Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación factores afectivos metodología de investigación

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At the turn of the new millennium, in an article published in Language Teaching Research in 2000, Dörnyei and Kormos proposed that ?active learner engagement is a key concern? for all instructed language learning. Since then, language engagement research has increased exponentially. In this article, we present a systematic review of 20 years of language engagement research. To ensure robust coverage, we searched 21 major journals on second language acquisition (SLA) and applied linguistics and identified 112 reports satisfying our inclusion criteria. The results of our analysis of these reports highlighted the adoption of heterogeneous methods and conceptual frameworks in the language engagement literature, as well as indicating a need to refine the definitions and operationalizations of engagement in both quantitative and qualitative...

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: tecnología educativa enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas enseñanza en línea e híbrida

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Parece evidente que, ante ?el tsunami digital? que han vivido ?y aún están viviendo? la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de lenguas, quienes actuamos en este sector de la educación (administraciones, centros, docentes, estudiantes, familias, editoriales, etc.) necesitamos abstraernos por un momento de esa vorágine para entender la amplitud de los cambios que se están produciendo, para evaluar su impacto y, sobre todo, para reflexionar sobre cómo deseamos que evolucione la enseñanza de las lenguas y el papel de la tecnología.
Y digo ?deseamos? porque también parece evidente que esa gran ola digital ha cambiado nuestras prácticas de manera abrupta y que todos hemos respondido heroicamente adaptándonos a las nuevas...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: expresión oral géneros textuales interacción pragmática

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Cada tipo de interacción oral requiere una gestión diferenciada de los turnos de habla y también el uso de unidades distintas de la lengua. Esta variedad discursiva y lingüística se practica en la clase de español como lengua extranjera (LE/L2) para su aprendizaje, pero no se sabe de forma fehaciente con qué resultados. Esta investigación es pionera al comparar tres tipos de actividades de interacción oral en el aula de español LE/L2 (relatos, discusiones y negociaciones) con el objetivo de conocer cómo inician los estudiantes su turno de habla cuando participan en ellas. Se analizan...

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Tipo: libro

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: español como lengua de herencia español en Estados Unidos educación superior

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n the United States, heritage language speakers represent approximately 22 percent of the population and 29 percent of the school-age population. Until now, though, few studies have examined the outcomes of classroom teaching of heritage languages.

Outcomes of University Spanish Heritage Language Instruction in the United States sheds light on the effectiveness of specific instructional methods for college-level heritage learners. The first of its kind, this volume addresses how receiving heritage classroom instruction affects Spanish speakers on multiple levels, including linguistic, affective, attitudinal, social, and academic outcomes. Examining outcomes of instruction in the Spanish language?the most common heritage language in the United States?provides insights that can be applied to instruction in other heritage...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: enfoque por tareas enfoques y métodos diseño curricular

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Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is an empirically investigated pedagogy that has garnered attention from language programs across the globe. TBLT provides an alternative to traditional grammar translation or present-practice-produce pedagogies by emphasizing interaction during authentic tasks. Despite several previous meta-analyses investigating the effect of individual tasks or short-term task-based treatments on second language (L2) development, no studies to date have synthesized the effects of long-term implementation of TBLT in authentic language classrooms. The present study uses meta-analytic techniques to investigate the effectiveness of TBLT programs on L2 learning. Findings based on a sample of 52 studies revealed an overall positive and strong effect (d = 0.93) for TBLT implementation on a variety of learning outcomes....

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Tipo: capítulo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: sintaxis norma y estandarización gramática variación y variedades del español

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We present a selective review of studies on Romance languages wherein acceptability experiments played an important role in advancing our knowledge of the grammars of particular linguistic varieties and, by extension, furthering our knowledge of human language and linguistic theory. First, we examine recent studies on word order in wh-questions across varieties of Spanish. Next, we examine the value of acceptability experiments in the study of infrequent structures (e.g. clitic left-dislocation, focus fronting). We highlight the importance of data triangulation by examining studies of information focus in Spanish, emphasizing the impact that methodological choices can have on results. We also examine control and raising structures in Brazilian Portuguese, where conflicting results have required innovative methodological approaches....

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Tipo: libro

Temas: tecnología educativa competencia digital formación de profesores enseñanza de ELE

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Guía para el aprendizaje de la integración dela tecnología educativa en el aula de español como lengua extranjera (ELE) compuesta por ocho capítulos y que tiene como hilo conductor el Marco Común de Competencia Digital Docente, que resulta útil tanto para el diagnóstico como para la mejora de las competencias digitales del profesorado. 

El Marco Común de Competencia Digital Docente ha sido elaborado a través del Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado (INTEF). Es una adaptación del Marco Europeo de Competencia Digital para el Ciudadano y del Marco Europeo de Competencia Digital para Educadores, y se divide en cinco áreas competenciales que constituyen la esencia de este manual: información y alfabetización informacional, comunicación y colaboración, creación de contenidos digitales,...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: expresión escrita enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas tecnología educativa

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En los países más desarrollados, la tecnología digital ha sustituido de modo casi completo a la analógica en los ámbitos de producción del discurso escrito (correspondencia personal, comercial y empresarial, textos académicos y científicos, publicaciones editoriales) y su transmisión (correo electrónico, internet); sólo en su recepción sigue manteniéndose vivo el soporte analógico (papel, libro, revista), si bien también han aumentado los formatos de comunicación on line. Quizá nunca desaparezcan determinados documentos como certificados, testamentos o contratos con firmas manuscritas, porque ofrecen prestaciones irremplazables ?¡aunque en España ya exista legislación sobre sus correspondientes digitales!?....

