Todoele - Enseñanza y aprendizaje del español

This book explores second language (L2) learning, teaching and assessment from a comprehensible input (CI) perspective.  This focus on the role of input is important for deepening our understanding of interactions between the learner, teacher and the environment as well as of the nature of the learning, teaching and assessment processes. The book takes a blended approach that promotes the intertwining of theory, research and practice in L2 pedagogy and assessment and aims to address the commonly used concept of CI and its role in L2 education.  Content includes a comprehensive discussion of the conceptual foundation of CI; a multimodal and dynamic interpretation of CI from numerous perspectives; a critical discussion of well-known L2 acquisition theories and research; a practical examination of the role of multimodal forms of CI in L2 pedagogy; an analytical review of factors to be considered when modifying CI for pedagogical purposes in different settings and an overview of CI in L2 assessment. It will be of interest to students in the fields of L2 learning, teaching and assessment, teachers in second/foreign language settings and researchers of SLA and teacher education.

This book provides a wide-ranging and in-depth theoretical perspective on dialogue in teaching. It explores the philosophy of dialogism as a social theory of language and explains its importance in teaching and learning. Departing from the more traditional teacher-led mode of teacher–student communication, the dialogic approach is more egalitarian and focuses on the discourse exchange between the parties. Authors explore connections between dialogic pedagogy and sociocultural learning theory, and argue that dialogic interaction between teacher and learners is vital if instruction is to lead to cognitive development. The book also presents prosody as a critical resource for understanding between teachers and students, and includes some of the first empirical studies of speech prosody in classroom discourse.

What happens when you’re in a foreign country, trying out the language you’re learning, and you discover that the person you’re talking to is from the same country you are? Do you keep speaking the language, together but probably incorrectly? Or do you bashfully lapse into your native tongue?

El papel del input en el aprendizaje de una segunda lengua es de vital importancia y a que constituye la materia prima esencial en la creación y desarrollo de un sistema lingüístico. En este libro se explica lo que es (y lo que no es) el input y cómo es percibido por los humanos. En base a esto, se discute la importancia de las intervenciones pedagógicas para que el input se destaque o se ilumine y pueda ser eventualmente integrado en el sistema lingüístico del estudiante de ELE. En particular, se presentan de manera sintetizada los principios teóricos y la evidencia empírica de cuatro técnicas de enseñanza basadas en input para la adquisición de la gramática: (1) realce del texto, (2) instrucción del procesamiento, (3) ciclos de input y output y (4) tareas de sensibilización gramatical. También se ofrecen las pautas para su desarrollo, así como ejemplos que sirven de muestra para que el docente los implemente o adapte en su práctica pedagógica.

Includes chapters on key aspects of second language assessment such as test construct, diagnosis, exam design, and the growing range of public policy, social and ethical issues. Each of the contributors is an expert in their area; some are established names while others are talented newcomers to the field.
The chapters present new research or perspectives on traditional concerns such as test quality; fairness and bias; the testing of different language skills; the needs of different groups of examinees, including English language learners who need to take content tests in English; and the use of language assessments for gate-keeping purposes. The volume demonstrates how language assessment is informed by and engages with neighbouring areas of applied linguistics such as technology and language corpora.

This book explores how complex systems theory can contribute to the understanding of classroom language learner motivation through an extended examination of one particular, situated research project. Working from the lived experience of the participants, the study describes how action research methods were used to explore the dynamic conditions operating in a foreign language classroom in Japan. The book draws attention to the highly personalised and individual, yet equally co-formed nature of classroom foreign language learning motivation and to the importance of agency and emotions in language learning. It presents an extended illustration of the applicability of complex systems theory for research design and process in SLA and its narrative approach shines light upon the evolving nature of research and role of the researcher. The study will be a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers and postgraduate students interested in classroom language teaching and learning, especially those with a focus on motivation among learners.

Esta obra es una introducción a la corriente conocida como Ligüística Cognitiva que destaca que el lenguaje está basado en nuestras facultades cognitivas generales, como la percepción o la categorización, y que su estructura y funcionamiento es un reflejo de nuestra experiencia con el mundo. Ofrece una panorámica amplia, comprehensiva y actualizada de los principales desarrollos teóricos y metodológicos de esta disciplina desde su nacimiento hasta nuestros días.

The aging of the population and the increasing number of older adults pursuing foreign language courses call for a greater understanding of the ways in which these individuals learn foreign languages. This book offers a pioneering contribution to the literature on foreign language education for older adults (aged 60 and over), termed foreign language geragogy. It details an empirical, multidisciplinary study on Japanese older learners of Spanish and focuses on the influence of learning experiences on vocabulary learning strategy use. It discusses the constraints that preconceptions impose on learners, researchers, instructors and administrators, and it offers a set of practical recommendations for foreign language activities for elderly individuals. It also introduces the notion of ‘learner re-training’, an instructional mechanism that contributes to older learners' self-acknowledgment and autonomy development in foreign language learning. The book is directed at teachers and trainee teachers of foreign languages to older adults, and also at education professionals and researchers in the field of foreign language learning in general.

El fenómeno de la globalización –entendido como el conjunto de tendencias y dinámicas económicas, sociales y culturales que tienden a reducir las distancias entre el Norte y el Sur, el Este y el Oeste de nuestro planeta– lleva ya más de una década afectando nuestras vidas y es indudable que ha tenido muchos efectos positivos sobre nuestros quehaceres cotidianos. Entre dichos efectos, uno delos más emblemáticos está estrechamente relacionado con el plano de la comunicación. En efecto, la globalización ha impuesto nuevos modelos y patrones de comunicación e interacción entre los seres humanos y muchas de las cosas que conseguimos hacer hoy en día dándole a un ratón, hubieran resultado imposibles hace una o dos décadas. Este cambio de paradigma es hoy en día una realidad y nos ha empujado –como seres humanos– a volver a plantearnos los conceptos de comunicación e interacción, especialmente al enfrentarnos a la “otredad”, esto es, a códigos lingüísticos y culturales distintos a los nuestros. Al hilo de lo anterior, este volumen se plantea una reflexión teórico-práctica en torno al concepto de mediación lingüística y pretende aportar algunas orientaciones metodológicas a la hora de llevar la mediación al aula de lenguas extranjeras.