Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: variación y variedades del español

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Este artículo aborda la incorporación de variedades dialectales del español en aplicaciones móviles de aprendizaje. Mediante un análisis del léxico de Duolingo, se compara su vocabulario sobre viajes con las Nociones específicas del Plan Curricular del Instituto Cervantes (PCIC). El análisis de la variación dialectal permite comparar: a) el índice de frecuencia del vocabulario, b) la expansión geográfica de las voces y c) el grado de representatividad léxica. Los resultados iniciales sobre frecuencia léxica obtenidos de corpus se matizan con el análisis de la expansión geográfica y el cálculo de representatividad, permitiendo resultados más precisos sobre la variación. El estudio revela que Duolingo refleja la norma panhispánica en su curso de español para anglófonos, a diferencia del vocabulario del PCIC. El análisis de la interfaz y...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: study abroad/estudios en el extranjero

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This synthesis paper reviews the literature on the acquisition of second language (L2) grammar and vocabulary during study abroad, with a focus on Spanish as the target language. We begin by discussing research that has compared L2 development between traditional, classroom-based environments and study abroad contexts. This work suggests that domains of language learning (e.g., pronunciations, vocabulary, grammar) can be differentially affected by these two learning environments, with some domains showing stronger development in one context than the other. On this backdrop, we review the insights that studies of L2 Spanish offer on vocabulary and grammar development during short-term and longer-term sojourns abroad. Thereafter, we consider factors affecting such development where they have been investigated such as language contact...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: vocabulario

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El presente estudio examina la influencia del tipo de contexto de aprendizaje formal en el léxico disponible de estudiantes de ELE. Se distinguen dos contextos de aprendizaje formales de LE, el convencional, centrado exclusivamente en la enseñanza de la LE, y el contexto de aprendizaje integrado de contenido (AICLE), que se refiere a cualquier contexto educativo en el que se usa la LE como medio de aprendizaje de contenidos no lingüísticos. Se ha mostrado que el tipo de contexto de aprendizaje formal influye en el aprendizaje de la LE de diferentes maneras y se han destacado los beneficios del enfoque AICLE para el desarrollo del vocabulario. Para explorar esta relación, se examinaron la productividad léxica y...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: fraseología

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El desarrollo del lenguaje formulaico en segundas lenguas (L2) ha sido analizado en estudios que señalan el uso de colocaciones como indicador fiable de competencia lingüística. Sin embargo, las colocaciones han recibido poca atención en la investigación sobre complejidad lingüística. Este estudio pretende contribuir a dicha investigación examinando la complejidad fraseológica, constructo que refiere a la diversidad y la sofisticación de las colocaciones utilizadas en la producción escrita de aprendices de nivel intermedio y avanzado y hablantes nativos de español. Se analizan las colocaciones verbo-sustantivo y sustantivo-adjetivo en dos tipos de texto: narrativo y expositivo. Los datos provienen de dos...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enfoque por tareas

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Synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) offers second/foreign language (L2/FL) learners' interactional environments that are unique to face-to-face (F2F) communication. Such modes have the potential to facilitate better learning outcomes under certain conditions. The aim of this study was to compare the capacity of two online modes – text chat and voice chat – to promote uptake of targeted vocabulary in an English as a foreign language (EFL) classroom setting. Three distinct tasks (opinion exchange, dictogloss, problem-solving task) were used to measure the effectiveness of both modes to facilitate immediate and delayed uptake compared to F2F communication. The study investigated: (1) how task design and communication mode affected EFL uptake; (2) the effect time allocation had; and (3) the degree to which task perceptions...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: fraseología

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Given the fundamental contribution of formulaic sequences to the fluent, natural second/foreign language (L2) use and processing, finding effective ways of improving learners's formulaic language has increasingly engaged the attention of L2 practitioners. Focusing on lexical bundles (LBs), as the most frequent formulaic-language strings, the current quasi-experimental study examined statistical learning of recurring 3-to-6-word LBs among Iranian learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) receiving different types of distributional, narrative sensory stimuli. To this end, three intact classes received a recurring-theme narrative content in three different input modalities including only-auditory, audiovisual, and captioned audiovisual. To examine whether exposure to statistical, varied-modality input (or sensory stimuli)...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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This study explored a possible impact of extensive reading (ER) on vocabulary learning. Participants were 62 English majors who entered a private university in Japan in April 2019 and experienced ER for 13 months. They took the Productive Vocabulary Levels Test at the 2,000-word level 3 times: in April, December and May 2020. The outcomes of paired t-tests with Bonferroni correction revealed that participants achieved higher scores on the 2nd test, but their performance deteriorated on the final test. The model yielded by multiple regression analysis was comprised of the number of series participants read books from and the average percentage grade of MReader quizzes they passed, whose contribution to the post test scores was 14.1%. Follow-up tests were run between 12 students who retained or improved their scores on the delayed test...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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This study presents a teaching intervention to maximize the learning of a set of target words (TW) in learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) in a secondary school by means of intentional vocabulary learning activities and additional captioned television (TV) viewing. In the course of one academic year, two groups of grade 10 EFL learners (N = 64) were introduced to new TWs each week through language-focused exercises. The experimental group (n = 33) was additionally exposed to a captioned TV series where these TWs appeared. To measure lexical growth, all students took pre- and post-tests evaluating both TW form and meaning recall. Vocabulary retention was measured with an eight-month delayed post-test. Results revealed that vocabulary was mainly learned intentionally, but that additional viewing of the captioned TV series...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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The current study investigated the interaction between task-induced involvement load and the languages used in vocabulary glosses on incidental second language (L2) word learning in low proficiency learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). Using computer-based tasks, the study also probed whether a task with a higher level of involvement load promoted a greater learner engagement with unfamiliar words, as measured by their hypertext gloss lookup frequencies. A total of 160 Thai EFL learners were equally divided into five task conditions based on the relative level of involvement load (low, high) and type of target word gloss (no glosses, L1 glosses, L2 glosses). The findings suggest that a task with a higher level of involvement load and first language (L1) glosses is most conducive to L2 word learning and that gloss language...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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Vocabulary learning is basic for mastering a foreign language. Many students learn foreign language (FL) vocabulary via instructional videos outside of traditional classrooms, as there is no limit to time or space. Cues (e.g. coloring, highlighting, arrows, and text) are design features in instructional videos that not only guide learners' attention, but also facilitate the organization and integration of information. However, little is known about how visual cues and text cues influence FL vocabulary learning from instructional videos. In Experiment 1, we tested the effects of synonym text cues presented before the instructional video and visual cues during the video. Effects were measured in terms of participants' judgments of learning and objective measures of learning performance (indicated by accuracy on immediate and delayed...

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