Second Language Acquisition Topics

Cute & Fun words By Barbara Echard I speak English as a second language. I studied English language teaching, I have a certified C2 level in reading, listening, writing and, speaking in this language and I have been living in Canada for over three years so far fully immersed in my second language. I should feel confident in my language skills, although you never really do 😖, "there should be no surprises"- I used to think. But having learned my second language as an adult, in a foreign academic context, there are limits to the themes, topics and circumstances one is exposed to in order to acquire new more language.  Now that I live here in Toronto, I have met new people, gone through new challenges, had different jobs, taken up new hobbies, etc. all of which have offered opportunities for new input, that is to say, learning new words! So, here I will share some of my favourite new words and expressions I have learned so far, please keep in mind that Canada is a truly mul...

  Aprender inglés escribiendo en inglés Originally Published by Universidad del Desarrollo https://educacion.udd.cl/noticias/2017/05/aprender-ingles-escribiendo-en-ingles/ Publicado en:  Columnas   |   19 mayo, 2017 BÁRBARA ECHARD  PROFESORA DE DIDÁCTICA DEL INGLÉS 1 PROGRAMA DE FORMACIÓN PEDAGÓGICA Escribir en inglés como lengua extranjera puede ayudar a los estudiantes a mejorar su conocimiento del idioma. En esto, no sólo la naturaleza de la composición escrita nos ayuda, en el sentido de que es un proceso que se puede planificar y revisar antes de ser expuesta, sino que las teorías de adquisición de la lengua también apoyan esta visión. La hipótesis del «output» de Marril Swain (Swain, 1985, 1993) afirma que  cualquier tipo de producción lingüística provoca que los estudiantes puedan notar lagunas en sus conocimientos, probar las estructuras que ya conocen, y eventualmente reflexionar sobre cómo están aprendiendo. Por lo tanto, proporcionar oportunidade...

Originally Published by Universidad del Desarrollo https://educacion.udd.cl/noticias/2017/10/did-you-know-that-you-can-learn-english-better-if-you-think-deeply-about-yourself/   Publicado en:  ¿Sabías que?   |   17 octubre, 2017 If you have ever struggled in English class trying to learn new words or understanding some complex grammar, you might want to try a method that is different from the traditional memorizing word lists or completing sentences with the correct verb tense. You could try creating language from scratch. So, for instance, if you really need to acquire irregular past tenses in English, you can write or recite lots of sentences about what you did yesterday, last week or last summer using the verbs you find most difficult. Some added difficulty to this would be to also describe what happened to other people around you. Some studies have shown that people who manipulate meaning when trying to learn a new language improved the quality of their learning ...

My humble contribution to the world of Academia.  Each of these publications hold valuable memories of collaboration, friendship and the quest for knowledge.  Representing my research team at ICSEI conference, Viña del Mar, 2023. Sologuren Insúa, E., Grez Cook, F., Bilbao Villegas, G., Valenzuela Schmidt, M., Luna Muñoz, D., Beltrán Salvo, M. P. y Echard Padrón, B. (2024). Enseñar y aprender competencias socioemocionales en la formación inicial docente: caso de estudio de Artes visuales y Matemática. Ciencias Sociales y Educación, 13(25), 1-29. 10.22395/csye.v13n25a3. Sologuren, E., Bilbao, G., Echard, B., Grez, F., Valenzuela, M., Beltrán, M. P., Luna, D. (2023). How Are Socioemotional Competencies Taught in Initial Teacher Education? Affectivity, Learning, and Didactics of Emotions in the University Classroom. In: Fossa, P., Cortés-Rivera, C. (eds) Affectivity and Learning . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31709-5_20 Sologuren, E., Echard, B., Luna, D., Gr...