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Temas: artículo inteligencia artificial

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En el contexto digital actual, promover la alfabetización en inteligencia artificial (IA) resulta fundamental, ya que sus usos están modificando la vida cotidiana y el ámbito laboral. El objetivo de la investigación es sintetizar los beneficios de la inteligencia artificial en el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras. El enfoque es cualitativo, orientada bajo una revisión sistemática de evidencia reciente (2022–2025), siguiendo los lineamientos PRISMA. La búsqueda se llevó a cabo en Scopus, Web of Science e IEEE Xplore. Se identificaron 299 artículos iniciales; se seleccionaron 176 estudios para el análisis. Los hallazgos evidencian cinco dimensiones principales de beneficios: cognitiva/lingüística, pedagógica, motivacional/afectiva, de accesibilidad y social/colaborativa. Entre ellas, los beneficios cognitivos y lingüísticos fueron los...

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Temas: artículo motivación

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Second language (L2) motivation is the driving force behind L2 learning. It is of great pedagogical significance to explore how motivation factors, directly and indirectly, impact L2 oral proficiency. Based on data for all L2 learners as a composite group, Lin proposed and verified a conceptual model revealing the structural relations among L2 motivation factors (i.e. L2 interest, and perceived importance of speaking), behavioral variable (i.e. out-of-class L2 contact), and L2 oral proficiency. However, since gender differences and other learner subgroup differences in L2 motivation have been found by previous research, it is imperative to test whether this model is applicable across various learner subgroups. Based upon a dataset of 631 college students taking Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish language classes in the United...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo emociones

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The aim of this study was to test a model of second language (L2) boredom based on coping self-efficacy (CSE), foreign language enjoyment (FLE), and mindfulness among English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. In so doing, 456 EFL learners from Iran took part in this study by completing an online survey which included scales tapping into the four latent constructs under investigation. Two-step structural equation modelling was utilized to analyse the data and examine the associations among the constructs. Results revealed that CSE and mindfulness positively affected FLE. Also, FLE was a direct negative predictor of L2 boredom. Concerning the mediation hypotheses, FLE was found to fully mediate the effect of mindfulness on boredom. However, FLE was a partial mediator between CSE and boredom. These findings provide a basis for...

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Temas: artículo motivación

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In this study, we investigated two core understandings related to the nature of second language (L2) student engagement from a self-determination theory framework: (1) that there is a dual process of development that follows from the initial conditions of the L2 classroom environment (specifically teacher motivational practice: autonomy-supportive vs. controlling), which leads to two distinct motivational experiences (need satisfaction vs. need frustration), which in turn results in qualitatively different types of student classroom functioning (engagement vs. disengagement); and (2) that there are reciprocal effects between the L2 classroom environment and student classroom functioning. We collected data from 1,742 students enrolled in general-purpose postsecondary English courses in multiple waves of data collection across the span...

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Temas: artículo emociones

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This study used Pekrun’s control-value theory (CVT) as a framework to validate the Achievement Emotion Questionnaire – Second Language Learning (AEQ-L2L) for assessing eight student emotions in second language (L2) learning. We tested and validated the instrument in two samples using three waves of data, with a total number of 1,021 Chinese university students. Item and scale statistics indicate the AEQ-L2L is reliable. Moreover, single- and multi-group confirmatory factor analysis supported the hierarchical four-factor component structure of L2 emotions in and across the two student groups. Furthermore, multi-model comparison indicated that language emotions are best represented by considering both the distinctiveness of the eight examined emotions and their component structure. Finally, latent correlation analysis demonstrated the...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo motivación

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In the field of L2 (second language) learning motivation, most studies have focused on English since it is one of the most important international languages in the world, while few have explored students' motivation to learn languages other than English (LOTEs) or an L3. The literature on L2 motivation raises the issue of the need to compare the similarities and differences between learning a second language (L2) and a second foreign languages (or L3). English departments at Taiwanese universities require students to begin studying an L3 in their second or third years of study. However, the motivations for these students to learn L3s remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap in the literature. A standardized questionnaire was completed by 150 students in technological universities in Taiwan. The findings reveal five new...

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Temas: artículo justicia social

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This study examines the impact of implementing a social justice culture curriculum on learners' development of the intercultural communicative competence (ICC) and on their desire to continue learning Spanish. Two types of culture instruction—a traditional curriculum centered around foreign Spanish-speaking countries and an experimental curriculum focused on US Hispanic/Latinx communities—were implemented in third and fourth Spanish courses at a US university in the Southwest. A survey was developed to measure participants' (n = 264) ICC and intention to continue learning Spanish. Results indicate that both types of culture curriculum have a positive impact in the development of ICC cognitive domain, but only the US...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo motivación

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El presente estudio examina la incidencia entre tres factores clave en la adquisición de lenguas adicionales: la motivación, la autoeficacia y las estrategias de aprendizaje, en aprendientes de español como lengua extranjera. En la investigación participaron 122 estudiantes de Benín, quienes respondieron a tres escalas tipo Likert validadas para medir cada constructo. Se realizaron análisis descriptivos, correlaciones de Spearman, análisis de factores exploratorios y varias regresiones lineales para reconocer en profundidad la relación que mantienen la autoeficacia y la motivación, como variables independientes, en el uso de estrategias de aprendizaje. Los resultados revelaron correlaciones positivas y significativas entre las tres variables, aunque se observa un papel más relevante por parte de la motivación en el uso de estrategias...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo motivación

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Given that the classroom is a social context that can either satisfy or frustrate learner motivation, pedagogical strategies bound by controlling evaluative frameworks, such as traditional grading systems (TGS), provide little support for long-term learning. This is especially concerning in the world language (WL) classroom where successful learning outcomes are determined by both affective and contextual factors. To this end, this action research examines the design and implementation of an ungrading pedagogical framework we have titled Contract-Based Ungrading (CBU), in order to explore how evaluative systems interplay with motivational factors in the WL classroom. Data sources included teacher and learner artifacts as well as anonymous questionnaires, analyzed using content analysis and extreme case sampling. Following a...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: artículo motivación

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The current study investigates how foreign language enjoyment (FLE), foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) and attitude/motivation (AM) of 360 learners of English, German, French and Spanish in a Kuwaiti university was shaped over the course of one semester by three teacher behaviours: frequency of using the foreign language (FL) in class, predictability and frequency of joking. Linear mixed modelling revealed a positive relationship between the three teacher behaviours and FLE as well as AM, but no significant relationship emerged with FLCA. Multiple comparison analyses showed that levels of FLE dropped significantly among students whose teacher joked very infrequently and infrequently. It thus seems that the absence of teacher jokes had a delayed cumulative effect on FLE. No interaction effects were found with time for FLCA and...

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