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Temas: pedagogía crítica

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Este artículo explora aproximaciones críticas a la enseñanza del español asentadas en la pedagogía freireana, llevándolas, en particular, al contexto de la educación universitaria. Partimos de la experiencia pedagógica propia en universidades de Uruguay y EE.UU., intentando llevar el diálogo suscitado por la comparación de nuestros contextos particulares a un plano más allá de lo coyuntural, esperando así que nuestras reflexiones resulten fructíferas para un grupo amplio de educadoras y educadores. El enfoque de investigación y de escritura adoptado en este trabajo (de corte autoetnográfico) permite incluir nuestras subjetividades y nuestro compromiso con los programas en que fuimos docentes y también planificadoras. Tratamos algunas dificultades que surgen de la implementación de cursos que no siguen las dinámicas y tradiciones...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pedagogía crítica

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This paper examines the impact of a curriculum designed to develop students? Critical Language Awareness (CLA) in two postsecondary Spanish advanced grammar courses and a Hispanic Linguistics Master?s course in a public institution of the US Northeast. The study includes a unique population of Latinxs, most of them born and raised outside the US, in the Dominican Republic. Quantitative analyses reveal CLA development in the areas of language variation, linguistic diversity, language ideologies, Spanish in the US, bilingualism, and translanguaging. Qualitative data shows that students approached the course experiencing linguistic insecurity and interrogating their own academic knowledge of grammar, whereas, after taking the course, learners move from feeling ?grammarless? (students? perception of their Spanish as lacking grammar) to...

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Temas: expresión escrita

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Few studies have analyzed the writing features of second language (L2) alongside heritage language (HL) learners of Spanish. Focusing on the development of writing complexity, we collected data from students at the beginning and at the end of a composition sequence. Comparing the groups at the outset revealed HL students? greater mood complexity. After 14 weeks, both groups improved in tense complexity, mean essay length, and lexical sophistication. Our findings suggest that, given sufficient time, both HL and L2 students can progress in similar ways in at least some measures of linguistic complexity. Nevertheless, they might gain from instruction that facilitates new and diverse vocabulary, and the construction of longer sentences. L2 students specifically would benefit from greater emphasis on the subjunctive. Our study supports the...

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