Caplletra. Revista Internacional de Filologia

Implementing a new pedagogical grammar: Obstacles and opportunities from the experience in francophone Québec

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The quality of the French language in Quebec is a very sensitive topic that is always of interest because of the sociolinguistic situation of French in North America. This paper focuses on the implementation of a new grammar in Quebec’s schools, a French-speaking province of Canada, [...]
Caplletra. Revista Internacional de Filologia

La voluntat de comunicar com a objecte primordial en l'aprenentatge d'una L2

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Although evidence has shown that psychosocial factors have a decisive influence in second language learning, it has not been highlighted the importance they have regarding educational practice, the design of learning programs or teacher training. The model known as Willingness to [...]
Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

Using Twitter in Higher Education in Spain and the USA

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This article examines student and teachers’ use and perceptions of Twitter, based on a mixed-method comparative approach. Participants (N=153) were education majors who used Twitter as a part of required coursework in their programs at two universities in Spain and the United [...]

Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

Formative assessment, communication skills and ICT in Initial Teacher Education

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the perception of students, graduates, and lecturers in relation to systems of formative and shared assessment and to the acquisition of teaching competences regarding communication and the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) [...]
Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

La discapacidad en el cine como recurso didáctico-reflexivo

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Disabilities concerning mass communications media is an important subject of enquiry for several reasons: because of the influencing role the mass media play in shaping social images; because it raises the awareness of the people to the problems of disadv
Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

Reflections on curricular integration of new communication technologies

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In the XXIst century society, technological media have invaded all the environments of the people. New concepts, ideas and terms appear, and together with innovative processes of access to information and to development of work. This paper reflects upon t
Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

Media education in Iberoamerica: the vision of the experts

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In the Iberoamerican context the need for the mass media integration in formal education and teacher training is increasing. This paper presents and analyzes the main results of the diagnosis stage of the research «Towards an iberoamerican curriculum of media education». The research [...]
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Spectators, the XXI student

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Nowadays, teachers often face apathethic and demotivated pupils. Nevertheless, these students do not show either apathy or demotivation when they stop being students and become spectators: of television, of cinema, of new technologies, of PC displays. If in the 19th century we had [...]
Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

Learning from the school and family to choose a quality television

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This project presents some ideas about the way the author perceives the television we have in Spain nowadays. During the presentation, it develops some audiovisual and academic activities that teachers could do with students in order to improve their abilities to watch television [...]
Comunicar. Media Education Research Journal

TV a curricula resource and knowledge means

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TV stands at a predominant place is the audiovisual world. At present we share our lives and homes with this media. We use it and try to take advantages from it. TV is a powerful mean to transmit cultural values and patterns. It appeals children intensively who accept it in a passive [...]