Enseñanza y tecnología

This dissertation investigated the perceptions and experiences of online adult language learners in higher education. This was a qualitative study of thirteen women enrolled in online Spanish courses at two south-central Texas institutions of higher education. Three findings emerged. Given the participants’ awareness of the social nature of language and their collective appreciation that language must be practiced orally to be acquired, they[Leer más]

Esta tesis estudia la potencialidad pedagógica de las interacciones sincrónicas escritas para el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras. El objetivo central consiste en averiguar en qué medida el chat puede ser considerado un medio válido para la realización de tareas comunicativas entre aprendientes. En la presente investigación, tratamos de identificar los aspectos de la dimensión interaccional de la comunicación oral que pueden ser trabajados a[Leer más]

This study took place during the Spring and Fall semesters of 2008 at the University of Alabama in two Elementary Spanish classes. Using a combination of the findings reported by Mueller (1979), Bransford and Johnson (1972), Kim (2003), U. K. Chung (1994), and others as a base, this research aimed to extend the findings of previous studies on visually supported listening. It also aimed to compare empirically the effect of visually enriched[Leer más]

Spanish instructors are not neo-phobic of instructional technology (IT), and they will affirm they are not afraid of IT just to avoid being labeled as ‘living dinosaurs.’ Most of them just do not have the know-how to explore and use IT in-depth. Regardless, they are more familiar with the diverse IT world available. In this study the main factors influencing Spanish language educators to use IT (or not) in their Second Language Acquisition (SLA[Leer más]