Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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The present study examines how learners’ language mindsets (beliefs about the malleability of language intelligence) and achievement goals predict learners’ preferences for different types of corrective feedback (CF). Questionnaire data were collected from 537 learners of Spanish as a foreign language at two North-American universities. Factor analytic and multiple regression results showed two clear patterns. A growth language mindset (the belief that language learning ability is malleable) predicted preferences for all types of CF whereas a fixed language mindset predicted a preference for conversational recast and absence of CF. A development-approach goal (concerned with improving one’s language competence) positively predicted learners’ preference for the explicit types of CF whereas a development-avoidance goal (concerned with...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: aula invertida/flipped learning

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While the flipped learning approach has been widely implemented in science-relevant subjects, little empirical research has been conducted in language learning, particularly among low-proficiency learners. The present study aims to examine the pedagogical effects of flipped learning on low-proficiency students’ learning outcomes and attitudes (motivation and self-efficacy). An eight-week experiment was conducted on 52 low-proficiency learners who attended intensive English grammar classes in a national high school. The experimental group (EG) (27 students) learnt with the flipped approach whereas the contrast group (CG) (25 students) was taught through a conventional approach. The performance by...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: profesorado

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Recent reviews of the application of positive psychology (PP) in language education have identified a theoretical debate, the efficacy of PP interventions, and the nexus between culture and PP interventions as the three main underexplored issues. Furthermore, the need for PP to broaden its scope to include language teachers has been highlighted in the relevant body of literature. In response to these lacunae, the current explanatory sequential mixed-methods study examined the interplay of self-efficacy, self-concept, and motivation among 286 Iranian language teachers, who were recruited through proportionate stratified random sampling, to test the validity of the E4MC (empathy, emotions, emotional intelligence, engagement [E4], motivation [M], and character strengths [C]) model of PP. Subsequently, a qualitative phase was designed in...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: dramatización

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En esta experiencia práctica, pretendo proponer una serie de actividades que podemos realizar en las clases de español para extranjeros utilizando las técnicas dramáticas y que conseguirán despertar el interés de los alumnos por el estudio de la lengua española, disfrutarán, aprenderán y serán los constructores de su propio conocimiento. Todas ellas, las he realizado en mis clases con alumnos de edades comprendidas entre catorce y diecisiete años en los niveles A1-A2 y B1, aunque se pueden realizar en el resto de niveles. Todas se pueden adaptar a las condiciones, al contexto y a las necesidades de los alumnos.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza en línea e híbrida

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This study examines how learners’ English proficiency and individual difference factors (international posture, willingness to communicate, motivation, social presence) change, and how a small community develops, through an English course designed using the Community of Inquiry framework. Conducted over eight sessions at a university in Japan, the study involved 26 students who provided complete data for analysis. The main activities included two in-class group presentations and one individual video presentation via Google Chat. Pre- and post-tests on speaking proficiency and surveys on individual differences were administered. Reflection sheets were also collected after each activity. A paired t -test was used for the former, and SCAT (Steps for Coding and Theorization) was employed for the latter, followed by coding. Results showed...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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This study builds on insights into the crucial role learner emotions play in their flourishing. It investigates learners’ and teachers’ perspectives on how to enhance positive emotions both inside and outside modern foreign language classrooms in England, amidst a language crisis and reduced modern foreign language uptake across the United Kingdom. A thematic qualitative text analysis of 18 semi-structured interviews with secondary-level teachers and learners from 7 schools across England revealed that both learners and teachers emphasise the significant impact of teachers on fostering positive emotions in the classroom. They also showed that students lack awareness of the benefits of learning languages beyond English. Furthermore, the interview data suggests that the government, schools, school leaders, and parents must also engage...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enfoque por tareas

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Although increasing evidence has demonstrated the benefits of mobile technology in diverse aspects of language learning, research on the use of mobiles in task-based instruction has been scarce. Particularly, there has been little research directly investigating predictors of the quality of mobile-assisted, video-making tasks. To fill the gap and contribute to the area of emerging technology-mediated, task-based language teaching, the current study examined predicting factors of the quality of digital-video-making task outcomes. Forty-eight Korean high school students completed a digital-video-making task using a mobile application called KineMaster. Students created a self-introduction storytelling video focusing on their experiences of success or failure in their life. To examine predicting factors (English writing proficiency,...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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This multiple case study explores how and to what extent Chinese English-major students engage affectively, behaviorally, and cognitively with supervisory feedback on their English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) undergraduate theses, as well as how motivation and second language (L2) proficiency may mediate their engagement. Data were collected from three students through stimulated recalls, interviews, thesis drafts with supervisors’ feedback comments, and audio recordings of supervisor–student conferences. Qualitative data analyses revealed that the three participants differed markedly in their engagement with supervisory feedback on their undergraduate theses. Driven by different motivations and mediated by their levels of English proficiency, the students took different stances and employed different cognitive strategies in their...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: juegos

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El objetivo de este artículo es compartir una experiencia didáctica diseñada para trabajar el componente sociocultural y afectivo en contextos de inmersión para el aprendizaje de español como lengua extranjera. La razón: la necesidad de facilitar el proceso de adaptación del estudiante recién llegado a un contexto de inmersión en lengua y cultura española. Esta propuesta ofrece, en primer lugar, informaciones básicas de la ciudad (Valencia - barrio del Carmen), para que pueda orientarse por su zona de residencia durante el curso y se trabaje el componente sociocultural. En segundo lugar, favorece la comunicación con hablantes nativos, de modo que pueda poner en práctica sus conocimientos...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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This study examined variation in learners’ individual differences in data-driven learning, including foreign language enjoyment and anxiety, engagement, and autonomy, as well as learners’ writing quality and the impact of these individual differences on writing quality. Using a longitudinal mixed-methods design, this study tracked changes in the individual differences and writing quality of 15 English-major English-as-a-foreign-language undergraduates across 3 time points. Quantitative data were analyzed using linear mixed-effects models and post-hoc pairwise comparisons, while qualitative data were examined through thematic analysis. The results showed that the data-driven-learning approach contributed to a significant increase in learning autonomy and writing quality. Furthermore, learners’ foreign language enjoyment, behavioral...

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