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This study explores the perceptions of learners and instructors regarding mobile learning tasks, comparing WhatsApp and Zoom as platforms for facilitating second language (L2) speaking and overall language skills. Grounded in sociointeractionist theories of second language acquisition (SLA), the research involved novice-high Spanish learners who engaged in weekly Communication Activities via WhatsApp text messaging or Zoom video calls. Findings indicate that while both platforms provided valuable opportunities for language practice outside the classroom, participants preferred face-to-face interactions via Zoom. Despite the familiarity with text messaging, WhatsApp was less favored due to logistical challenges,...

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Temas: artículo motivación

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In the field of L2 (second language) learning motivation, most studies have focused on English since it is one of the most important international languages in the world, while few have explored students' motivation to learn languages other than English (LOTEs) or an L3. The literature on L2 motivation raises the issue of the need to compare the similarities and differences between learning a second language (L2) and a second foreign languages (or L3). English departments at Taiwanese universities require students to begin studying an L3 in their second or third years of study. However, the motivations for these students to learn L3s remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap in the literature. A standardized questionnaire was completed by 150 students in technological universities in Taiwan. The findings reveal five new...

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Temas: artículo translingüísmo

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Este artículo analiza la percepción de los aprendientes sobre el uso y la utilidad del translenguaje (translanguaging) en el ámbito del español como lengua extranjera o segunda (LE/L2) en un centro francés de educación primaria. Para ello se tienen en cuenta las diferencias en dicha percepción en función del género, el nivel educativo, la lengua materna (L1) y el número de lenguas habladas. En la investigación participaron 91 estudiantes de primaria (6 y 11 años) divididos en tres cursos académicos. Los datos se obtuvieron con un cuestionario de elaboración propia como instrumento de medida adaptado a la edad de los participantes. Los resultados, analizados mediante SPSS, demuestran que los participantes perciben un uso frecuente del translenguaje en el aula. Además, valoran como más útil el uso del translenguaje que el uso exclusivo...

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The present study investigates language learners’ perceptions of what types of language learning activities they carry out in the Spanish second language (L2) classroom and what activities are the most common ones. A further aim is to investigate how the activities align with a model based on task-based language teaching. The group studied are Swedish learners of Spanish as L2 in a Swedish setting, where out of class exposure to first language (L1) Spanish is generally limited. The activities carried out in class are therefore expected to have a high impact on learners’ L2 acquisition in Spanish. The participants were tested after...

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Temas: artículo hablantes de herencia

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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...

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Temas: artículo ciencia cognitiva

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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...

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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...

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Most research on task-based language teaching (TBLT) has focused on specific factors that play a role in task-based performance and learning, whereas considerably fewer studies have paid attention to how TBLT curricula have been developed and delivered in second language (L2) teaching contexts. However, it has been argued that the latter type of evaluative inquiry is crucial in order to advance the educational significance of the approach. While more evaluation studies have been published in recent years, few of them adopt a multi-methodological, longitudinal and...

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