Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: aprendizaje autónomo

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Learner autonomy is a vibrant and diverse field. In its approximately 40-year history, it has drawn liberally on theoretical constructs and research methodologies from other disciplines. In turn, it has contributed to the field of applied linguistics by drawing attention to the fundamental importance of understanding the language learner as an active agent in the learning process. To understand the role of autonomy in, and its connections with other areas of study, it is important to ask how it has been conceptualized and operationalized. In addition, given its elusive and amorphous nature, it is timely to ask if and how (the development of) learner autonomy has been evaluated. In this article we...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: estrategias de aprendizaje

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Major advances have been made in research on language learning strategies (LLS) since it was triggered by good language learner studies (e.g. Rubin, 1975). Numerous accounts of strategy use have been compiled, key classifications have been proposed, some progress has been made towards furthering our understanding of the complex relationship between LLS use and attainment, an array of factors impacting strategy use has been investigated, some evidence has been gathered for the beneficial role of strategies-based instruction, and new data collection tools have been developed (see e.g. Cohen, 2011; Cohen & Griffiths, 2015; Cohen & Macaro, 2007; Griffiths, 2018, 2019; Griffiths & Oxford,...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: factores afectivos

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Although Csikszentmihalyi’s concept of flow was introduced 50 years ago, it was not until 2003 when Egbert established a research stream exploring flow in language learning. Since then, empirical studies have increasingly used the construct to gain a better understanding of learners’ optimal experiences. To understand the methodological characteristics of research during this period, we conducted a systematic review of 123 empirical studies on flow in second language (L2) learning published between 2003 and 2025. These studies were coded for sampling features, learner demographics, research methods, research foci, and operationalization features of flow. The findings revealed that research on flow has rapidly grown, especially since 2016, with studies skewed towards samples involving Asian English as a foreign language (EFL)...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: formación de profesores

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Exploratory practice (EP) is a form of practitioner research that has made inroads in second language learning and teaching since the special issue of Language Teaching Research (2003) in which Allwright et al. proposed its reconceptualization in language teaching. Two decades later, this article reports on the influence that EP has accomplished by having its principled framework integrated in the pre-service language teacher education (LTE) programmes of two Brazilian Universities. A British Council funded project (2018–19) enabled a group of Brazilian teacher educators to carry out a qualitative investigation to identify how 44 of their former teacher-learners who undertook these programmes between 2008 and 2018 perceive the value of EP in their professional lives. The thematic analysis of the discourse generated through face-to-...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: evaluación

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The current study explores the impact of varying multiple-choice question preview and presentation formats in a test of second language listening proficiency targeting different levels of text comprehension. In a between-participant design, participants completed a 30-item test of listening comprehension featuring implicit and explicit information comprehension questions under one of four multiple-choice question preview and presentation conditions. Interactions between preview, presentation and comprehension in the participants’ test scores were analysed using many facet Rasch analysis. The results suggest that the measurement of participants’ listening ability was directly influenced by the presentation of multiple-choice questions. Test scores were highest when participants were able to preview the multiple-choice question stems...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: actitudes lingüísticas

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La sociolingüística actual lleva ya tiempo siendo consciente de la necesidad de incorporar nuevos enfoques y nuevas líneas de análisis que permitan una cabal comprensión de los fenómenos analizados, como la incorporación de la perspectiva cognitiva (Moreno Fernández 2012). Una manera de acercarse a ambos aspectos es a través del análisis de creencias y actitudes lingüísticas. Desde esta perspectiva se plantea el proyecto PRECAVES XXI (Cestero Mancera y Paredes García 2015a y 2015b), un proyecto panhispánico de estudio de las actitudes hacia...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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In the present study, we developed and tested the psychometric properties of the Second or Foreign Language Boredom Coping Strategies Scale, an instrument for measuring language learners’ coping strategies in response to the experience of boredom. The research is based on a four-dimensional model of coping mechanisms, which includes the behavioral approach, cognitive approach, behavioral avoidance, and cognitive avoidance. Each factor comprises three subcomponents, which delineate the diverse strategies learners adopt to mitigate boredom in language learning contexts. The scale was tested using a sample of 363 learners of English as a foreign language at the tertiary level. The factorial structure was analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory structural equation modeling to verify the construct validity of the...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: evaluación

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In the last few decades, the assumption that the implementation of standardized tests might cause washback effects on language teaching and learning has become certainty. Researchers and practitioners report an increased use of ‘teaching to the test’ (TTT) practices, however, in current literature, consensus about which practices this includes is missing and operationalizations in studies vary greatly. Further, even though TTT is assumed to impair meaningful learning, no study so far examined students’ perspective. The current study therefore used a multi-method approach to theoretically and empirically define TTT and develop a uniform measurement instrument, focusing on students’ perspective of...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: motivación

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Self-determination theory is one of the most established motivational theories both within second language learning and beyond. This theory has generated several mini-theories, namely: organismic integration theory, cognitive evaluation theory, basic psychological needs theory, goal contents theory, causality orientations theory, and relationships motivation theory. After providing an up-to-date account of these mini-theories, we present the results of a systematic review of empirical second language research into self-determination theory over a 30-year period ( k = 111). Our analysis of studies in this report pool showed that some mini-theories were well-represented while others were underrepresented or absent from the literature. We also examined this report pool to note trends in research design, operationalization, measurement,...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: metodología de investigación

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Este trabajo se propone constituir una herramienta de trabajo útil para localizar fácilmente, en las bases de datos existentes, la bibliografía relacionada con cualquier aspecto del ELE que pueda constituir un objetivo de investigación. La falta de unificación en la constitución de las bases de datos se revela como el mayor problema que representa su utilización. El artículo proporcionará las claves necesarias para localizar con facilidad los trabajos académicos relacionados con cualquier aspecto del ELE campo en el que, además, la producción científica aumenta a una velocidad vertiginosa.

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