how six teachers implement linguistic mediation in their classrooms and to explore the implications of these practices for language pedagogy. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with three novice and three experienced teachers working at higher education institutions in Türkiye. Following the introduction of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages Companion Volume , mediation has become central to language education, with an increasing emphasis on mediation-oriented approaches. The findings indicate that, although 11 specific mediation activities and strategies (such as linking to prior knowledge and integrating technology) were identified, participants demonstrated limited conceptual clarity regarding mediation. Nevertheless, both novice...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: telecolaboración e intercambios virtuales

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This article investigates how engaging students to discuss topics that reflect their ideologies in lingua franca (LF) virtual exchanges can help facilitate global citizenship development. A six-week virtual exchange is explored with students from universities in Mexico, Poland, Spain, and the USA. This study utilizes five key elements of CALL-related tasks and three categories of telecollaborative tasks in order to promote students’ global citizenship, defined as awareness, caring, and embracing cultural diversity while promoting social justice and sustainability, coupled with a sense of responsibility to act. During the exchange, 55 participants, registered for foreign language courses (English or Spanish) or for a content area course (such as business and pedagogy) taught in English, met weekly in groups via Zoom video conferencing...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: dramatización

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Research in language learning indicates that process drama (PD), an educational approach where students and teachers work in and out of role to explore themes and issues, can be well suited to the Japanese higher education (HE) context. Despite the benefits highlighted in the literature, PD remains a niche approach to language teaching and learning, with a limited number of practitioners in Japan. This study seeks to uncover language teachers’ experiences of becoming Process Drama Practitioners (PDPs) and using and sharing PD as an English language teaching approach in Japanese HE. Data were collected via in-depth interviews with six experienced PDPs. The findings indicate that prior positive experiences with drama was an encouraging factor of the adoption and self-directed initial use of PD in their teaching practices. Positive...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua extranjera

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This study investigates pronunciation instruction in Spanish and Portuguese classrooms at universities in Japan and South Korea, contexts underexplored in applied linguistics. Using a mixed-methods approach, surveys from 120 participants (29 professors and 91 students) reveal disparities in attitudes and practices. South Korean professors place greater emphasis on pronunciation’s role in communicative competence, whereas Japanese professors report challenges linked to insufficient training and the marginalization of pronunciation in curricula. Students in both contexts highlight engagement gaps and self-perceived difficulties, particularly among Japanese learners of Portuguese. The findings challenge pervasive native-speaker ideologies, advocating for a shift toward intelligibility-focused instruction that values linguistic diversity...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: pronunciación

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Cuando los profesores de E/LE enseñan la comunicación oral, se dan cuenta de que muchos estudiantes no pueden mantener una conversación por simple que esta sea debido, muchas veces, al escaso conocimiento que los alumnos tienen de la pronunciación. Una de las preguntas que se plantean los profesores, entonces, es la de cómo enseñar la fonética aplicada. En este artículo presentamos una experiencia de actividad didáctica innovadora, llevada a cabo con estudiantes universitarios francófonos. Esta actividad hace hincapié en las imágenes y en los gestos, y su objetivo es ayudar al estudiante a apropiarse correctamente de los sonidos que le causan mayor dificultad.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: metodología de investigación

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Practitioner research plays a crucial role in education because of its applied nature and its ability to address pertinent issues within learning and teaching contexts. Exploratory practice (EP) is a form of practitioner research that emphasizes puzzles while striving to understand and improve students’ and teachers’ quality of life in the language classroom. Our puzzlement as EP practitioners began to take shape as we received a variety of feedback – both positive and negative – on our EP-infused lessons from our past students. Therefore, we started to ponder the enduring repercussions of an EP experience on participants’ subsequent learning and quality of life, extending beyond the immediate...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: experiencia práctica

Temas: tecnología educativa

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Muchos problemas de profesores de Español como Lengua Extranjera (E/LE) que trabajan fuera de España se ven aliviados por la utilización de tecnologías de información y de comunicación, herramientas que permiten poner en práctica los conocimientos lingüísticos y a la vez enriquecer el contenido intercultural. Este artículo tiene por objetivo presentar una experiencia práctica en un contexto muy preciso: enseñanza de E/LE en la Universidad Estatal de los Urales A. M. Gorki, en la ciudad de Ekaterinburgo, Rusia, con el acceso muy reducido de ambos, profesores y estudiantes, a casos auténticos sobre el uso de la lengua española.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pronunciación

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Evidence has mounted for the effectiveness of second language pronunciation instruction. Given the critical role instructors play in implementing effective instruction, one line of inquiry has been to better understand instructors’ beliefs and practices as they relate to second language pronunciation teaching and learning. A critical gap, however, is that such research has focused primarily on English, with only limited focus on languages other than English. Amongst languages other than English, there remains next to no emphasis on less commonly taught languages. Such languages should be of interest given a well-documented dearth of quality instructional materials. This study investigated less...

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