{"title":"Refuerzo académico para el desarrollo de habilidades comunicativas en inglés por medio de actividades permanentes","authors":"Karla Ivette Nieto Chávez, Perla Suggeith Dueck Klassen, Lynda Salinas Cervantes","doi":"10.29057/lc.v3i6.8473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29057/lc.v3i6.8473","url":null,"abstract":"El presente trabajo se basa en la relación entre los refuerzos académicos utilizados por los maestros de inglés de una Escuela Normal al norte de México y la perspectiva de los alumnos con respecto a su utilidad en el desarrollo de habilidades comunicativas en el inglés como una segunda lengua. Dichos refuerzos constan de actividades semanales permanentes con una variedad de temas que requieren de la combinación de habilidades para su elaboración. En esta investigación se rescatan conceptos relacionados con refuerzo académico y adquisición de una segunda lengua. Además, se utiliza un enfoque cualitativo con metodología descriptiva y se recaba información por medio de la observación y un cuestionario administrado, de tal forma que permite documentar la estrategia aplicada por los docentes de inglés y su efecto en el aprendizaje de los alumnos. Respecto a los resultados, destaca que los alumnos encuentran este tipo de actividades útiles, motivadoras y variadas, les llaman la atención y les permiten progresar sin tener que dedicarle mucho tiempo a su realización. En la conclusión se identifica que se puede dar continuidad a las actividades, al mismo tiempo que se aumente el nivel de dificultad para cumplir con las necesidades de los alumnos, pues son ellos mismos quienes perciben mejoras en sus habilidades comunicativas del segundo idioma.","PeriodicalId":235847,"journal":{"name":"Revista Lengua y Cultura","volume":"207 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116003680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reading Aloud as a Strategy to Uplift A1 Students to Speak in English","authors":"María Guadalupe Flores Herrera","doi":"10.29057/lc.v3i6.7847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29057/lc.v3i6.7847","url":null,"abstract":"The current Covid-19 contingency has redefined the teaching and learning process for everyone involved. Nonetheless, one of the aspects that has been severely affected is learners’ motivation and resilience. As a result, teachers worldwide have had to look for alternatives and adapt their teaching strategies, so that this new, digital modality of work, became engaging and useful to meet learners’ learning needs. The present paper describes the experience of how the implementation of theme-based sessions and reading aloud in the virtual classroom had a positive impact on learners’ motivation and interest in participating in online sessions. Through the implementation of action research methodology, it was possible to gather learners’ written records of opinions concerning the significance of the four themed sessions which were held. This record of responses highlighted the language learning areas on which a major impact was observed, through the implemented strategy. Results showed that (according to learners’ perceptions) [learners] confidence to speak in English increased; that their anxiety to speak in English diminished; and that overall learning in areas such as vocabulary and pronunciation improved. Although this is a small-scale project, it could usefully be replicated and adapted to different contexts, from which results would be well worth sharing.","PeriodicalId":235847,"journal":{"name":"Revista Lengua y Cultura","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130663721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Encourager la réflexion transculturelle en cours de français à partir d’une œuvre emblématique d’un peintre acadien contemporain","authors":"Rebeca Isabel Navarro Bajar","doi":"10.29057/lc.v3i6.8634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29057/lc.v3i6.8634","url":null,"abstract":"Prenant comme point de départ le remake contemporain d’une œuvre phare pour l’histoire des Acadiens (les premiers colons francophones qui se sont installés sur notre continent) cet article présente une démarche pédagogique pour la classe de français qui vise à initier les apprenants à la connaissance de l’histoire du peuple acadien tout en les impliquant dans une mouvance transculturelle. Dans un premier temps une sensibilisation à la notion de transculturalité en tant qu’élément-clé pour appréhender la culture globale contemporaine sera entamée. Dans un deuxième temps, de nature éminemment pratique, l’enseignant de français trouvera une proposition didactique concrète pour faire découvrir à ses apprenants, à partir d’une œuvre d’art contemporaine du peintre acadien Mario Doucette, un événement historique majeur de l’histoire acadienne – à savoir, « Le Grand Dérangement » –. Le travail proposé autour du tableau lui permettra d’engager, auprès de ses apprenants, une réflexion de nature transculturelle, sans négliger pour autant l’occasion de leur faire pratiquer des aspects linguistiques spécifiques de la langue cible. Finalement, un retour sur la notion de transculturalité sera abordé, en vue de soulever son importance dans le cadre de la didactique des langues-cultures étrangères (DLE) et de mettre l’accent sur son potentiel porteur d’espoir.","PeriodicalId":235847,"journal":{"name":"Revista Lengua y Cultura","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116065556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Perla Alicia Bueno Reyna, Elizabeth Alvarado Martínez
