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More than thirty years after the creation of Mercosur, it is interesting to study its impact on the teaching of Portuguese as a foreign language in Argentine secondary education. With that in mind, we consider the glottopolitics approach and some other studies that have addressed the impact of Mercosur on Argentine linguistic legislation and on the Portuguese as a foreign language school textbooks. This article presents an analysis of curricular designs in contrast with official data about the offer of foreign languages in four districts of Argentina: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), Province of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe and Córdoba. The results indicate that Portuguese, being the only language that has its own legislation as a required subject in high school, is not only on the periphery of the school curriculum but also its implementation is irregular. The lack of implementation of Portuguese responds to liberal glottopolitical measures that maintain the hegemony of English. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Video games are considered a source of information that can generate more dynamic learning. In addition, it is framed in the perspective of action promoted by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, which means that they become an innovative and updated tool for teaching. The aim of this work is to analyze the benefits that video games can provide as a tool for our university students in language subjects, specifically French as a foreign language (FLE). For this purpose, we will make a tour of the most useful video games in order to obtain the basic notions and thus facilitate their integration in the educational context. It is necessary to renew to be able to motivate and to make students of the higher levels reflect is necessary to be able to train competent people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Teacher training is one of the fundamental aspects for the quality of higher education, an essential tool for innovating teaching methods and, in the case of language teachers, for bringing students closer to the other language and culture. The objective of this research, on the one hand descriptive-analytical and on the other qualitative, is to review the European Union's action line regarding the training requirements, both methodological and digital, of university teachers, and to analyse the e-training courses proposed by German and Spanish universities included in the 2016 Shanghai Ranking, taking into account a set of variables such as the characteristics of the courses and who they are aimed at. Additionally, a survey was conducted among university foreign language teachers, collecting data on the training offered by their university, the integration of ICT in language teaching and its didactic application, as well as the ICT training needs of this group. It is concluded that very few German and Spanish universities - even after the COVID-19 health crisis - design specific courses for the development of the methodological-digital competence of language teachers; most of them are exclusively aimed at the acquisition of digital competences. Another result, extracted from the survey analysis, is that training cannot be standardised, and a specific plan must be developed for each professional group, especially for language teachers due to the uniqueness of each language and culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Despite linguistic diversity being a unique and enriching characteristic of Peru, the situation of native languages and dialectal varieties remains in a state of neglect within the country. Thus, this study aims to identify patterns and trends in the search for information on indigenous, foreign, and dialectal languages in Peru, in order to contribute to the understanding of the perception and appreciation of linguistic diversity in Peruvian society. To this end, a mixed-methods and non-experimental phenomenological design is employed, using Google Trends to analyze and compare search volumes longitudinally. Results reveal that interest in linguistic diversity in Peru varies by region and language, with Quechua being the most searched indigenous language. Additionally, bilingual education is the most popular concept, followed by linguistic discrimination. However, attraction to languages through search queries does not necessarily correspond with an interest in learning them. Therefore, further research is recommended to explore underlying motivations for language interest, as well as possible correlations with socio-economic contexts and international events. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research aims to evaluate the elements that support Western linguistic hegemony. To achieve this end, the article focuses on the following aspects: 1. It presents the elements that characterize the coloniality of language, a systematic process that denies the word and, consequently, the identity, rationality and culture of indigenous populations. 2. Point out how the teaching of foreign languages has become a colonial imposition, which defines the epistemic, ontological and political relationships in the region, codifies knowledge, existence, culture and promotes the totalizing Western logos, through policies educational programs designed to meet the growing demands of the Global North. 3. Indicates the necessary emancipation of the teaching of foreign languages, assuming the importance of implementing a critical, intercultural and dialogical pedagogy, which rescues the value of the language of the peoples, which has immersed its historical trajectory. In the midst of this, it is hoped to enable the construction of another, inclusive society, whose goal is equity and social justice. The method used is the hermeneutic-documentary. It concludes on the relevance of the decolonization of language, as part of broader intercultural pedagogical projects, which aspire to the liberation of oppressed subjects in Latin America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Resumen: Este artículo propone enfocar el tema de la comunicación y de la traducción desde una perspectiva científica y con un propósito didáctico, de acuerdo con la idea de la dinamicidad del lenguaje y de la noción de interculturalidad, en función de la tramitación del mensaje. Abstract: In this article, an attempt will be made to approach the subject of communication and translation from a scientific perspective and with a didactic purpose, in accordance with the idea of the dynamics of language and the notion of interculturality, depending on the processing of the message.

