Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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Motivation to learn languages strongly correlates with language achievement, and the school context has a great influence on the motivation of young learners (YLs). A key rationale for the implementation of content and language integrated learning (CLIL) programs, therefore, was pupil motivation. Very few studies have measured motivation in this context, especially in primary schools. Even fewer have done so in bilingual areas, where the continuation of widespread use of the regional language often depends on its presence in the school system and where CLIL reduces this presence. To address these gaps, motivation towards the foreign language (FL), English, and the regional language, Basque, was measured in 399 YLs of English (aged 10–12 years) in Basque immersion schools. The learners were divided into a CLIL group (n = 230), with...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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Knowing how to create a positive motivational climate that motivates college students to engage in second language (L2) courses can be a big challenge for some L2 college professors. We created an intervention that used teaching strategies consistent with the MUSIC Model of Motivation to redesign lecture-based reading and listening classes within an L2 English course. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of the intervention on students’ perceptions of the motivational climate, motivation, and effort. Students were surveyed four times throughout the semester: before and after a reading class intervention, and before and after a listening class intervention. Participants included 31 first-year graduate students in a public university in eastern China. Paired t -test results showed that in the reading class, the...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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This study attempts to empirically examine the predictive power of learner anxiety and motivation and their causality in explaining proficiency in English as a foreign language (EFL) and other interrelated affective variables, including attitudes, self-confidence, and grit via a treatment-based causal model. To achieve this, the study carried out a 12-week experimental intervention employed by 8 EFL teachers with 282 EFL learners divided into four groups: in group 1, learners were exposed to anxiety-regulating strategies, those in group 2 were exposed to motivational strategies, those in group 3 were exposed to both anxiety-controlling and motivational strategies, and those in group 4 were not exposed to specific anxiety or motivation strategies. Data was gathered using questionnaires, classroom observations, and proficiency tests....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresión oral

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This study investigates the impact of cognitive apprenticeship on the speaking proficiency of English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. The study follows a randomized pre-test–post-test control group design, with an experimental group receiving instruction based on cognitive apprenticeship principles and a control group receiving conventional instruction. Sixty intermediate Iranian EFL learners participated in this study. The participants’ speaking proficiency was assessed using the Preliminary English Test (PET) and two IELTS speaking tests. Trained examiners evaluated the participants’ performance on the basis of established speaking proficiency criteria. The results indicate that the experimental group, which received instruction following cognitive apprenticeship principles, outperformed the control group in terms of speaking...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: cognición y procesamiento

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No observamos todo lo que somos capaces de ver, ni escuchamos todo lo que creemos oír. Percibimos, en gran medida, aquello que estamos esperando que suceda y no lo que realmente sucede, hacemos reconstrucciones y predicciones constantemente. Así funciona el cerebro. En el caso de estudiantes cuya lengua materna es similar al español el principio de cierre hace que sean capaces de entender el sentido general del texto sin tan siquiera tener mucha práctica con el español. Por otro lado, este proceso puede suponer un impedimento a la hora de discriminar las diferencias que existen entre ambas lenguas. Buena prueba de ello son aquellos que a pesar de vivir años en un ambiente de inmersión lingüística...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools in second language (L2) academic writing presents both opportunities and challenges for medical education. This study employed a SWOT (strengths–weaknesses–opportunities–threats) analysis to examine medical students’ perspectives on using AI writing tools in their academic writing practice. Forty-two medical students from a major Iranian university participated in the study, providing weekly reflections and a final SWOT analysis over a 15-week academic writing course. Thematic analysis revealed that AI writing tools offer significant strengths in linguistic skill development, particularly in academic vocabulary enhancement, sentence improvement, and grammar and proofreading. However, weaknesses such as over-reliance on AI, lack of contextual understanding, and occasional...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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While most empirical studies have investigated the improvement of learners’ L2 spoken proficiency via speaking-related interventions, the present study examined the same topic through a different modality: listening. Ninety-five first-year tertiary-level students of English as a second language (ESL) in Hong Kong participated in this three-month experiment. They were separated randomly into three groups: (A) narrow listening with latitude for learners to choose their own materials; (B) narrow listening without such latitude; and (C) a control group without narrow listening. All participants attended a compulsory course on English phonology. Narrow listening was set as homework for the two experimental groups A and B. The overall results indicated that groups A and B improved significantly more than group C in pronunciation and fluency...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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This empirical study examines the effectiveness of artificial intelligence-enhanced personalized language learning interventions—tailored content adaptation, self-paced progression, and targeted weakness intervention—on academic writing proficiency, vocabulary acquisition, and grammatical accuracy among 540 Chinese postgraduate learners of English as a foreign language. Utilizing a pretest–posttest randomized controlled design, participants were assigned to three experimental groups (each receiving a distinct artificial intelligence-driven intervention) or a control group (traditional instruction). Quantitative analyses (multivariate analysis of covariance/analysis of covariance) demonstrated significant improvements across all learning outcomes for artificial intelligence groups compared with controls ( p .001), with the most...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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This position paper explores the potential of Cognitive Linguistics (CL) in second and foreign language education from a research-informed, classroom-oriented perspective. Rather than evaluating CL through linguistic theory or experimental data alone, the paper draws on teachers’ and learners’ practical experiences with CL, as reported in available literature as much as experienced by the authors in their own classrooms, to reimagine what could help with the dissemination of CL. The discussion centers on the notion of “particularizability,” that is, how an innovation can be made usable for a specific teacher or learner cohort within a specific context and how adopting this perspective is likely to improve the dissemination of CL. The discussion begins by documenting the gradual shift in cognitive–pedagogical research toward a research...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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Peer feedback has been widely used in English as a foreign language (EFL) writing classes, but its effect is highly variable and its quality and validity are often questioned by students as well as teachers. This research aims to explore the effects of teacher intervention on student use of different types of peer feedback and on their self-revision of writing texts. The study employed a quasi-experimental design with two experimental groups receiving either the teacher’s direct correction for erroneous peer feedback or indication of inaccurate peer feedback with symbols and a control group receiving no teacher intervention on peer feedback. One hundred and ten non-English major graduate students in three parallel writing classes participated in the study. The study lasted for one and a half months, during which the participants...

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