Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: expresión escrita

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Motivación, sensibilización, metaescritura, producción creativa de textos, trabajo cooperativo y autoevaluación son las palabras que resumen los objetivos e intenciones de este trabajo. Para lograrlo hemos seleccionado dos textos y una serie de actividades que conjugan esos objetivos fomentando la metaescritura (reflexión sobre los propios hábitos de escritura y expresión escrita de los mismos) y el desarrollo de procesos de lectura, comprensión, interacción, escritura, revisión, autoevaluación, etc.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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Student engagement has long been recognized as a vital predictor of academic success, but how it associates with control-value appraisals and academic emotions of Chinese undergraduates of English as a foreign language (EFL) is underexplored. This article hence invoked the control-value theory and investigated the general profile of Chinese undergraduates’ control-value appraisals, academic emotions and student engagement in English learning, and the interrelationships between the three constructs. Descriptive statistics of the questionnaire data revealed that the 323 undergraduate participants generally showed a moderate level of control-value appraisals and engagement in English learning; furthermore, they experienced a variety of academic emotions, with positive emotions as more frequently experienced than negative ones....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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Although the positive relationship between growth language mindsets and engagement has been consistently supported in previous empirical studies, the literature is dominated by quantitative approaches in the English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) contexts, neglecting the triangulation of qualitative data delving into how learners perceive the contribution of growth mindsets to engagement. Such neglect is especially notable among multilingual learners. Further, it remains unknown which dimensions of growth language mindset were the most influential for specific dimensions of engagement and whether the pattern was different for English learning and language other than English (LOTE) learning. To fill the gaps, the current study adopted a concurrent embedded mixed-methods approach with questionnaires and interviews. A total of 464 Chinese...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: gamificación

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En este artículo se ofrece un enfoque para integrar en el aula de E/LE diversas competencias generales y destrezas lingüísticas a través de la gamificación que incentiva la competencia comunicativa del estudiante. Este enfoque nace de la reflexión sobre la necesidad de incorporar nuevas estrategias de enseñanza basadas no solo en lo cognitivo sino que mezcle también el componente emocional. La Neuroeducación nos acerca a la gamificación como medio para motivar y despertar emociones que faciliten el proceso de aprendizaje. La emoción y la cognición van unidas y se interrelacionan entre sí para dar como resultado la conducta del estudiante. El objetivo es que el estudiante participe en una «...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: gamificación

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Limited vocabulary leads to decreased performance and motivation in reading comprehension among students who learn English as a foreign language (EFL). Morphological analysis provides an effective means to problem-solve the meanings of unknown words and support reading comprehension. This study designed the non-digital gamification approach based on the five game features proposed by Richard E. Mayer to support collaborative morphological analysis. It compared the effects of a non-digital gamified and conventional morphological analysis intervention on reading outcomes and intrinsic motivation. An explanatory sequential mixed-method research design was adopted. Two classes from a secondary school in China were recruited and assigned to either the experimental group receiving the non-digital gamified programme ( N = 52) or the control...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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The current study examined the impact of teacher’s facial expressions in instructional videos on students’ learning process and outcomes for English vocabulary with positive and negative valence. Participants, Chinese learners studying English as a foreign language (EFL) in China, learned 32 words from an instructional video in which a teacher displayed either positive or negative facial expressions. Our findings suggest that learners dwelled longer and fixated more on slides presenting negative vocabulary than on those with positive one. Additionally, learners dwelled longer and fixated more on the teacher when they displayed positive facial expressions compared to negative ones. It was also observed that students’ motivation to learn increased when the teacher displayed positive emotions, irrespective of the emotional valence of...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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The present study examines how learners’ language mindsets (beliefs about the malleability of language intelligence) and achievement goals predict learners’ preferences for different types of corrective feedback (CF). Questionnaire data were collected from 537 learners of Spanish as a foreign language at two North-American universities. Factor analytic and multiple regression results showed two clear patterns. A growth language mindset (the belief that language learning ability is malleable) predicted preferences for all types of CF whereas a fixed language mindset predicted a preference for conversational recast and absence of CF. A development-approach goal (concerned with improving one’s language competence) positively predicted learners’ preference for the explicit types of CF whereas a development-avoidance goal (concerned with...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: comprensión lectora

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La enseñanza de lenguas ha dado por supuesto que los estudiantes deben leer solo literatura «de calidad». Los autores no discuten el objetivo de llegar a los clásicos, sino el camino: argumentan que la lectura ligera —cómics, novelas de serie, revistas, superventas— proporciona en los niveles intermedios el conocimiento previo, la competencia lingüística y el gusto por leer que hacen accesibles después los textos exigentes. Revisan los estudios que muestran que quienes leen textos ligeros leen más, leen mejor y acaban leyendo también obras «serias».

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación

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Drawing on self-determination theory, this study examined the relationships between after-class emotions (enjoyment, anxiety, and boredom) and intrinsic motivation across four Spanish language skills in a self-directed L3 learning context. Participants were 612 Spanish majors from six universities in Northern China. To capture positive after-class emotional experiences, a three-dimensional after-class Spanish enjoyment scale was developed and validated. Latent profile analysis identified three distinct configurations of skill-specific intrinsic motivation: balanced, high writing–speaking, and high listening–reading. Multinomial logistic regression indicated that autonomy- and mastery-based enjoyment were associated with higher odds of membership in the balanced and high writing–speaking profiles, whereas effort-management anxiety and...

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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This book is the first volume devoted to mindset theory and practice in language education, offering interdisciplinary investigations into the motivation, competencies, emotions and wellbeing of language learners and teachers. Presenting studies from a vast array of language learning environments, the chapters explore topics such as students' attitudes and motivation surrounding language learning, the effects of mindset on vocabulary acquisition, the mindsets of early career teachers and experienced language teachers, interventions on students' mindsets and interventions that strengthen language teachers' growth mindsets.

The findings presented in this book will be of great interest to instructors and researchers alike and present essential developments for the field of applied linguistics and psychology of language learning and...

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