Tipo: artículo

Metodología: metaanálisis

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are gaining increasing popularity in education. The proliferation of experimental studies has highlighted the need to summarize and synthesize the inconsistent findings about the effects of AI chatbots on students' learning outcomes. The present study performed a meta-analysis of 24 randomized studies. The main goal was to meta-analytically examine the effects of AI chatbots on students' learning outcomes and the moderating effects of educational levels and intervention duration. The results indicated that AI chatbots had a large effect on students' learning outcomes. Moreover, AI chatbots had a greater effect on students in...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: factores afectivos

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Emotional intelligence (EI) has been a focus of interest in foreign language education over the last few decades. Foreign language anxiety (FLA) is a central issue in foreign language learning, as it is the most common negative emotion that language learners experience and may hinder the language learning process. The present study scrutinizes the relationship between EI and FLA by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing literature. A systematic search of related databases generated 40 eligible studies published between 2003 and 2024 (n = 11,590 samples), of which 14 (n = 4,789 samples) were subject to a meta-analysis to assess the overall effect size of EI on FLA. The majority of studies in the review found a significant negative correlation between EI and FLA, with research conducted across 12 countries using...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: enfoque por tareas

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This commentary focuses on three methodological concerns regarding Bryfonski and McKay's (2019) meta-analysis of existing works on the effectiveness of task-based language teaching (TBLT). These are (1) loose inclusion criteria, (2) oversimplified outcome effect size calculation, and (3) neglect of influence of moderators. To rectify these issues, we conducted a new meta-analysis to build on the strengths of their work while correcting some flaws by aiming to afford more rigorous and valid insights for education practitioners, researchers, and decision makers. While Bryfonski and McKay (BM) reported a strong positive effect (d = 0.93), our results point to a more modest effect of TBLT on second language achievement (g = 0.61). Different from BM's claimed four moderators of the main effect (i.e. program region, institution type, needs...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: factores afectivos

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Boredom, though a significant emotion in second language acquisition, has received less attention compared with anxiety and enjoyment. Existing research on the effects of boredom presents mixed findings. To date, no study has systematically synthesized evidence regarding its impact on language achievement and its potential moderating factors. This study addresses this gap by conducting a meta-analysis to examine the influence of boredom on language achievement. A comprehensive analysis of 23 studies involving 9,154 participants was performed. The results from the random effects model revealed a small to medium negative effect size (r = −0.34), indicating that boredom has a detrimental impact on language achievement. Furthermore, moderator analyses identified significant variations in effect sizes across different research contexts,...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: análisis de errores

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Esta investigación adopta la metodología del metaanálisis para la compilación y el estudio cuantitativo de un corpus de 95 tesis doctorales en análisis de errores en el ámbito de la enseñanza-aprendizaje del español como lengua extranjera, extraídas como datos primarios de las bases de datos Teseo, TDX y Dialnet para el periodo cronológico 1991-2019. El metaanálisis permite establecer la trayectoria de esta línea de investigación de acuerdo con unos criterios descriptivos, así como perfilar posibles áreas de investigación futura.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: metodología de investigación

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Este trabajo realiza una investigación del tipo Metaanálisis (MA) y analiza pormenorizadamente las distintas categorías, partiendo de una taxonomía establecida previamente, para ofrecer una radiografía del estado metodológico de las tesis doctorales relacionadas con la enseñanza de español como lengua extranjera (ELE) defendidas en universidades españolas a lo largo de 2017.

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: inteligencia artificial

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En el contexto digital actual, promover la alfabetización en inteligencia artificial (IA) resulta fundamental, ya que sus usos están modificando la vida cotidiana y el ámbito laboral. El objetivo de la investigación es sintetizar los beneficios de la inteligencia artificial en el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras. El enfoque es cualitativo, orientada bajo una revisión sistemática de evidencia reciente (2022–2025), siguiendo los lineamientos PRISMA. La búsqueda se llevó a cabo en Scopus, Web of Science e IEEE Xplore. Se identificaron 299 artículos iniciales; se seleccionaron 176 estudios para el análisis. Los hallazgos evidencian cinco dimensiones principales de beneficios: cognitiva/lingüística, pedagógica, motivacional/afectiva, de accesibilidad y social/colaborativa. Entre ellas, los beneficios cognitivos y lingüísticos fueron los...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: español como lengua de herencia

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This article explores the status of Spanish as a heritage language in Sweden, a Scandinavian society with diverse multilingual communities. We offer a systematic literature review, focusing on both empirical studies and educational policies related to multilingualism and Spanish heritage language speakers (SHSs). The selected studies cover such areas as identity and socio-affective factors in educational contexts as well as aspects of SHSs' linguistic systems. By synthesizing available research and policy frameworks, this work combines descriptive analysis with instructional implications to provide a critical overview of the educational and sociolinguistic dynamics shaping multilingual SHSs experiences in Sweden. Key challenges such as the mixed classroom are discussed in considering current and future educational opportunities for...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: study abroad/estudios en el extranjero

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Las investigaciones previas destacan los beneficios de estudiar en el extranjero para aprender un segundo idioma (L2), especialmente en el desarrollo de la competencia pragmática, que permite a los estudiantes usar el idioma adecuadamente en diferentes contextos. Dada la prominencia global del español y los muchos estudiantes de L2 que optan por estudiar en países hispanohablantes, este estudio realizó una revisión panorámica del desarrollo pragmático del español como L2 durante los programas de estudio en el extranjero. El objetivo fue determinar la extensión del campo, la representación de los tipos de programas, participantes y análisis pragmáticos, y destacar la naturaleza del campo. Sin...

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Tipo: artículo

Metodología: revisión bibliográfica

Temas: enfoque por tareas

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Bryfonski and McKay published a meta-analytic review of reports on the effectiveness of task-based programs relative to other types of programs. The aggregated effect in support of task-based programs was substantial. However, Boers et al. re-examined the 27 comparative studies from which this effect size was calculated and argued that, with one exception, they did not serve the intended purpose of the meta-analysis well. However, in a recent publication, Xuan et al. argue that a good number of the primary studies used by Bryfonski and McKay are in fact suitable for a meta-analysis if the programs they assess are re-defined as task-supported rather than task-based programs. Xuan et al. then conducted a meta-analysis of 16 of the 27 comparative studies that were originally included in Bryfonski and McKay's analysis, confirming the...

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