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: pronunciación creencias y actitudes de los profesores práctica docente fonética

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The goal of this work was to explore the training, classroom practices, and beliefs related to pronunciation of instructors of languages other than English. While several investigations of this type have been conducted in English as a second/foreign language contexts, very little is known about the beliefs and practices of teachers of languages other than English. It is unknown whether recent shifts to focusing on intelligibility, as advocated by some pronunciation scholars, are borne out in foreign language classrooms. To fill this gap, instructors of Spanish (n = 127), French (n = 89), and German (n = 80) teaching basic language courses (i.e. the first four semesters) at 28 large (e.g. more than 15,000 students), public universities in the United States completed an online survey reporting on their training, classroom practices, and...

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Tipo: libro

Temas: tecnología educativa enseñanza en línea e híbrida formación de profesores

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This Element is a practical guide for language teachers intending to upgrade their online teaching. During the COVID-19 pandemic many teachers were forced to move their teaching online without proper preparation and support. This has led to frustration and stress, and sometimes decisions based not on sound pedagogy but on technological constraints, requirements and opportunities. To balance this negative experience, a research-based, pedagogy-focussed approach has been taken in this volume: step-by-step, teachers are shown how to make decisions about the choice and usage of online tools, how to adapt their pedagogy and teaching strategies to fit with online learning environments, and how to create a positive learning experience for their students. In six sections this Element takes teachers from epistemological considerations to...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: motivación factores afectivos práctica docente educación superior

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The current study investigates how foreign language enjoyment (FLE), foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) and attitude/motivation (AM) of 360 learners of English, German, French and Spanish in a Kuwaiti university was shaped over the course of one semester by three teacher behaviours: frequency of using the foreign language (FL) in class, predictability and frequency of joking. Linear mixed modelling revealed a positive relationship between the three teacher behaviours and FLE as well as AM, but no significant relationship emerged with FLCA. Multiple comparison analyses showed that levels of FLE dropped significantly among students whose teacher joked very infrequently and infrequently. It thus seems that the absence of teacher jokes had a delayed cumulative effect on FLE. No interaction effects were found with time for FLCA and...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: estudio empírico

Temas: feedback/retroalimentación enseñanza/aprendizaje de vocabulario vocabulario tecnología educativa

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The benefits of corrective feedback (CF) for second language (L2) learning are empirically attested, and multiple factors mediating CF effectiveness have been investigated. However, the timing of oral CF has received less attention given most research examines corrections provided immediately after an error. Delayed CF also warrants investigation; it occurs naturally in L2 classrooms and may be an appealing alternative in online learning contexts. Existing CF timing research shows either no significant differences between immediate and delayed CF, or advantages for immediate CF. To elucidate mixed findings, more CF timing studies are needed, especially those considering the effects of factors such as CF type, linguistic target and communication mode. Regarding communication mode, the effect of CF timing on errors made during text-...

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Metodología: trabajo teórico

Temas: cultura competencia intercultural enseñanza/aprendizaje de lenguas

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The central aim of language teaching is typically to prepare learners to communicate through the language learnt. However, much current language teaching theory and practice is based on a simplistic view of communication that fails to match the multilingual and intercultural reality of the majority of second language (L2) use. This Element examines the relationship between language and culture through an L2 in intercultural and transcultural communication. It puts forward the argument that we need to go beyond communicative competence in language teaching and focus instead on intercultural and transcultural awareness. Implications for pedagogic practice are explored including intercultural and transcultural language education.

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1. Introduction ? The Role of Intercultural and Transcultural...

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Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: cognición y procesamiento bilingüismo adquisición de segundas lenguas

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Does the language we speak affect the way we think? This Element provides a synthesis of contemporary research on the interplay between language and cognition in speakers of two or more languages and examines variables deemed to impact bilingual acquisition and conceptualization of language-specific thinking patterns during L2 learning. An overview of different yet interrelated studies is offered across a variety of conceptual domains to illustrate different approaches and key variables. The comparison of monolingual and bilingual data demonstrates the highly integrative nature between L2 learning and the changing of one's entire cognitive outlook in L2 speakers. This Element makes relevant connections between language learning and bilingual cognition, aiming to shed new light on how learners acquire conceptual distinctions of the...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: corpus análisis de errores adquisición de segundas lenguas

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: Este trabajo presenta una revisión bibliográfica en la que se examinan publicaciones referentes a los corpus de aprendices en general y a los de ELE en particular, destacando el papel fundamental de los avances informáticos en el desarrollo de este ámbito. Dado que la investigación en corpus de aprendices aborda el estudio de los errores, comenzaremos remontándonos a los orígenes de la Lingüística Contrastiva y sus tres modelos de análisis para, más adelante, poner de manifiesto que la ayuda proporcionada en la actualidad por los ordenadores ha solventado problemas detectados en los trabajos que implementaron estos modelos (en especial, el Análisis de Errores) durante el siglo XX. Nos centraremos, a continuación, en la investigación en...

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