Panorama de la enseñanza de español en las escuelas de los Estados Unidos

Rhodes, Nancy C.; Pufahl, Ingrid

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“…Funding for this project was provided by a research grant to the first author from the Québec Ministry of Education: Le Fonds de recherche du Québec: Société et culture (FRQSC) and to the second author by 2014SGR1089 and ICREA Academia. NOTES 1 Another example is the case of Spanish in the United States: widely spoken in certain regions of the country, but most often taught as a foreign language in the school system (Rhodes & Pufahl, 2014;Ruiz-Farjardo, 2012).…”

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The Foreign Language Classroom: Current Perspectives and Future Considerations

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Muñoz

2016

The Modern Language Journal

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The Modern Language Journal has long been an important venue for the publication of research and reflection on the teaching and learning of foreign languages (FL) in classroom contexts. In this article, we offer a perspective on the contemporary FL classroom, informed by a descriptive survey of all studies that took place in FL classes that were published in The Modern Language Journal (MLJ) between 2001 and 2014 inclusive (N = 97). This yielded a profile of FL classrooms in terms of geographical locations, languages being taught, the amount and distribution of instructional time, and the age and language backgrounds of the students. The findings revealed that FL environments benefiting from research investigations in the MLJ typically involve older learners in on‐site (rather than virtual) classes that afford limited exposure to the FL, which was typically English (in non‐English‐speaking countries) and French, German, or Spanish (in English‐speaking countries). We consider the implications of these findings for the study of FLs in the future and identify aspects of FL classrooms that merit greater research attention as the MLJ moves into its second century.

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“…Another example is the case of Spanish in the United States: widely spoken in certain regions of the country, but most often taught as a foreign language in the school system (Rhodes & Pufahl, ; Ruiz–Farjardo, ).…”

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The Foreign Language Classroom: Current Perspectives and Future Considerations

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Muñoz

2016

The Modern Language Journal

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“…Spanish is spoken by 460 million people as their native language (Thompson, 2021), while 100 million have partial proficiency in Spanish as a second or foreign language (Lacorte & Suarez-Garcia, 2016). Online, Spanish was considered the second most important language on Wikipedia by the number of visits in 2016, while it was in fifth place in 2014 (Rhodes & Puhfal, 2014). It is also the second most popular language used on Facebook and Twitter after English.…”

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“…As such, the Spanish language is projected to see even greater increases in the United States, both academically and demographically (Cho & Castañeda, 2019). In 2016, approximately eight million students studied Spanish as a foreign language, or 20.3 million globally (Rhodes & Puhfal, 2014). The Center for Applied Linguistics reported that approximately five million students studied Spanish during elementary, secondary, and vocational education in 2014 (Rhodes & Puhfal, 2014).…”

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“…In 2016, approximately eight million students studied Spanish as a foreign language, or 20.3 million globally (Rhodes & Puhfal, 2014). The Center for Applied Linguistics reported that approximately five million students studied Spanish during elementary, secondary, and vocational education in 2014 (Rhodes & Puhfal, 2014). More recent data is not available as of the date of this publication because this study is repeated every 10 years (Lacorte & Suarez-Garcia, 2016).…”

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Duolingo Spanish Users: Discussion Boards Use Over Time

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2023

LLT Journal

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Spanish is one of the most popular foreign language subjects among learners, as there are currently 142 million users who have used Duolingo to learn Spanish. The Spanish language is projected to see even greater increases in the United States, both academically and demographically. The current research question asks, “How do individual Duolingo Spanish users use discussion boards over time among highly engaged, moderately engaged, and lower engaged users?” This study of Duolingo Spanish users is compared to a previous study about how highly engaged, moderately engaged, and lower engaged Duolingo German users use discussion boards over time. The results of the analysis showed that there were three themes: (1) highly engaged users make comments over a longer period of time over many years and have the highest proficiency in the Spanish language; (2) moderately engaged users make comments over a relatively shorter period of time during the duration of their studies; (3) lower engaged users are more likely to engage in the discussion boards socially about tangential topics over the span of months. The results of this study may inform researchers and educators on how discussion boards may facilitate language learning skills and Spanish knowledge to increase proficiency.

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