Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: profesorado

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Most English language teachers around the world speak English as an additional language, and their level of English proficiency is often a matter of concern for them and their employers who associate higher levels of language proficiency with more effective teaching skills. To this end, several studies have examined the relationship between language proficiency and teachers’ beliefs about their pedagogical capabilities, commonly known as self-efficacy. While generally studies show a positive relationship between language proficiency and self-perceived teaching ability, findings regarding the strength of the relationship, the role of specific language skills (e.g. speaking, listening), and how they interact with different teaching abilities (e.g. classroom management) are inconsistent. By combining data from 19 studies, this meta-...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: experiencia práctica

Temas: competencia intercultural

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En este artículo se presenta una experiencia de inmersión lingüística y cultural para un grupo de docentes noruegos de ELE durante un curso de posgrado centrado en la didáctica del español como lengua extranjera. La finalidad de estas actividades fue doble: por un lado, profundizar en aspectos culturales más allá de los estereotipos; y, por otro lado, actualizar las ideas y conocimientos sobre la cultura española. Las experiencias fueron de diversa índole: desde salidas en las que se potenció el conocimiento sobre las tradiciones socioeconómicas de España hasta interacciones de actualización de ideologías y costumbres de la juventud española. Los resultados del curso mostraron que este tipo de...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: profesorado

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Set against the profound precarity and disruption of Ukrainian higher education during Russia’s war against Ukraine, this study examines how 9 university English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers sustained their professional lives and wellbeing through participation in a Cooperative Development (CD) initiative within a language teacher association. The study encompasses a secondary thematic analysis of transcripts from a 9-month online CD project comprising 10 structured, non-evaluative peer-support sessions in which participants alternated Speaker, Understander, and Listener roles to reflect on their professional lives through narration and dialogue. The findings showed that CD offered...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enfoque por tareas

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This study, a follow-up to the research reported by Erlam, investigated K-12 content teachers’ ability to design tasks for content instruction in U.S. schools. Thirty-nine K-12 teachers who were enrolled in an English as a second language (ESL) teaching methods course participated in the study and each designed two language learning tasks. Two researchers rated the tasks following Ellis and Shintani’s four task criteria, as in Erlam. The study addressed the questions: (1) How successful are content teachers in designing tasks that satisfy Ellis and Shintani’s criteria? (2) Which of the criteria do teachers find easiest and most difficult to satisfy? and (3) Do the teachers improve in meeting the...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: experiencia práctica

Temas: literatura

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Esta comunicación focaliza una intervención didáctica en el aula de español como lengua extranjera (E/LE) realizada en la Universidad Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Campus de Araraquara, Brasil, con el objetivo de presentar la experiencia de un proyecto práctico-reflexivo en torno a los imaginarios sociales y culturales presentes en una selección de cuentos cortos de escritores de la literatura hispanoamericana: Juan Rulfo, en México (El llano en llamas, 1953), Gabriel García Márquez, en Colombia (Ojos de perro azul, 1974) y Julio Cortázar, en Argentina (Casa tomada y otros cuentos, 2007). Realizada con estudiantes de tercer año de E/LE, nivel intermediario, como acercamiento hacia las maneras de...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in education, AI literacy has emerged as a critical competency for teachers across disciplines. However, existing research and assessment tools largely focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, with limited attention given to AI literacy within language education. To address this gap, the present study aimed to develop and validate an AI literacy scale specifically designed for middle school English teachers in China. The scale is based on a four-dimensional framework comprising Awareness, Use, Evaluation, and Ethics. Using sequential design, item analysis and exploratory factor analysis were conducted with a sample of 700 teachers, followed by confirmatory factor analysis with an independent sample of 823 teachers, resulting in a final...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: dramatización

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A significant body of research supports the affective benefits of drama activities in foreign language (FL) learning, yet little is known about how to train teachers to implement such activities. In this study, we tested a professional development program (PDP) aimed at galvanizing FL teachers to integrate improvisational drama techniques (IDTs) into their repertoire. IDTs are defined here as activities which place pupils in a fictional situation and stimulate spoken interaction. Nineteen Dutch secondary school FL teachers participated in the PDP. The goal of this research was to discover the extent to which (1) teachers implement IDTs according to the study’s definition, (2) the techniques become integrated into the teacher’s repertoire, and (3) teachers develop the self-efficacy to execute IDTs. All three areas were met with...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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There is now extensive theoretical and empirical literature on the place of the first language (L1) and the second language (L2) in the foreign language (FL) classroom. Although this body of work includes related teacher beliefs and practices, less attention has been paid to the factors that may influence these practices across different national contexts. Through an extensive survey of secondary school teachers of a FL in Spain and England we investigated teachers’ reported L1/L2 practices and the possible influence of pre-service training on these practices. We found that teachers in England reported greater use of the L1 than teachers in Spain across virtually all language functions. In both...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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This study investigated the relationship between pre-service English-as-a-second-language (ESL) teachers’ pedagogical beliefs and their actual teaching practices. To determine the nature of this relationship, 99 teachers-in-training with little or no teaching experience were asked to complete a questionnaire seeking information about their teaching beliefs, particularly about oral corrective feedback (i.e. teachers’ responses to students’ language errors). The teachers’ responses were subjected to an exploratory factor analysis which revealed several dimensions underlying their beliefs. To examine how these beliefs affect classroom performance, 10 of the teachers were first asked to indicate how they would correct language errors illustrated in hypothetical (videotaped) classroom scenarios and were then observed teaching an authentic...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: pizarras

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Con la revolución tecnológica de la época en la que vivimos, que está llegando también al mundo de ELE, todos sabemos que es solo cuestión de tiempo que en todas las aulas haya pizarras digitales interactivas. Esto implica que, si bien hasta ahora podíamos elegir si queríamos utilizar en el aula las nuevas tecnologías o no, a partir del momento en el que instalen en nuestras aulas las pizarras digitales no vamos a tener elección y, lo que es más importante, no vamos a tener ninguna buena excusa para no utilizar las nuevas tecnologías. Por esta razón, es necesario concienciarse y estar preparado para poder sacarle el mayor rendimiento en las clases.

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