La competencia comunicativa, tanto en lengua materna como en lenguas extranjeras, forma parte de las ocho competencias clave para el aprendizaje permanente. El objetivo de esta investigación consiste en describir los cambios metodológicos que afronta el docente en la enseñanza online a partir de la crisis sanitaria (COVID-19); analizar la manera en la que la creciente necesidad de digitalización influye en la adquisición de competencias comunicativas en lengua extranjera y explorar en las competencias que necesita el docente de idiomas para la enseñanza telemática. La metodología es de tipo cualitativo y etnográfico sobre las experiencias docentes en el entorno virtual. Los resultados se obtienen del estudio y análisis de diarios y entrevistas con 14 profesores de lenguas extranjeras acerca de sus experiencias en este contexto y 137 estudiantes. Se demuestra la dificultad de comprender y ejercitar la comunicación no verbal y de desarrollar la interacción en el aula que afecta al proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras. Los resultados son similares a estudios realizados en universidades españolas y alemanas. Se concluye que existe falta de formación en la competencia digital del profesorado por lo que las universidades deberían incluirlo en los planes curriculares. Se sugiere un modelo de formación mixto, alternando la docencia presencial con la virtual. /// Communicative competence, both in the mother tongue and in foreign languages, is one of the eight key competences for lifelong learning. The aim of this research is to describe the methodological changes faced by the teacher since the CoVid-19 health crisis; to analyze the way in which the increasing need for digitalization influences the acquisition of communicative competences in foreign languages; and to explore the competences needed by the language teacher for the online teaching. The methodology is of a qualitative and ethnographic type on the teaching experiences of foreign languages in the online environment. The results are obtained from the study and analysis of diaries and interviews with 14 foreign language teachers about their experiences in this context and 137 students. It shows the difficulty of understanding and exercising non-verbal communication, of developing interaction in the classroom which affects the teaching-learning process of foreign languages. The results are similar to studies carried out in Spanish and German universities. It is concluded that there is a lack of digital competence training for teachers and that universities should include it in their curricula. A mixed training model is suggested, alternating face-to-face and virtual teaching.

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This work deals with a study of anglicisms present in the composition of the musical text of reggaeton genre in the province of Santiago de Cuba. Its main objective is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the linguistic analysis of anglicisms in songs of this musical genre. The novelty of the article lies in the integration of formal, semantic and sociocultural levels, applied to English terms present in the selected discourse, which allows teachers the use of this knowledge to contribute to the aesthetic-humanistic training in foreign language students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research aims to explain from Rastier's cultural semiotics, Denimal's critical didactics and Walsh's Latin American critical interculturality, the possible incidences of the utilitarian perspective of the Common European Framework of Reference in the critical interculturality of the students of the 10th semester of the Modern Languages Degree at the University of Quindío. The project encompasses a qualitative approach, with a critical discourse analysis design, according to Wodak & Meyer's approaches, with interpretative scope. It is hypothesized that the diagnoses made by Nussbaum and Rastier of the crisis in current education, concretized in the absence of critical thinking offered by higher education institutions, are repeated in the results of this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Argentina's educational context includes a diversity of foreign-language teaching and learning scenarios that require specific materials tailored to meet their curricular needs. In the Province of Córdoba, upper-secondary schools with an intensive foreign languages programme require materials that cater for the specificity of their plurilingual orientation. Given the fact that such materials are not available from the local publishing market, we have started a materials design project to meet that specific need. This article describes the educational context for which the materials are intended as well as the theoretical framework that supports their design and presents sample activities that are part of a model teaching unit for the aforesaid context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Resumen: El currículo que regula la ordenación de la Educación Infantil destaca cómo el acercamiento desde edades tempranas a una lengua extranjera permite desarrollar capacidades afectivas, intelectivas y sociales y contribuye, asimismo, a fomentar actitudes positivas ante las lenguas. Por otra parte, la inclusión de las nuevas tecnologías en Educación Infantil es uno de los asuntos principales del propio currículo, donde se destina un bloque de contenido, el II, exclusivamente a su aproximación, exploración y uso moderado, crítico y significativo. Se insta a propiciar experiencias de iniciación temprana en las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación haciendo especial hincapié en el uso de producciones audiovisuales y de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación para el acercamiento al idioma extranjero. En el presente trabajo abordaremos determinadas metodologías, propias de la enseñanza de lenguas en el aula de infantil, que posibilitan la mediación de las TIC en la enseñanzaaprendizaje del idioma extranjero. Mostraremos además un grupo de herramientas y aplicaciones destinadas ex profeso a promover el contacto del niño con otras lenguas. Abstract: The curriculum that regulates the management of Early Childhood Education emphasizes how learning a foreign language from a young age can develop affective, intellectual and social skills. Furthermore, it stipulates that contributes to foster positive attitudes towards languages. On the other hand, the inclusion of new technologies in Pre-school Education is one of the main issues that concerns the curriculum itself, where a block of content -block number II, to be precise- is exclusively dedicated to its approximation, exploration as well as moderate, critical and significant use. It is recommended to promote experiences of early initiation in information and communication technologies (ICT), and special emphasis is placed on the use of audio-visual productions and information and communication technologies in the process of teaching and learning foreign languages. In the present work we will address to some methodologies, commonly used in the teaching of languages in the preschool classroom, which enable the mediation of ICT in the teachinglearning of the foreign language. We will also show a group of tools and applications designed specifically to promote the child's contact with other languages.

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The teaching and learning of foreign languages in China do not escape the influences of the traditional Confucianist system. To study this phenomenon, it is necessary to distinguish between Confucian philosophy and Confucianism in order to identify the cultural substrate that prevents the teaching system from adopting an open attitude to the communicative approach. This article shows the originality of Confucian philosophy and the keys that lead to the reinterpretation of certain limitations and induce the exploration of cultural aspects that do not conflict with the foundations of communicative teaching. The objective is to analyze the primordial elements of Confucian philosophy, its deviations and the guidelines of a communicative teaching established in the higher courses for the teaching of Spanish in the Republic of China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]