Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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An analysis of academic citations and references generated by the ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot reveals the citations and references are in fact, fake. They are clearly generated by a predictive process rather than known facts. This suggests that early optimism regarding this technology for assisting in research could be misplaced, and that student misuse of the chatbot can be detected by the identification of fake citations and references. Despite these problems, the technology could have application in the writing of course materials for lower level undergraduate courses that do not necessarily require references. Subject matter expertise is required, however, to identify and remove incorrect information. The need to identify incorrect information provided by an AI chatbot is a skill that students...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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There are obvious benefits to integrating generative AI into language learning and teaching: using AI as a language tutor, creating learning materials, or assessing learner output. However, due to how AI systems understand human language —based on a mathematical model using statistical probability— they lack the lived experience to use language with the same social awareness as humans. Additionally, there are built-in linguistic and cultural biases based on training data which is mostly in English and predominantly from Western sources. Studies have clearly shown that systems such as ChatGPT often do not produce language that is pragmatically appropriate.

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the experiences of language learners and teachers in the use of ChatGPT during the language learning and teaching process. Phenomenological design, a type of qualitative research, was used. Participants were 8 English language learners and 3 English language teachers with teaching experience at different levels, selected through purposive sampling; the interview technique was used as the data collection instrument. The findings revealed that ChatGPT and AI were considered to be useful tools for language learning and teaching, although they presented some challenges that can be overcome with the advancement of technology.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: teorías de aprendizaje

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A model of second language learning is proposed which attempts to account for discrepancies both in individual achievement and achievement in different aspects of second language learning. The model outlines aspects of the input of information through various kinds of exposure to the language, the storage of that information for the language learner, and the responses that are produced as a function of the stored information. The operation of the model is explained in terms of learning processes and learning strategies. The former refer to the obligatory relationships that hold between aspects of the model and are true for all second language learners. The latter describe a group of optional strategies that may be employed by different language learners and in different learning situations. Individual learner characteristics, such as...

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Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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This qualitative study, drawing on positioning analysis, examines four world language teachers' reported practices of integrating ChatGPT into their instruction. The participants were enrolled in the graduate-level Applied Linguistics or Spanish Language Teaching program at a public university in the southcentral US. This study addresses two research questions: (1) How did world language teachers position themselves and others in relation to their integration of ChatGPT into teaching… (2) What factors mediated their ChatGPT-supported instruction? The analyses of interview transcripts and weekly reports revealed that the world language teachers positioned themselves as active agents, assuming dynamic roles vis-à-vis ChatGPT (i.e., ChatGPT guide, explorer, manager, and ...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: traducción automática

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Although use of machine translation (MT) technologies by learners may seem like a relatively new issue in foreign language (FL) education, researchers have been investigating connections between MT tools and FL teaching and learning for more than three decades, years before learners had access to free online services such as Google Translate. This literature review summarizes this rapidly expanding research domain both chronologically and thematically, identifying key concepts, insights, and findings and mapping them onto a framework inspired by questions commonly asked by both researchers and practitioners: How do learners use MT tools? What do instructors and learners think about MT? How...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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Recent technological advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have paved the way for improved and in many cases the creation of entirely new and innovative, electronic writing tools. These writing support systems assist during and after the writing process making them indispensable to many writers in general and to students in particular who can get human-like sentence completion suggestions and text generation. Although the wide adoption of these tools by students has been faced with a steady growth of scientific publications in the field, the results of these studies are often contradictory and their validity may be questioned. To gain a deeper understanding of the validity of AI-powered writing...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: comprensión lectora

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Traslada al aula de segundas lenguas la teoría de los esquemas: la comprensión lectora resulta de la interacción entre el texto y el conocimiento previo del lector, organizado en esquemas de contenido (lo que se sabe del mundo y de la cultura) y esquemas formales (lo que se sabe de cómo están construidos los textos).

Consecuencias didácticas: buena parte de las dificultades de lectura en L2 no son de vocabulario ni de sintaxis, sino de esquemas ausentes o culturalmente ajenos. La autora propone procedimientos de activación y de construcción de esquemas previos a la lectura y ejercicios centrados en la organización retórica del texto.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación

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Swain’s (1985, 1995, 2000) output hypothesis states that language production is facilitative of second language (L2) learning. An important component of the output hypothesis involves pushing learners to produce appropriate, accurate, and complex language (Swain, 1993), which may occur when interlocutors provide learners with negative feedback. When learners modify their previous utterances in response to negative feedback, learning opportunities are created by both the provision of negative feedback and the production of modified output. Consequently, it is difficult to determine how these interactional features—alone or in combination—positively impact L2 development. The current study examines the impact of negative feedback and learners’ responses on English as a second language (ESL) question development, which is operationalized...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: experiencia práctica

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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Las autoras parten de una constatación: cuando se pregunta al alumnado de lenguas dónde practica la expresión oral fuera de clase, la respuesta habitual es «en ningún sitio». El artículo analiza esa carencia, especialmente aguda en la enseñanza en línea y en entornos distribuidos con dificultades de horarios y husos horarios, y expone las reflexiones pedagógicas que deberían guiar el diseño y desarrollo de herramientas de práctica oral basadas en inteligencia artificial, a partir de su experiencia desarrollando un asistente propio para cursos de alemán y francés.

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