Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pensamiento crítico expresión escrita realidad virtual tecnología educativa

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Critical thinking and second language (L2) critical writing are very important for students at the tertiary level. However, applied linguistics and L2 acquisition research has mostly focused on linguistic knowledge development. Second language research has yet given scarce attention for examining the development of critical thinking and critical writing. This article explores the impact of critical analysis based on augmented reality (AR) technology on developing critical thinking and critical writing. Two groups of L2 undergraduates (n = 120) participated in this study. The experimental group used critical analysis based on AR, and the control group used online instruction based on a learning management system without AR. The findings showed that the experimental group outperformed the control group in critical thinking and writing....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: aptitud lingüística cognición y procesamiento diferencias individuales input

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Despite previous research having demonstrated the comparative effects of processing instruction and output-based instruction, further investigation is required to examine the relationships between individual differences in cognitive abilities and these instructional types. This study investigated the associations among three instructional approaches and learners’ language aptitude and working memory in acquiring four Chinese classifiers. Eighty-six second language (L2) Chinese learners from one Chinese university were divided into three experimental groups – processing instruction (PI), meaning-based output instruction (MOI), combined instruction (CI) – and a control group. Tests measuring treatment effects included an untimed grammatical judgment test and an oral elicited imitation test. The LLAMA test and a counting span task were...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: enfoque por tareas tiempos verbales pretérito perfecto simple materiales audiovisuales

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Presentamos una divertida propuesta articulada en torno a una tarea final en grupo: la grabación en vídeo de un informativo de noticias. Dos alumnos adoptarán los papeles de presentadores y darán paso, como si se tratase de televisión en directo, a los reporteros que entrevistarán a los protagonistas de las noticias, personajes encarnados por sus compañeros de clase.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: alfabetización migración y acogida comprensión lectora estrategias de aprendizaje

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En este trabajo, a partir del análisis del concepto de alfabetización, se presentan brevemente cinco herramientas y metodologías para la adquisición de la lectoescritura por parte de inmigrantes adultos. La alfabetización es un proceso paulatino y los alumnos adultos que se alfabetizan en una nueva lengua tienen perfiles diversos, por lo tanto, es necesario proporcionarles apoyo específico, adaptado a sus necesidades. El método de palabra generadora y el Instructor Digital de Alfabetización se centran en la decodificación inicial de palabras. En cambio, el enfoque de experiencia lingüística y el proyecto de creación de libros de lectura Simple Stories son apropiados para mejorar la comprensión...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: evaluación práctica docente metodología de investigación educación primaria y secundaria

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In the last few decades, the assumption that the implementation of standardized tests might cause washback effects on language teaching and learning has become certainty. Researchers and practitioners report an increased use of ‘teaching to the test’ (TTT) practices, however, in current literature, consensus about which practices this includes is missing and operationalizations in studies vary greatly. Further, even though TTT is assumed to impair meaningful learning, no study so far examined students’ perspective. The current study therefore used a multi-method approach to theoretically and empirically define TTT and develop a uniform measurement instrument, focusing on students’ perspective of...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: AICLE/CLIL cultura diseño curricular formación de profesores

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Content-based instruction (CBI) is a pedagogical approach used in the second/other language classroom that commits to addressing both language- and content-learning objectives. Scholars have found that, particularly in the planning stages, teachers struggle with achieving that balance (Donato, 2016; Lyster, 2007). This study examines world language (WL) teachers’ planning for CBI via these research questions: (1) When experienced teachers from traditional WL classroom contexts design CBI unit plans, what do these plans reveal about the pathways they take towards CBI in a traditional WL settings? (2) What broader challenges and opportunities related to using CBI in the traditional WL context are revealed? The data sources in this qualitative lesson analysis study are 36 unit plans developed as the final project for a graduate-level...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: sintaxis enseñanza/aprendizaje de la gramática lingüística cognitiva canciones

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Toma que toma es una actividad kinésico-gramatical de E/LE basada en la Gramática Cognitiva que pretende reforzar el conocimiento de oraciones de relativo. Gracias al movimiento y a la música de Toma que toma se estimula a los estudiantes a representar estructuras sintácticas. De esta forma, los alumnos conceptualizan la relación sintáctica entre el antecedente y su oración subordinada, así como la relación de inclusión que existe entre la oración subordinada y la principal. En un estudio controlado, Toma que toma y otras actividades kinestésicas han demostrado mejorar significativamente el conocimiento y el uso de las oraciones de relativo.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: storytelling/narración tecnología educativa multimodalidad enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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Although digital storytelling (DST) has been a potent pedagogical approach in language learning, robust statistical evidence of its effect has yet to be determined. As such, in an attempt to assess the influence of DST on language learning and explore factors modulating its effectiveness, the current study conducted a thorough meta-analysis to address the research gap. The current meta-analysis consisted of 34 experimental studies published between 2006 and 2023 with 3,208 participants and 45 independent effect sizes. The results of the Bayesian meta-analysis showed a moderate-to-large effect size of 0.74 that confirmed the facilitative effect of DST in language learning. Furthermore, the results of moderator analyses revealed that multimodality, learning activities, intervention duration, and assessment format significantly modulate...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas translingüismo dramatización expresión oral

