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Temas: artículo hablantes de herencia

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Task-based research has investigated the learning opportunities (e.g. language related episodes) that emerge during heritage and second language learner interactions during writing tasks. However, to date, it is unknown how these peer interactions involving heritage language learners contribute to written texts. Further, given the rise of social technologies in educational settings, a need exists to examine how interactions in digital platforms affect the production of written texts. To address these issues, 13 heritage-second language learner and 16 heritage?heritage learner pairs enrolled in advanced Spanish content courses completed two distinct versions of writing tasks. Participants were instructed that they were hired as business consultants for clothing and cellphone companies in Spain. While each participant wrote her or his...

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Temas: artículo corrección

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Corrective feedback on second language (L2) writing has remained one of the most heavily studied areas in applied linguistics, yet clear guidance for practitioners about how to provide it most effectively remains limited. Previous studies have meta-analysed written corrective feedback (WCF) research revealing conflicting findings in how WCF affects development in L2 writers? accuracy over time. This study provides a needed update in light of a recent increase in (quasi)experimental WCF studies. It features several methodological advances by introducing a Bayesian approach to conducting a meta-analysis, which provides a more valid picture of the generalizable effects. The analysis allows distinction ? for the first time at a meta-analytic level ? between short-, medium-, and long-term effects of WCF. Results aggregate data from an...

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Temas: artículo ciencia cognitiva

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Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field of researchers from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and anthropology who seek to understand the mind. In this regular American Educator column, we consider findings from this field that are strong and clear enough to merit classroom application.

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I have read that the mind treats stories differently than other types of information. It seems obvious that people like listening to stories, but it's not obvious how to use that in the classroom....

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Temas: artículo inteligencia artificial

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El presente trabajo aborda el tema de la Inteligencia Artificial como una aproximación a un asunto del que ya se está ocupando la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras. Se trata de un tema que es cada vez más importante al ser el efecto del desarrollo que se ha dado en el campo de la cibernética, de la computación y de la comunicación, que produce aplicaciones (apps) que facilitan la vida y ahorran esfuerzo, lo que, al mismo tiempo, lleva a nuevas formas de actuar, de enseñar y de aprender. El desarrollo tecnológico ha estado siempre en la vida de los maestros de lenguas y lo que ocurre en la actualidad no es la excepción. Por ello, surge la necesidad de atender este desarrollo en el campo de la enseñanza del español como...

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Temas: artículo ciencia cognitiva

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Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field of researchers from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and anthropology who seek to understand the mind. In this regular American Educator column, we consider findings from this field that are strong and clear enough to merit classroom application.

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It is difficult to overstate the value of practice. For a new skill to become automatic or for new knowledge to become long-...

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Temas: artículo aprendizaje de vocabulario

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Few mobile-assisted vocabulary learning approaches fully correspond to the authenticity principle of the situated learning theory (SLT). A novel practice of changing the smartphone system language to second language (L2), which intends to better implement SLT in a real smartphone context, is the focus of this study. To explore the potential of using this under-researched approach to facilitate L2 vocabulary learning, a mixed-method design was adopted to investigate its impact on vocabulary acquisition, global language learning motivation, and vocabulary learning motivation. Participants? pre- and post-test scores on the vocabulary knowledge test and motivation questionnaires were compared between the experimental and control groups. Interviews were also conducted to understand learners? perceptions of this novel approach. Both...

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Temas: artículo inclusión

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In this report, I describe the research and curricular changes I am implementing to deal with issues of inequity encountered by Black students in the Spanish program I direct at Western Michigan University. In the first stage, a comprehensive analysis of student demographics, enrollment, and academic performance over six years revealed that Black and African American students begin Spanish education at high rates but are less likely to advance to courses beyond second-year Spanish and more likely to obtain lower final grades than other groups. These findings are consistent with literature showing similar patterns of participation and achievement among Black students in...

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Temas: artículo microagresiones

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Microaggressions are subtle offensive mechanisms that can be intentional or unintentional (Pierce, 1970). For the past 50 years, researchers have documented their damaging effects on peoples? mental and physical health. In this report, we focus on microaggressions in the Spanish classroom and with Latino/Latinx/Hispanic students, including their damaging effects within the context of changing demographics in the United States, how they impact our language classrooms, and how they can be mitigated through language curricula that promote intercultural citizenship. Also, we share strategies and suggestions to counter microaggressions in the language classroom, grounded in the...

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Temas: artículo docentes de ELE

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En este artículo se presentan los resultados de una investigación en curso, cuyo objetivo es delinear el perfil del docente de español como lengua extranjera (ELE) en línea. El análisis llevado a cabo se apoya en datos cuantitativos y cualitativos recogidos a través de un cuestionario en línea que fue distribuido mediante redes sociales (Facebook y Twitter), foros de debate y listas de distribución sobre ELE. A pesar de las limitaciones de la muestra, los resultados ofrecen un primer cuadro del perfil objeto de estudio y confirman que el colectivo que adopta la modalidad de enseñanza de ELE en línea es prevalentemente femenino, de edad entre 35 y 45 años, que escoge este tipo de formación en combinación con la enseñanza...

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Temas: artículo análisis de errores

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En este artículo nos proponemos presentar los errores etiológicos ? inter e intralingüísticos ? verificados en la interlengua de brasileños hablantes/aprendientes de Español. Más específicamente damos énfasis a las dificultades que estos hablantes tienen en el empleo de los verbos en español. En este estudio, identificamos los errores, los clasificamos, los describimos y explicamos sus posibles causas. Analizamos, para ello, las pruebas de producción escrita del examen de dominio de la lengua aplicado por universidades argentinas ? el Certificado de Español: Lengua y Uso (CELU). Nos proponemos compartir los resultados obtenidos por medio de esta investigación y promover en el docente de lengua española para brasileños una...

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