Browsing Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de l'Educació i de l'Esport Blanquerna by Language "eng"
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Is there enough collaboration between EFL teachers and researchers in Catalonia?
(2019)Teachers’ engagement with research has been a widely-discussed topic for the last four decades. Even though Governments are calling for an integration of research- evidence into teaching practice, recent ... -
Language contact in Early Childhood Education: The case of French and Catalan at La Bressola school
(2018)Nowadays, the Catalan language is not really current in Catalunya Nord (a part of the south of France). Despite its great relevance for thousands of years, this language is not often used among locals. ... -
Learning English through games. Design of a game-based didactic proposal for learning to communicate in English at Agora Sant Cugat International School.
(2022)Playing is a fundamental right of children, and something that everyone enjoys, in one way or another. At school, games are often conceived as insufficient resources for the learner to acquire ... -
Motivating students through MI activities in an EFL classroom
(2020)This dissertation explores the idea of using Multiple Intelligences (MI) to boost students’ motivation in the EFL classroom. This research presents a Didactic Unit based on MI activities and it underlines ... -
Motivation in Additional Language Learning: Do Communicative Games Boost Students’ Motivation to Learn?
(2020)This paper focuses on motivation in relation to additional language learning. In this area, motivation plays an essential role, and it is crucial to find and use different strategies and methodologies ... -
Multilingualism: English Third Language Acquisition and Cross-Linguistic Influence from L2 to L3
(2020)Third language acquisition is a topic of research that has drawn the attention of many scholars during the last decades (Cenoz, 2001). Being multilingual has expanded both linguistically and culturally ... -
Muscle activity and forces in different suspension lunge exercises
(2017)Although there are some researches about lunge exercise and instability conditions (i.e., Bosu, fitball), few researches were found comparing different methods using a suspension device and its load ... -
Participation and learning strategies in interdisciplinary projects
(2018)Spain is the second country in the European Union with more school failures. It’s obvious that something in the educational system does not function well, and urgent changes are needed. As a result, ... -
Perceived benefits of equine therapy to children with Austism Spectrum Disorder: a qualitive study from parents' perspective
(2023-06)This study is focused on the perspective of the parents regarding the benefits they perceive in their children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) when they carry out equine therapy sessions. A ... -
Plurilingual competence and the transfer of oral skills in English during the first key stage
(2019)The use of the students’ mother tongue in additional language class has been a controversial topic for many years. However, different studies have revealed that the student’s mother tongue in an additional ... -
Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers’ Attitudes and Practices towards Home Language Maintenance: An Overview of the Plurilingual Teaching
(2021)The present study offers an exploratory look to 4th-year-students’ of Primary Education degree and in-service teachers’ attitudes towards school-age children’s heritage language maintenance. Moreover, ... -
Project-based learning in Secondary Schools
(2020)Aquest estudi té per objectiu avaluar les percepcions dels estudiants i professors quan a la implementació del treball per projectes, en aquest cas, l’itinerari que s’anomena SUMMEM de l’Escola Pia ... -
Proposal to address emotional awareness, self-concept and self-esteem to promote well-being in a class of third of primary
(2022)Classroom well-being is crucial for students to develop and flourish in a supportive environment, as well as be able to enjoy their school experience. Often, issues related to self-esteem, self-concept, ... -
Reading Buddies: Further steps in English as an additional language to promote reading and speaking through cross-age tutoring
(2018)This article aims at describing the characteristics of a successful program implemented in Catalan (“Apadrinament lector”) based on cross-age tutoring and adapt it to reading comprehension and speaking ... -
Storytelling in the 3rd key stage: some suggestions to implement storytelling in the ESL class in the 3rd key stage in a motivating way
(2018)Storytelling is claimed to be a motivating resource to teach ESL. Nevertheless, this resource is not really popular in older learners classes. It is for that reason that this paper aims to research on ... -
Student and Teacher Perspectives on Emotional Intelligence in Secondary School Additional Language Teaching
(2023-06)The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the perspectives of secondary school students, teachers and trainee teachers in Catalonia concerning skills and qualities they consider important in ... -
Students and teachers’ perceptions on CLIL: Exploring the socio-affective factors and the diversity in levels of English in a Science CLIL class
(2020)L’objectiu d’aquest estudi és analitzar les percepcions dels estudiants i els professors envers el mètode AICLE aplicat a l’assignatura de ciència. Concretament, explorar els factors socioafectius i la ... -
Students’ Oral Production Outcomes: Exploring Task-Based Oral Activities in an Additional Language Learning Context
(2018)The present study explores students’ oral production outcomes by comparing a closed and guided task-based activity and an open task-based one in an additional language learning context. In order to ... -
Teacher's and school's role in the well-being of refugees: how to welkome Ukrainian refugees in host countries
(2023-06)Refugees face numerous challenges when they arrive in a new country, including language barriers, cultural differences, and social isolation. In this context, teachers play a crucial role in supporting ... -
Teachers’ and students’ beliefs on grammar instruction and error correction in English as an Additional Language (EAL)
(2019)Grammar instruction and error correction have played for many years a major role in most English as an Additional Language (EAL) lessons. Nevertheless, there are sometimes tensions between how it is ...