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Metodología: estudio empírico

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This study investigated the effects of growth mindset and self-efficacy on foreign language achievement (FLA) in a sample of 379 intermediate learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) while also incorporating the mediation of second language (L2) grit in a structural model. The measurement model was examined using confirmatory factor analysis, and mediation analysis was conducted following Baron and Kenny’s (1986) method to explore the mediating role of L2 grit in the relationship between growth mindset, self-efficacy, and FLA. The results revealed that both L2 grit and English self-efficacy directly predicted FLA. Moreover, the mediation analysis revealed that growth mindset influenced FLA indirectly through the mediating role of L2 grit. These findings suggest that fostering growth mindset and self-efficacy beliefs in language...

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Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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Previous research has highlighted the pivotal role of self-efficacy in English writing proficiency among various cultures and educational levels. In higher education, particularly at the graduate level, writing proficiency is crucial for academic success and professional development. Therefore, it is essential to understand factors that influence writing proficiency, such as self-efficacy and self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies. However, there is a gap in research on how distinct profiles of a combination of self-efficacy in writing and self-efficacy in self-regulation among graduate students correlate with the use of SRL strategies, writing performance, and demographic features. To fill this gap, we examined the English writing self-efficacy profiles among 1,308 Chinese graduate students and explored how these profiles are...

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Metodología: experiencia práctica

Temas: enseñanza en línea e híbrida

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Utilizar una herramienta como la plataforma virtual en mi día a día, como docente de E/LE, sería una idea que hace unos años me hubiera parecido una locura. Por ese motivo, considero necesario volver la vista atrás hasta el momento que propició un cambio sin retorno en mi forma de trabajar y en mi concepción de la enseñanza de E/LE. Una historia de vida que comenzó en el año 2008, cuando una compañera de departamento me propuso pilotar una unidad didáctica, entregada en papel, de una doctoranda de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Tras recibir tal encargo, lo primero que se me ocurrió fue intentar dinamizar las actividades propuestas en el papel, para lograr primero una mayor motivación de los...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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Willingness to communicate (WTC) used to be studied as a relatively stable, trait-like predisposition; however, recently attention has shifted to the more dynamic, state-like components of WTC. This research investigates variability and stability in state WTC, particularly focusing on within-person variability, which may lead to stable between-person differences, and situational antecedents that can either promote or hinder state WTC in L2 classrooms. To investigate whether, how and why state WTC varies over time, this study used a high-density repeated measurement design and a group of Chinese university students to describe fluctuations in state WTC in English classrooms over one semester. Data related to state WTC and selected situational antecedents were collected through a self-report questionnaire and statistically analysed. It...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: juegos

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Promoting English as a foreign language (EFL) students’ reading comprehension, improving their reading motivation, and reducing their anxiety have always been the focus of EFL researchers. Educational board games have gradually received attention from educators. Various studies have found that board game-based teaching can improve students’ learning performance, motivation, and classroom engagement, and contribute to increasing discussion. However, there are few discussions on board games in the field of EFL, so further discussion is necessary to fill the research gap of board games in EFL reading comprehension. This study developed a dual-hierarchical scaffolding board game activity framework integrating game-based learning (GBL) and scaffolding strategies, and used card board games as teaching materials to promote EFL students’...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: formación de profesores

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Although the majority of studies have examined student teachers’ perceptions, emotional experiences, and responses during their teaching practicum (TP), there is a scarcity of research focusing on English as a foreign language (EFL) student teachers’ internal and behavioural responses to negative feedback from mentors or supervisors. Feedback literacy, as a comprehensive concept encompassing internal factors, offers an innovative perspective to explore the characteristics and interplay among learners’ cognitive, affective, and behavioural capacities when dealing with feedback. Therefore, from the perspective of feedback literacy, this study investigated how student teachers cope with negative feedback experiences during TP. This study involved 16 student teachers from five teacher education programmes at the four selected Chinese...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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For second language learners, second-language anxiety is a critical barrier to effective second-language learning, particularly in productive skills such as speaking and writing. Although previous research has underscored the importance of a growth mindset in second-language acquisition, its role in shaping self-regulated anxiety control strategies across different language modalities remains underexplored, especially regarding the potential for cross-modality transfer (i.e., the reciprocal influence between speaking and writing). This study innovatively extends the Second Language Motivational Self System and the Strategic Self-Regulation Model by integrating them with the Language Mindsets Meaning System to examine how a growth mindset of speaking promotes the use of self-regulated anxiety control strategies across both speaking and...

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Drama-based pedagogy (DBP) has been proposed as a way to enhance learner engagement, performance, and motivation, particularly in contexts where opportunities to practice English are limited, such as the context of this study: a small, private college in a second-tier Chinese city. This study employed a mixed methods concurrent case study design to investigate DBP’s benefits, challenges, and relationship to motivation. Quantitative data were collected through a motivational questionnaire based on the second language motivational self system (L2MSS) and international posture (IP) models, administered to 31 participants after a semester-long DBP course. Qualitative data were gathered through...

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Temas: motivación

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La situación personal del alumnado inmigrante sin duda condiciona su actitud hacia el aprendizaje del español. En Accem-Asturias contamos con más de dos décadas de experiencia en la enseñanza del Español como Lengua Extranjera (E/LE). La presente comunicación muestra actividades organizadas desde las clases de E/LE en las que los estudiantes dan a conocer aspectos de su lengua, su cultura y su lugar de origen a personas autóctonas del entorno inmediato. Se prepara en el aula una presentación con el formato, temática y contenidos que el o la aprendiz desea y la pone en común en diversas acciones organizadas ad hoc en centros culturales, educativos, asociaciones locales, etc. Las actividades, de...

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Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: canciones

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En este caso, hemos concebido una actividad que trata de introducir a los estudiantes en el flamenco, intentando desterrar la idea que en ocasiones tienen de que es una música anquilosada y tan solo del gusto del público de más edad. Por ello, centramos nuestro interés en el flamenco fusión, es decir, en la mezcla del flamenco con otros estilos musicales como el jazz, el rock, el pop.

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