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Action research in the communicative language classroom: using alternative assessment techniques with efl secondary-school students
The Council of Europe, through the Common European Framework of Reference for Language, Teaching and Assessment (CEFRL), has been promoting communicative competence since 2001. This boost has introduced some changes ... -
Activation activities as a catalyst for increased rates of vocabulary and grammar learning
La activación o acceso a conocimientos previos parece esencial para promover un aprendizaje significativo. Este estudio analiza los efectos de la activación de conocimientos previos en vocabulario y gramática en hablantes ... -
Analysing content acquisition in CLIL vs. non-CLIL programmes
Students following CLIL methodologies are believed to achieve higher levels of linguistic competence than mainstream EFL learners but conceptual content level is less clear, since scarce research has been conducted in this ... -
Analysis of ESL/EFL Spanish students strategical behaviour within four different age and level stages
The present paper delves into cognitive psychology in the field of learning strategies, which are the techniques and methods which language students use to enhance their own learning. The present research into language ... -
Anxiety effects of using face-to-face vs. synchronous voiced-based CMC
This article reports the findings of a study investigating the use of synchronous computer-mediated communication (henceforth CMC) vs. face-to-face (henceforth FTF) in an EFL context. Anxiety is a phenomenon very likely ... -
Are CLIL learners simply faster or also different? Evidence from L1 use in the repair sequences and discourse markers of CLIL and EFL learners
Este trabajo analiza cómo estudiantes en contexto AICLE y de Inglés como Lengua Extranjera (ILE) producen secuencias de reparación, evitan la L1 y utilizan marcadores discursivos cuando narran en inglés. Los datos se ... -
Are EFL writers motivated or demotivated by model texts and task repetition? Evidence from young collaborative writers
Studies on multi-stage writing tasks with adults and children have shown that model texts and task repetition aid language acquisition, especially when learners work in collaboration. However, these studies have not included ... -
Are EFL writers motivated or demotivated by model texts and task repetition? Evidence from young collaborative writers
Studies on multi-stage writing tasks with adults and children have shown that model texts and task repetition aid language acquisition, especially when learners work in collaboration. However, these studies have not included ... -
Benefits of using translation and the L1 in the EFL classroom
The present research project focuses on a topic that has encouraged much debate over the past years: The use of translation and the mother tongue in the EFL classes. This project constitutes an attempt to demonstrate how ... -
The CLIL effect
La influencia de los programas AICLE ha sido un tema popular investigación. Hay evidencia de la utilidad de estos programas para mejorar la enseñanza de la lengua extranjera. Con respecto al aprendizaje del contenido los ... -
Collaborative writing and feedback: an exploratory study of the potential of models in primary EFL students' writing performance
Research on collaborative writing and models as a form of written corrective feedback has been conducted with adult participants but research with children is scarce despite the growth of early EFL learning in school ... -
Collaborative writing: product, process and students' perceptions in secondary school EFL writing
Although pair and group work are widely used in language classrooms, research investigating the benefits of collaborative writing (CW) is very limited. This study sets out to integrate CW in secondary school EFL writing. ... -
Comparing English communicative competence in infant education: CLIL and EFL classrooms
En vista de la creciente necesidad de aprender inglés en una sociedad cada vez más exigente, el presente estudio pretende evaluar la competencia comunicativa en inglés mostrada por niños y niñas de cinco años, valorando ... -
Comparing explicit vs. incidental teaching when acquiring new vocabulary in EFL
This study compares the acquisition of new vocabulary in EFL through reading. Two different conditions will be compared: explicit vocabulary teaching and incidental vocabulary teaching. Practicum II was the ideal opportunity ... -
Comparing the effects of two types of output-pushing feedback on adult EFL students' oral accuracy
Aunque numerosos trabajos han demostrado que la retroalimentación oral inmediata puede ayudar a los alumnos de una segunda lengua a hablar más correctamente, no hay acuerdo sobre qué tipo de corrección es más adecuado. ... -
Comparison between the effectiveness of code-mixing and providing L2 definitions in EFL vocabulary acquisition
This study compares the effectiveness of two vocabulary teaching techniques: code-mixing (inserting an L1 word into an L2 utterance) and providing L2 definitions of target words. It also tests the effect of English level ... -
Critical analysis of ethnocentric bias in English language textbooks
This study presents a critical analysis of two textbook's units of the English subject. The books are used in IES Barañain in Navarre, Spain and in many more centres of the region as Noain High School or Carmelitas. The ... -
A cross-sectional study on task type and negotiation of meaning in CLIL child-child interaction
Diferentes tipos de tarea afectan al tipo y cantidad de la Negociación de Significado (NdS) generada en interacciones aprendiz-aprendiz. Sin embargo, el número de estudios que abordan el impacto de la variable tarea en la ... -
Crosslinguistic influence differences in the oral production of young and adult EFL learners
Recent findings regarding CLI use among students learning English as a Foreign Language (EFL) seem to agree with a correlation between proficiency and a lesser use of cross linguistic influence (CLI). However, the body of ... -
The effect of extramural English on Secondary-school learners'oral proficiency
El objetivo de este estudio es analizar la relación entre la exposición extracurricular al inglés y el aprendizaje en la destreza oral. Más concretamente, las preguntas de investigación que vertebraron el estudio fueron: ...