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María Dolores García-pastor
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Unveiling the needs of students who stutter in the language skills - a study on anxiety and stuttering in EFL learning
2019
The aim of this study is to discuss the needs of learners who stutter (LWS) in the skills of speaking, listening, reading, and writing in English as a foreign language (EFL) learning based on their levels of anxiety, and their experiences as individuals who stutter in the process of learning this language. To this end, the anxiety of these students (n = 16) in the foreign language was measured using the Foreign language classroom anxiety scale (FLCAS), and the Specific language skills anxiety scale (SLSAS), whilst their experiences were elicited through semi-structured interviews. Their foreign language anxiety (FLA) levels were then compared to those obtained from a control group of non-st…
Learners’ identifies at stake: Digital identity texts in the ELF classroom
2018
Author/s María Dolores García-Pastor GIEL – Universitat de València, Spain ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the study of identity in digital identity texts produced by English as a foreign language (EFL) learners within a specific subject of the Teacher in Primary Education (English) degree at a Spanish university. To this end, 51 digital identity texts were analysed following a “positioning perspective”, which views identity in terms of “reflexive” and “interactive” positions (Davies & Harré 1990). Results show that learners constructed non-unitary identities whose subject positions were often contradictory. They also associated certain positions with silencing identities, transition ident…
Rutinas en ELE: La enseñanza de verbos reflexivos desde una aproximación pragmática
2009
Maria.D.Garcia@uv.es Este trabajo presenta un estudio de aula sobre la enseñanza de verbos reflexivos como elementos lingüísticos para la expresión de rutinas diarias en español como lengua extranjera (ELE) desde un enfoque pragmático. Dicho enfoque aboga por la enseñanza y aprendizaje de lenguas orientado al desarrollo del ‘conocimiento pragmático’ de los aprendices de éstas, a saber, el conocimiento consciente de los recursos lingüísticos de una lengua, y las asunciones lingüísticas y socio-culturales que subyacen al uso de los mismos en diferentes contextos. Los sujetos del estudio mostraron en general resultados más positivos que estudiantes de otros grupos de su mismo nivel. This paper…
Engagement in Emergency Remote Education
2022
Digital storytelling (DST) has been effective for student engagement in second language (L2) education. Yet, its impact on engagement has commonly been examined in the classroom through synchronous DST tools and platforms. This study enquires whether DST can be equally engaging in the context of emergency remote education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants of the study are 42 student-teachers of English who developed an asynchronous online DST project. Data were collected through a DST questionnaire and were analysed using quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods. DST was found to generate mainly cognitive engagement through self-reflection processes and behavioural…
Researching Identity and L2 Pragmatics in Digital Stories: A Relational Account.
2020
This study explores college EFL learners' construction of identity through the analysis of their pragmatic choices in digital stories, in which they narrated their relationship with another person they had helped in the past. More specifically, such choices were examined following Relational Dialectics Theory in learners' enactments of "connection" with and "autonomy" from this person. A specific view of identity in language education, the notion of "relational work" in (im)politeness research, and a social semiotic framework were also employed in data analysis. Learners' pragmatic choices ranged from the selection of the topic of their narratives according to types of social bonds, to the …