Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enfoque por tareas

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This study investigated the impact of task type and proficiency level on second language learners’ task engagement, combing the discourse analytic method with the idiodynamic method. Sixty undergraduate English-as-a-foreign-language learners in China were divided into high- and low-proficiency groups based on their scores on the Oxford Placement Test. The learners were randomly paired with a partner who shared the same proficiency level and completed a narrative task and a decision-making task. Their spoken discourse of task performance was analyzed to explore behavioral, cognitive, and social engagement....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enfoque por tareas

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The present study investigates language learners’ perceptions of what types of language learning activities they carry out in the Spanish second language (L2) classroom and what activities are the most common ones. A further aim is to investigate how the activities align with a model based on task-based language teaching. The group studied are Swedish learners of Spanish as L2 in a Swedish setting, where out of class exposure to first language (L1) Spanish is generally limited. The activities carried out in class are therefore expected to have a high impact on learners’ L2 acquisition in Spanish. The...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: enfoques y métodos

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This study systematically reviewed previous research on the effects of task repetition (TR) on second language (L2) learners’ writing performance (WP) and conducted a meta-analysis to analyse the moderating variables. A total of 17 independent studies involving 442 participants were included. The results showed that TR could significantly enhance L2 learners’ WP (g = 0.25, p < .01), though the effect size varied across different dimensions. Specifically, a significant positive medium effect size was found for fluency in L2 learners’ WP (g = 0.51, p < .01), while accuracy and lexical complexity showed significant positive small effect sizes (g = 0.24 for both, p < .01 for both). In contrast, the positive effect on syntactic complexity was minimal and not statistically...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: tecnología educativa

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Este estudio muestra una selección de enlaces en Internet que tienen que ver con la actualización de los recursos disponibles en red que pueden ser de utilidad para el docente de ELE, pensado tanto para el que ha entrado recientemente a este ámbito como para el que necesita una actualización de los recursos de que ya dispone. Una buena selección de materiales y su actualización constante facilitarán la tarea didáctica, además de que permitirá contar con un abundante material complementario al tradicional. 

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Tipo: monográfico

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: fonética

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"El presente volumen surge ante la inspiración de convocar a docentes e investigadores del área de la lingüística aplicada a la enseñanza de español como lengua segunda y extranjera (ELSE) en el seno de nuestra revista Letras. La idea consiste inaugurar un espacio dedicado a las lingüísticas en general y, dentro de ellas, a esta actividad tan específica que consiste en aplicar esos principios abstractos a situaciones concretas y problemas empíricos. 
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A fin de organizar este conjunto de valiosos materiales, creí conveniente agrupar los artículos según las áreas que abarcan, algunas más teóricas que estas, otras más hundidas en la materia de la enseñanza cotidiana que aquellas. Los tres ejes en los cuales catalogué estos escritos son: Fonética, gramática y evaluación...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de la gramática

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El  presente  artículoes  el  resultado  de  una  investigación  pilotada  entre  estudiantes universitarios que pretende observar qué método gramatical, explícito o implícito, es más eficaz en el aprendizaje y adquisición de una L2. El estudio de campo se ha realizado en dos grupos de estudiantes  homogéneos  y  paralelos  en  el  marco  de  la  asignatura Español  económico  y empresarial. Para  ello  se  han  diseñado  materiales  idénticos  en  el  contenido  y  con  un  enfoque por tareas, pero con un método de gramática distinto en cada uno de los grupos, de forma que pudiera llevarse a cabo una visión contrastiva de los resultados.

En  el ...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: enfoque por tareas

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Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is an empirically investigated pedagogy that has garnered attention from language programs across the globe. TBLT provides an alternative to traditional grammar translation or present-practice-produce pedagogies by emphasizing interaction during authentic tasks. Despite several previous meta-analyses investigating the effect of individual tasks or short-term task-based treatments on second language (L2) development, no studies to date have synthesized the effects of long-term implementation of TBLT in authentic language classrooms. The present study uses meta-analytic techniques to investigate the effectiveness of TBLT programs on L2 learning. Findings based on a sample of 52 studies revealed an overall positive and strong effect (d = 0.93) for TBLT implementation on a variety of learning outcomes....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: influencia de la L1

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Research on pre-task planning to date has mainly focused on task performance. However, the effects of planning are contingent on what learners actually do during planning time. One important factor that may determine the quality and usefulness of planning is whether it is done in the first language (L1) or the second language (L2). This research addresses this issue by investigating the relative benefits of collaborative planning in the L1 and L2 in terms of ideas generated and transferred to an oral problem-solving task. Seventy-two Japanese university EFL learners were randomly assigned to one of two planning conditions: L1P (L1 planning, Japanese) and L2P (L2 planning, English). Dyads in each group were given 10 minutes to plan the content of a problem-solving task in the respective languages before individually performing the...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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This article investigates the three-way interface between foreign language anxiety (FLA), cognition and performance in Spanish L2 oral tasks, and examines qualitatively the construct of task anxiety (TA) in relation to its three interconnected facets: affective, cognitive and behavioral. 51 low-proficiency university learners of L2 Spanish performed two narrative tasks manipulated in their cognitive demands. Results revealed TA negatively affected certain functions of learners' L2 cognition, especially at the attentional level and in word retrieval, highlighting the important role of L2 self-esteem in oral production tasks. This study advocates for a pedagogical approach that implements both curricular and individual aspects from a task-based language teaching perspective. It further emphasizes the importance of raising awareness of...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua de herencia

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Task-based research has investigated the learning opportunities (e.g. language related episodes) that emerge during heritage and second language learner interactions during writing tasks. However, to date, it is unknown how these peer interactions involving heritage language learners contribute to written texts. Further, given the rise of social technologies in educational settings, a need exists to examine how interactions in digital platforms affect the production of written texts. To address these issues, 13 heritage-second language learner and 16 heritage-heritage learner pairs enrolled in advanced Spanish content courses completed two distinct versions of writing tasks. Participants were instructed that they were hired as business consultants for clothing and cellphone companies in Spain. While each participant wrote her or his...

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