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Flashcards by Margarita Vázquez Juárez, updated 7 days ago
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Created by Margarita Vázquez Juárez
7 days ago
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| “Designing Materials to Develop Vocabulary Skills in Spanish as a Foreign Language through Intercultural Teaching”. | Spanish is one of the most used and studied languages in the world. And According to the 2023 Anuario of the Instituto Cervantes, Spanish is the third most used language globally, after English and Chinese. 600 million people are users of Spanish and this language is the fourth most studied foreign language with more than 23 million students. |
| Alcoholado (2020) | ...mentioned that a gap exists between practice and theory of naturalness and fluency in speech, leading learners to have serious difficulties when applying communicative skills in oral expression. it means that although there are clear definitions and concepts about what constitutes natural and fluid speech, in real communicative situations, speakers cannot accomplish those standards due to diverse factors such as interruptions, pauses, silence, self-interruptions, or hesitations in spontaneous speech. |
| According to Cuartero et al (2023), | these factors could lead to oral disfluency. |
| Learners could face other factors in oral interactions that might interfere with natural and fluid speech, such as difficulty pronouncing words, and misunderstanding certain word concepts or language aspects | as Kabellow et al. (2020) stated in their study |
| disregarding the number of Spanish speakers, Unamru (2018) claimed that... | The Spanish language has not been valued sufficiently, and there have been few studies evaluating how it is taught and disseminated effectively, particularly in the Mexican context. This lack of understanding regarding Spanish usage in specific settings results in learners having an incomplete comprehension of the language. Often, the focus is placed on dominant languages like English and Mandarin Chinese. Consequently, the insufficient recognition of Spanish may lead to inadequate resources, methodologies, and support for learners. |
| • Besides, the official material to teach the Spanish language is focused on Spanish from Spain more than the Mexican context, and this is because the Cervantes Institute is in Spain and is the maximum authority related to teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language (SFL). The Cervantes Institute Accreditation System of Centres (SACIC) which is responsible for the accreditation process of the applicant centers, also belongs to the Cervantes Institute. | Instituto Cervantes, (2024). |
| If this continues, and with all this globalization, foreign learners could continue having problems misunderstanding and having no effective communication, not knowing how to address or behave in specific contexts. Learners coming to Mexico and learning with material focused on the Spanish language from Spain may experience frustration because the context is different, provoking cultural shocks that will hinder the use of the Mexican Spanish language, causing problems in the intercultural competence any student should develop. | Monroy (2020) stated that accents, grammar, and pronunciation rules are not only different, but people use entirely distinct words to describe everyday items. |
| Interculturality | Intercultural Education Intercultural Teaching Intercultural Language Learning |
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