Bibliografía - percepciones de los estudiantes

En American Educator vol. 27 - 4

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Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field of researchers from psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, and anthropology who seek to understand the mind. In this regular American Educator column, we consider findings from this field that are strong and clear enough to merit classroom application.

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Very often, students will think they understand a body of material. Believing that they know it, they stop trying to learn more. But, come test time, it turns out they really don't know the material. Can cognitive science tell us anything about why students are commonly mistaken about what they know and don't know? Are there any strategies teachers can use to help students better estimate what they know?

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Este estudio analiza las percepciones de hablantes de herencia acerca de su propia variedad y sus actitudes y percepciones en el contexto de estudios en el exterior. Se analizan y contrastan las percepciones de hablantes de herencia que participan en un programa en España, por un período de tres meses, versus un grupo que participa en un programa en Costa Rica por un mes. El objetivo de este estudio es determinar, si después de haber participado en programas de estudio de lengua española en estos países, la experiencia impacta o modifica la percepción y comprensión sobre su español de herencia y, si diverge, en cuál parámetro. Los participantes son todos de la región del Medio Oeste, Estados Unidos (particularmente de Illinois), nacidos en los Estados Unidos y mayormente de origen mexicano. Los datos se recogen a través de un cuestionario aplicado via Qualtrics o personal que contiene veinticuatro preguntas en torno al perfil y bagaje del estudiante antes de dirigirse al programa de estudios en el extranjero, percepciones y reacciones durante los exámenes de ubicación escritos y orales, y su propia valoración después del programa. Las preguntas se circunscriben al ámbito académico en el país de inmersión.

This mixed-methods study investigates the use of synchronous video computer-mediated communication (SVCMC) in a U.S. university’s Spanish-as-a-foreign-language curriculum. Using the SVCMC platform TalkAbroad, the university’s Spanish program required second-year students to participate in five, 30-minute, SVCMC conversations with Spanish first language (L1) speakers. Students then reflected on their SVCMC conversations by replaying the recorded audio from those sessions and transcribing passages of their conversations. Using an interactionist perspective, this research explores the utility of: (1) the SVCMC conversations, and (2) the subsequent listening/transcription activity by examining students’ reported noticing of linguistic items (e.g. L1 speaker vocabulary, grammar, etc.). Additionally, we report students’ general perceptions of engaging in SVCMC with TalkAbroad. Students’ noticing and perceptions were investigated using a combination of two questionnaires (N = 35) that were administered following (1) the SVCMC, and (2) the listening/transcription activity, along with semi-structured interviews (n = 10). Findings suggest both the SVCMC and listening/transcription activities are effective in promoting the noticing of vocabulary and content, but not grammar. Finally, students generally reported positive perceptions of engaging in SVCMC for the purposes of L2 learning. Related implications for pedagogy and curriculum design are discussed.

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