No escapa al observador avezado que las evoluciones recientes en la enseñanza y la investigación en español como lengua extranjera acuerdan un papel preponderante a todos los aspectos relacionados con la comunicación especializada. Esto se debe a que los docentes e investigadores no permanecen ajenos a las exigencias del mundo del trabajo donde se advierte la necesidad de utilizar un español instrumental que refleje las prácticas discursivas propias de ciertas especialidades y profesiones.

El presente estudio intenta profundizar en la instrucción gramatical del aula de L2/LE y combina para ello dos marcos de trabajo de la ASL con el objetivo de crear un acercamiento gramatical metodológico a la selección modal: la instrucción de procesamiento (IP; ver capítulo 2) y la gramática cognitiva (GC; ver capítulo 3). La razón de esta unión es dar a los estudiantes las herramientas necesarias para comprender claramente la lengua y los usos de las formas meta, precisamente porque pueden entender su misma naturaleza.

Este libro reúne los fundamentos de la metodología de la investigación en ELE, en el marco de la lingüística aplicada a la adquisición de segundas lenguas, una información hasta ahora dispersa. Ofrece las pautas imprescindibles para desarrollar una investigación en ELE en todas sus fases, desde la elección del tema y el diseño, pasando por la determinación del método y los instrumentos que se utilizarán, aspecto este que se trata con especial atención, hasta la ejecución y estructuración del trabajo, el análisis y la valoración de los resultados o su transferencia y difusión.

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Teacher training programs and models recognize research engagement as a key competency of qualified professionals. However, despite current calls from scholars to bridge the divide between research and practice in second language teaching, little is known about how teaching professionals engage with existing research or carry out their own research. This study is the first to address this issue with regards to Spanish Language Teaching (SLT) professionals, aiming to understand if and how they engage with and in research, and identify what they would need to increase their engagement.

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.

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Higher education has seen an increase in enrollment in online (OL) language courses. This study (n = 176) examined why students chose to enroll in OL Spanish courses and if foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) in OL classes affects overall oral proficiency. Sex differences and FLCA in online Spanish classes were also examined. Quantitative methods included an online survey and a third-party proficiency exam, Versant for Spanish Test.

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?