{"title":"El uso de tándems virtuales como herramienta para la motivación del aprendizaje del inglés como lengua extranjera","authors":"Perla Alicia Bueno Reyna, Elizabeth Alvarado Martínez","doi":"10.29057/lc.v3i6.8585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29057/lc.v3i6.8585","url":null,"abstract":"Existe un gran número de estrategias de aprendizaje que se utilizan en los cursos de lenguas extranjeras (LEX). Frecuentemente, se le otorga prioridad al desarrollo de habilidades gramaticales, de comprensión lectora o de vocabulario, dejando a un lado el sentir de los estudiantes y su motivación para aprender. El uso de tándems virtuales se considera como una de las herramientas que favorece la motivación en el aprendizaje del inglés como LEX. Estos consisten en un grupo de sesiones virtuales entre estudiantes que desean aprender una lengua extranjera, en donde intercambian conocimientos y vocabulario de una manera natural. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo identificar cambios en la motivación de los alumnos al utilizar los tándems virtuales de lengua. Se siguió una metodología cualitativa, a través del análisis del discurso en varios padlets y un grupo focal a 21 sujetos, en donde se les hicieron algunas preguntas relacionadas con su participación en el proyecto y sus experiencias. Los resultados se analizaron siguiendo como referencia los constructos del modelo de Gardner y Lambert (1972) y se encontró que el uso de tándems virtuales de lenguas favorece a la actitud, el interés, y, sobre todo, la motivación que tienen los estudiantes ante el aprendizaje del inglés como LEX. ","PeriodicalId":235847,"journal":{"name":"Revista Lengua y Cultura","volume":"189 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117319748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Audiovisuelle Untertitelung im DaF-Unterricht. Ein operativer Vorschlag","authors":"Nicoletta Gagliardi","doi":"10.29057/lc.v3i6.8572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29057/lc.v3i6.8572","url":null,"abstract":"Der Beitrag konzentriert sich auf den Prozess der Untertitelung im DaF-Unterricht und geht davon aus, dass das Ziel der Untertitelung im universitären Fremdsprachenunterricht nicht darin besteht, Fachleute auszubilden, sondern neben dem Wortschatz auch die metalinguistische, pragmatische und kommunikative Reflexion zu stärken und die Fähigkeit der Lernenden zur kontrastiven Analyse zu festigen. Die Herausforderung besteht darin, sie nicht nur für die Verwendung einer Fremdsprache sondern auch für die ihrer Muttersprache zu sensibilisieren.","PeriodicalId":235847,"journal":{"name":"Revista Lengua y Cultura","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116771369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria Fernanda Zapata Valdés, Elsa Fernanda González Quintero
{"title":"Factores Afectivos que influyen en los procesos de composición de escritura académica: Análisis del impacto de estrategias de disminución de procrastinación en la escritura académica de alumnos mexicanos universitarios.","authors":"Maria Fernanda Zapata Valdés, Elsa Fernanda González Quintero","doi":"10.29057/lc.v3i6.8589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29057/lc.v3i6.8589","url":null,"abstract":"La escritura académica en la actualidad se ha posicionado como una necesidad en ambientes académicos tal y como menciona Gutiérrez (2005), suele representarse como una exigencia académico al pertenecer a una institución de educación superior, por el cual se debe adquirir y producir conocimientos. La investigación (Quant y Sánchez, 2012) ha demostrado que las emociones afectivas están completamente conectadas con las que expresamos, ya sea por escrito u oralmente. Por lo tanto, teniendo un impacto en la escritura académica. \u0000Por lo tanto, este proyecto tiene como objetivo explorar los efectos de las estrategias de reducción de la procrastinación para disminuir la procrastinación académica en estudiantes del territorio mexicano. Siguiendo un diseño de investigación cuantitativo, un grupo de estudiantes de tercer semestre de la Licenciatura en Lingüística Aplicada participó en el desarrollo de estrategias de disminución de la procrastinación y respondió el instrumento Escala de Procrastinación Académica. Los datos obtenidos siguieren que el impacto de las estrategias aplicadas fue positivo, dado que las consecuencias de la procrastinación académica pueden reducirse significativamente si los estudiantes conocen y utilizan estrategias que pueden ser beneficiosas para evitar la procrastinación académica.","PeriodicalId":235847,"journal":{"name":"Revista Lengua y Cultura","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126864399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The usefulness of the “Teaching Knowledge Test” and its preparation course: A case study of test candidates in Tamaulipas","authors":"Cyntia Saucedo Ibarra, Elsa Fernanda González Quintero","doi":"10.29057/lc.v3i6.8588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29057/lc.v3i6.8588","url":null,"abstract":"ELT in Mexico has gained crucial importance in recent years. Since 2009, the Mexican Ministry of Education has implemented English as a Foreign Language in the basic education curriculum. Universities around the country require their students´ a specific language proficiency to obtain their under and postgraduate degrees (UAT, 2006). Therefore, English teaching certifications become a matter of importance not just at a national level but at state levels. According to Coe & Delaney (2008), a