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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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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Although a number of previous studies have shown that TV viewing can lead to incidental vocabulary learning, most of them focused on single words. Little research has examined the effect of captioned TV viewing on incidental collocation learning compared with other modes of input. In addition, research on the factors that affect incidental collocation from different input modes is still relatively scarce and has produced inconclusive findings. To fill those research gaps, the present study investigates the effects of reading-while-listening and captioned TV viewing on incidental collocation learning and predictors of learning gains. Eighty Vietnamese English as a foreign language (EFL) learners were divided into an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group encountered 24 target collocations in two stories in two...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: factores afectivos

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A growing body of literature examined the role of emotional intelligence (EI) in second/foreign language learning (L2) achievement. Though positive relationships have been reported, negative or non-significant relationships were also found. To date no study has quantitatively synthesized the overall effect size between EI and L2 achievement or the potential moderators influencing their relationship. The current meta-analysis fills this research gap by examining 39 independent studies with a cumulative sample size of 6,571 participants. Moderation analyses showed that the effect was stronger for female, collectivistic culture, and final grades as language measures (as opposed to standardized tests) but not influenced by educational level, major, specificity of L2 achievement, skills of language learning or publication year. Reasons for...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: factores afectivos

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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

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: sostenibilidad

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In both the school environment and teacher education, sustainable development is usually linked to the natural and social sciences and is rarely incorporated into language education or encouraged as part of language teacher education. As more research is needed on the practical implementation of sustainable development in language teaching and language teacher education, this study elucidates Finnish pre-service language teachers' perceptions of sustainability dimensions (i.e. ecological, economic, social, and cultural) and their role in language teaching. We used a questionnaire comprising open-ended and Likert-scale questions to examine pre-service language teachers' perceptions of and attitudes...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: 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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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: análisis de materiales y manuales

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Este artículo analiza 30 manuales de español como lengua extranjera o segunda (LE/L2) de niveles inicial e intermedio para examinar la presencia del componente cultural y su potencial contribución al desarrollo de la competencia comunicativa intercultural del alumnado. A través de estrategias cuantitativas se estudia el porcentaje que ocupa el concepto de cultura en el manual, el tipo de cultura predominante, el modo de presentarla, la diversidad geográfica, el abordaje de estereotipos culturales, las destrezas más usadas para trabajar aspectos culturales y la presencia de actividades que fomenten la reflexión crítica. El análisis muestra que, si bien la cultura está presente de manera explícita e implícita en buena parte del manual y trata de desmontar estereotipos y prejuicios, son escasas las actividades que permiten al alumnado...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: análisis de materiales y manuales

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Los libros de texto son una fuente esencial de información y de contacto con la lengua tanto para docentes como para aprendientes dentro y fuera del aula. No obstante, existen pocos estudios que examinan cómo estos materiales han evolucionado a lo largo del tiempo, así como la forma en la que estas publicaciones reflejan las metodologías predominantes en distintos momentos históricos. En este estudio, se examina desde una perspectiva diacrónica y sincrónica un corpus de 533 libros publicados en Japón durante las primeras dos décadas del siglo XXI (2000-2023), considerando variables como: el tipo de libro, la autoría, la editorial, los contenidos gramaticales y las actividades comunicativas. Los resultados del análisis muestran que la autoría y las líneas editoriales impactan de manera directa los contenidos y enfoques metodológicos en...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: análisis de materiales y manuales

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El desarrollo de una competencia intercultural (crítica) es un objetivo central al aprendizaje del español lengua extranjera (ELE/L2) en la actualidad. Este estudio analiza cómo el diseño de las preguntas de comprensión lectora en los libros de texto puede facilitar o dificultar la promoción de este abordaje. El corpus se compone de 420 preguntas de comprensión lectora en una serie de libros de texto brasileño de ELE/L2. A diferencia de lo que muestran los estudios previos, los resultados evidencian una tendencia a diseñar preguntas que interpelan críticamente a los estudiantes para desnaturalizar significados y sentidos producidos por los textos y preguntas que apelan directamente a la realidad sociocultural del público estudiantil. Los hallazgos permiten profundizar en el rol clave de las preguntas de comprensión lectora en diseñar...

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Tipo: artículo

Temas: análisis de materiales y manuales

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The National Textbook and Didactic Material Program in Brazil is responsible for evaluating, purchasing, and distributing textbooks for basic education. Perhaps one of the biggest challenges this program faces is the alignment between the textbook idealized by the public policy and the textbook aimed by the publishers. Whereas the public policy and the authors usually aim at educational quality, publishers target at sales. Publishers tend to set quality aside assuming teachers choose titles for adoption based on easiness to use rather than on pedagogical quality. This article analyzes the discourse of one of the authors of a textbook for the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language in Brazilian basic education. The aim is to understand how the author's and publisher's wishes have led to the final production made available to teachers...

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