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Spoken communication remains limited in many Arabic-speaking university English as a foreign language (EFL) settings, where accuracy often outweighs experimentation. This study examines comparative repetition pedagogy (CRP), a bilingual instructional framework developed by Alshaikhi, integrating drama, role play, and task-based reflection. A longitudinal mixed-methods design was implemented with 120 male English-major students in Saudi Arabia. Quantitative data were collected through a willingness to communicate questionnaire, and qualitative data included observations, reflection logs, bilingual adaptations, and two semi-structured teacher interviews. Findings indicate increased willingness to communicate and emerging rhetorical awareness, though these patterns should be interpreted cautiously within the study’s contextual and...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua extranjera adquisición de segundas lenguas voz pasiva input

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Recent research on the effects of processing instruction (PI) have incorporated online research methods in order to demonstrate that PI has effects on cognitive processing behaviors as well as on accuracy (e.g. Lee & Doherty, 2019a). The present study uses self-paced reading and a moving windows technique to examine the effects of PI on second language (L2) learners’ processing of Spanish active and passive sentences to explore the effects of PI on instructed second language acquisition. One group received PI but the Control group did not. Between group comparisons on passive sentences showed changes in performance for the PI group but not the Control group with the PI group gaining in accuracy and processing speed, specifically faster response times to select the correct picture and faster reading time on passive verb forms....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: experiencia práctica

Temas: análisis de materiales y manuales manuales formación de profesores materiales didácticos

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En esta experiencia práctica hemos analizado, guiados por una ficha, la misma actividad en el libro del alumno primero y en el libro del profesor después. Tras una puesta en común de los resultados del análisis, hemos comentado si han cambiado nuestras valoraciones de la actividad después de haberla analizado, no solo a partir del libro del alumno, sino también a partir de la correspondiente guía didáctica de su libro del profesor. Así, sacaremos algunas conclusiones con respecto a qué puede aportar la guía didáctica del libro del profesor y podremos tener una respuesta a por qué es el libro del profesor una herramienta útil.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: propuesta didáctica

Temas: estructuras comparativas expresión oral interacción enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario

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El objetivo principal de este artículo es contribuir modestamente al desarrollo de la enseñanza de español como lengua extranjera. Para ello, la propuesta didáctica que se ha diseñado para este trabajo tiene la finalidad de ofrecer una serie de actividades dinámicas que promueven el desarrollo de las capacidades comunicativas. Concretamente, el léxico relacionado con la ciudad, las descripciones de lugares y la comparación. Además, las actividades parten de un enfoque comunicativo, con un debate como tarea final. Ahora bien, pese a que el debate es una herramienta muy trabajada en el aula, cabe destacar la importancia de su integración desde los niveles iniciales (A1-A2) con el objetivo de...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: enseñanza en línea e híbrida competencia comunicativa expresión oral educación superior

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This study investigates the relationship between online learning and face-to-face communicative competence among students of English as a foreign language in Vietnam. Drawing on the Community of Inquiry framework and Spitzberg and Cupach’s Model of Interpersonal Communication Competence, the study employed a mixed-methods design to examine students’ perceptions of online learning and the relationship between online learning frequency and speaking performance. Quantitative data were collected from 161 English-major students through a questionnaire measuring online learning exposure and engagement and a performance-based speaking test assessing face-to-face communicative competence. Correlation analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between online learning frequency and speaking performance, followed by semi-structured...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: comprensión lectora estrategias de aprendizaje aprendizaje colaborativo factores afectivos

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Implementing social-emotional learning skills into Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR), the current study intended to extend the efficacy of CSR for teaching reading strategies when applying it to students in rural areas from a working-class community. To this purpose, forty-four students who made the comparison and the experimental groups were taught reading strategies through CSR and ECSR (Extended Collaborative Strategic Reading), respectively. A reading comprehension test with different question types was given to the students as pretest and posttest, and an interview was given at the end of the study to investigate the perception of the students toward reading strategy instruction through CSR and ECSR. Analysis of data indicated that only the ECSR group improved significantly in overall reading comprehension, but the...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: influencia de la L1 competencia léxica vocabulario cognición y procesamiento

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The study aimed to explore the evidence of first language (L1) mediation in second language (L2) word associations and the L2 learner-related factors affecting the extent of L1 mediation with the following approaches. First, different from previous research, word association tests (WATs) embraced both receptive and productive word associations in the study. Second, different from word-related variables such as cognates vs. non-cognates in previous research, the study examined learner-related factors. Third, it examined whether the methodological difference (receptive vs. productive test formats) may affect the extent of L1 mediation in L2 access. A total of 108 Chinese English learners varying in proficiency, learning experiences, input and motivation participated in WATs using 24 stimulus words. The results suggested, (1) from the...

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