certification helps an individual stand out in the crowded marketplace. It also signals to employers that a job candidate has the required skills to perform a specific job. Therefore, understanding EFL teachers´ experiences during the process of certification completion becomes vital. This multiple case study had the purpose of exploring the perspectives of three Mexican test candidates of the usefulness of the “Teaching Knowledge Test” (TKT) certification and its preparation course. Three interviews conducted at different stages of the study suggested that time was their main constraint and the practice of their English language skills was the main gain while preparing to take the TKT. This article will provide more insights on the study conducted, results obtained and the implications for the Mexican ELT community.","PeriodicalId":235847,"journal":{"name":"Revista Lengua y Cultura","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129630007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lilian Celeste Pérez Castilla, Martha Guadalupe Hernández Alvarado, L. S. Bórquez Morales
{"title":"Students’ attitude towards the use of Flipped Classroom to teach listening comprehension","authors":"Lilian Celeste Pérez Castilla, Martha Guadalupe Hernández Alvarado, L. S. Bórquez Morales","doi":"10.29057/lc.v3i6.8623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29057/lc.v3i6.8623","url":null,"abstract":"This study explores students’ perspectives and experiences on the implementation of a flipped classroom model to develop listening comprehension. Within a qualitative data approach, using an open-ended questionnaire, information was collected from three university students chosen through convenience sampling. The data suggest that the implementation of this model improved students’ learning and motivation. By analyzing their responses using a content analysis method, the benefits perceived by the students who experienced the flipped classroom model were identified and grouped into five themes: Peer learning, Better preparation, Improved understanding, Motivation, and Autonomy. The findings of this study may be relevant not only for students but also for educators who are willing to improve their online teaching.","PeriodicalId":235847,"journal":{"name":"Revista Lengua y Cultura","volume":"213 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134632095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rosa Natalia Moncada Morales, Maaría del Carmen Serratos Vázquez
{"title":"Searching for an assessment method for the 21st century. Student board game design and rubrics","authors":"Rosa Natalia Moncada Morales, Maaría del Carmen Serratos Vázquez","doi":"10.29057/lc.v3i6.8229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29057/lc.v3i6.8229","url":null,"abstract":"Within the booming context of teaching learners the so-called 21st-century skills, tutoring teachers in novel teaching methods, approaches, and evaluation strategies, coupled with the massive trending use of games and gamification tactics, merge a necessity for teachers to be able to join together a series of requirements if they want to keep up-to-date as a part of the 21st century educational curriculum. \u0000In the quest to find activities that motivate English language students at the Language Center in the Autonomous Metropolitan University at Iztapalapa and Azcapotzalco campuses, it was decided to use a game-oriented activity. In many cases, a game-based approach has been used as a pedagogical activity that transmits knowledge; however, the possibility to create knowledge and to use games as evaluation tools has been set aside. Having analyzed learners’ perspective on the overall activity, it was decided that the assessment strategy needed deeper examination so that an implementation model could be proposed. It was considered that the rubrics used had the opportunity to be enriched. Thus, the types of rubrics and their characteristics were further investigated so that the rubrics initially used could be re-elaborated and improved. After the theoretical research, it was concluded that even though rubrics pose a positive assessment tool, they do need thorough planning and evaluation.","PeriodicalId":235847,"journal":{"name":"Revista Lengua y Cultura","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116933321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La interpretación discursiva para la formación educativa: el humor ¿una ocurrencia inocente?","authors":"Enrique Meléndez Zarco","doi":"10.29057/lc.v3i6.8575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29057/lc.v3i6.8575","url":null,"abstract":"El presente trabajo tiene el objetivo de analizar de forma crítica qué tan inocente es el humor que se manifiesta a través del discurso y por qué es importante considerarlo en el ámbito de la enseñanza como parte de la formación educativa. Por medio del análisis del discurso desde una perspectiva lingüística, se analizarán algunas de las estrategias discursivas de que se vale el humor para diversos fines en que se pone de manifiesto el estrecho vínculo entre lengua, cultura y sociedad. El modelo lingüístico que se utilizará para llevar a cabo estos análisis es la Teoría escandinava de la polifonía lingüística de la ScaPoLine, inscrito en el campo de la enunciación y continuador de los trabajos del lingüista francés Oswald Ducrot.","PeriodicalId":235847,"journal":{"name":"Revista Lengua y Cultura","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127519317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}