Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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With the growing emphasis on positive psychology, the well-being of foreign language (FL) learners has become a key area of focus. However, existing well-being scales are typically designed for the general population, and a scale specifically tailored to the unique experiences and challenges faced by FL learners is still lacking. To address this gap, the present study aimed to develop and validate a well-being scale specifically tailored for FL learners. Using a mixed-methods design, the study involved 1,182 secondary school students in China, with an average age of 14.14 years ( SD = 1.21) and spanning grades 7–12. Grounded in the positive emotion, engagement, relationships, meaning, and accomplishment well-being model, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis confirmed an 18-item FL learner well-being scale. This five-factor...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: escritura creativa

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El presente artículo investiga el potencial de los foros de rol como recurso de aprendizaje y desarrollo de la destreza escrita en E/LE, en especial la expresión escrita, con el objetivo de reemplazar las actividades más tradicionales de composición creativa por herramientas más innovadoras y, por tanto, aproximar las TIC a la realidad de la enseñanza de E/LE. Con este fin, se ha realizado una investigación acerca del objeto de estudio, los foros de rol, y se han estudiado sus características —funcionalidad, mecánicas, comportamientos, motivación, etc.— por medio de un trabajo de campo. A continuación, a partir de las conclusiones de la investigación previa, se han expuesto las ventajas y los...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: telecolaboración e intercambios virtuales

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In this article we argue, in the context of the current dominance of the performative and instrumental drives characterizing the accountable university, that language and intercultural communication education in universities should also be humanistic, addressing ‘discomforting themes’ to sensitize students to issues of human suffering and engage them in constructive and creative responses to that suffering. We suggest that arts-based methods can be used and illustrate this with an intercultural telecollaboration project created in response to the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020. In this way language and intercultural communication education can become a site of personal and social transformation albeit modest and piecemeal as part of a longer process. Through arts-based methodologies and pedagogies of discomfort, Argentinian and US...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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This study leverages positive psychology (PP) to explore the reciprocal relationships among foreign language enjoyment (FLE), ideal L2 self, and grit in English major learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). It further examines the potential for growth mindset to predict these constructs over time. Employing a cross-lagged panel design, the research investigates these relationships among 903 EFL learners in Iran, assessed at two time points. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is utilized to analyse the hypothesized reciprocal and predictive effects. The findings reveal a significant lagged effect of ideal L2 self on both FLE and grit, suggesting that a stronger ideal L2 self at the initial assessment predicts higher levels of FLE and grit at the subsequent time point. Additionally, growth mindset exhibits a significant...

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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: propuesta didáctica

Temas: pronunciación

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En este artículo se pretenden desarrollar una serie de actividades verbo-tonales dirigidas a estudiantes sinohablantes, que poseen determinadas desventajas lingüísticas respecto al español. Por una parte, se plantea favorecer la expresión y reconocimiento de las emociones, mientras que por otra parte se pretende fomentar la práctica del sonido [r]. La propuesta didáctica se compone de tres fases donde primero se presentan y practican las entonaciones del español, después se tratan las emociones asociadas con colores en base a la película Del revés (favoreciendo primero la destreza de comprensión auditiva y, después, la expresión oral). En la última fase los estudiantes ponen en práctica lo visto...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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With growing attention attached to young students’ social and emotional well-being besides their cognitive development, social and emotional learning (SEL) has been increasingly researched in general school education over the past decades with its positive effects on academic performance reported. However, SEL research has not emerged in English as a foreign language (EFL) learning contexts. To bridge the void, the current research aimed to profile Hong Kong secondary school students’ SEL competence level and examine the intricate relationships among the four SEL competence clusters (i.e. self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and social management) and English learning achievements. The results indicated an overall medium level of SEL competence among 315 secondary school grade level 3 students and suggested a gap between...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: profesorado

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Considering the demanding and stressful nature of the teaching profession in general and foreign language teaching in particular, teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) are prone to experience burnout, which may result in adverse consequences for not only teachers but also their students. Therefore, it is important to understand what factors can prevent EFL teachers from burnout. The present study investigated the roles of three individual difference factors, namely, growth teaching mindset, teaching grit, and emotion regulation in EFL teachers’ burnout. The data were collected from 218 EFL teachers through convenience sampling. The results of regression analysis and relative weight analysis indicated that growth teaching mindset and teaching grit negatively predicted burnout. In addition, while reappraisal emotion regulation...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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This longitudinal study explored the dynamic relationships among self-efficacy, academic buoyancy, and L2 grit in the context of English as a foreign language (EFL) learning. A total of 250 Chinese undergraduate students from diverse academic backgrounds participated in 2 waves of data collection, spaced 6 months apart. Using cross-lagged structural equation modeling, the study revealed that: (1) self-efficacy at Time 1 statistically predicted academic buoyancy at Time 2, but academic buoyancy at Time 1 did not statistically predict self-efficacy at Time 2; (2) academic buoyancy at Time 1 statistically influenced L2 grit at Time 2, while L2 grit at Time 1 also statistically influenced academic buoyancy at Time 2; (3) L2 grit at Time 1 statistically affected self-efficacy at Time 2 and, conversely, self-efficacy at Time 1 also...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: motivación

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En las últimas décadas se ha desarrollado un nuevo modelo didáctico que se está implantando en todos los ámbitos del aprendizaje: el enfoque comunicativo. La característica fundamental de esta nueva metodología es proporcionar al estudiante las herramientas fundamentales para desenvolverse en la sociedad, es decir, capacitar al aprendiente para una comunicación real. Para conseguir este fin se ha de acercar la realidad al aula con actividades que la imiten. Es en este caso donde tienen una importancia fundamental dos aspectos: la motivación y el juego.

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