Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enfoques y métodos

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Traditional English teaching in China is predominantly teacher-centered, which limits student engagement and reflective learning. Transformative learning theory (TLT) advocates a student-centered approach that fosters critical reflection and active participation, potentially enhancing English listening and speaking skills. This study examines the effectiveness of a TLT-based curriculum intervention in improving Chinese college students’ English proficiency. Using a quasi-experimental design, 135 freshmen at a comprehensive university in China participated in the study. The experimental group (EG) received a 10-week TLT-based curriculum, while the control group (CG) underwent traditional instruction. Language proficiency was assessed using the Cambridge English Language Assessment’s Preliminary English Test (PET), and multivariate...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: experiencia práctica

Temas: escritura creativa

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En este artículo vamos a presentar un ejemplo de experiencia memorable de aprendizaje realizada con aprendientes de ELE (español como lengua extranjera) de la Universidad Rouen-Normandie. El objetivo de esta experiencia es el de ayudarles a desarrollar y mejorar la calidad de las destrezas lingüísticas del español. Para llevar a cabo esta experiencia de aprendizaje, hemos creado actividades de producción oral y escrita inspiradas en las jitanjáforas y en la publicidad que utiliza las jitanjáforas.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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The concept of willingness to communicate (WTC) is pivotal in understanding student engagement in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms. As a dynamic and multifaceted construct, WTC is subject to continual fluctuations throughout the communication process, often changing situationally. Traditionally, learner silence in class or during second language (L2) conversations is perceived negatively, as it can signal a lack of motivation to speak, thereby impeding optimal language acquisition. However, silence can also function as a communicative strategy or reflect learners’ essential feelings and emotions. This study explored the relationship between Japanese EFL learners’ situational WTC and their instances of silence during L2 (English) conversations. Participants were recruited for the study and were asked to deliver short...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: enseñanza de español en China

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En la actualidad, en la enseñanza universitaria de español como lengua extranjera del tercer y cuarto curso, parece que la organización de los cursos y el método tradicional en la enseñanza no pueden satisfacer las necesidades de los alumnos, por eso sería necesario introducir métodos nuevos en la enseñanza. En este trabajo, en primer lugar, presentaremos brevemente las habilidades que más necesitan desarrollar los alumnos del periodo superior; en segundo lugar, se analizarán las posibilidades y ventajas de introducir el doblaje en la enseñanza; por lo último, se presentarán unos modelos básicos y unos principios de este método didáctico.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: pretérito perfecto simple

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Esta experiencia práctica consiste en hacer que los alumnos inventen un relato en pasado a partir de la audición de una serie de sonidos y ruidos del entorno cotidiano (por ejemplo, una tormenta, un coche que arranca y se va, unos pasos que se acercan, el batir de un huevo, etc.). Los alumnos, basándose en los sonidos escuchados, tendrán que imaginar cuáles fueron los hechos que ocurrieron, así como la atmósfera y las circunstancias que los envolvieron. Para conseguir una mayor variedad de historias, el orden de escucha de los sonidos será totalmente arbitrario, es decir, no determinará la secuenciación de la historia.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresión oral

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Because most real-life foreign language speech is naturally unpredictable, spontaneous speech should be practiced in the foreign language classroom. Student teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) may benefit from practising methodology for spontaneous speech practice. This article reports the findings for a study into EFL student teachers’ experiences with using improvisation activities, exploring the relevance of improvisation activities for spontaneous speech practice. The data include semi-guided texts and reluctant speakers’ interviews. The findings showed that improvisation activities facilitated spontaneous speech practice and strengthened speaking confidence through enjoyment. The...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: estrategias de comunicación

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This study examines how instructional design shapes the development of oral communication strategies in an 18-week English-as-a-foreign-language speaking course, at a time when generative artificial intelligence is often assumed to enhance speaking performance. All three classes worked with the same curriculum and speaking tasks. One class learned through a BOPPPS (Bridge-In, Objective, Pre-Assessment, Participatory Learning, Post-Assessment, and Summary) based sequence in which students prepared ideas, participated in guided speaking activities, and reviewed their performance, with each cycle including a stage where they generated their own content before using ChatGPT to refine it. A second class received regular teacher guidance and completed the same tasks, but their use of ChatGPT was self-directed and not part of a fixed...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: expresión oral

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Esta unidad didáctica está dirigida a alumnos de español como lengua extranjera con un nivel B1-B2, y su objetivo es desarrollar las destrezas orales, en especial la expresión oral. La unidad ha sido diseñada para ser impartida en clases de auxiliar de conversación.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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This quasi-experimental study reports on the outcomes of a video-synchronous learning program in which an element of project-based foreign language learning was integrated. The project chosen was to cooperatively create a homepage. American students learning Japanese in the United States and Japanese students learning English in Japan made pairs and communicated in both their native and target languages via Skype to complete the project. The goals of this educational program were to increase intrinsic motivation in learners and improve their target language oral abilities, and identify challenges and problems with implementation. The program was conducted during the spring semester in 2017 and evaluated both quantitatively (via pre- and posttests) and qualitatively (via surveys and reflection papers). The results show that both groups...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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While teachers bear the responsibility for facilitating discourse in second language (L2) classrooms, this study examines a specific pathway linking pedagogy to student participation. We investigated the relationship between a representative dialogic teaching strategy, academically productive talk (APT), and students’ discursive engagement in class. Using a sample of 490 students from seven primary and secondary schools, we analyzed associations among students’ perceptions of their teachers’ APT, students’ willingness to communicate (WTC), L2 learning motivation, L2 communication confidence, and their discursive engagement in L2 English classrooms. Structural equation modeling revealed that student-perceived teacher APT was positively related to both students’ WTC and their discursive engagement with peers. WTC partially mediated the...

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