Ana María Ramos-García

University of Granada | UGR · Departamento de Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura

The present chapter describes in detail a teaching-learning sequence using the CLIL approach to teach contents related to sedimentary rocks, fossils, and evolution to pre-service primary education teachers. The sequence was designed and implemented during two consecutive semesters of the academic year 2021-2022. The target students belong to the bi...

En el presente artículo se hace un análisis de las primeras traducciones y adaptaciones al inglés de Pepita Jiménez, la obra principal del escritor decimonónico Juan Valera y una de las novelas costumbristas más destacadas del siglo XIX. Se realiza un análisis del proceso de traducción, tanto de las ediciones americanas como de la británica, estudi...

Este trabajo tiene un doble objetivo. Por un lado, rescata la figura y obra de esos docentes y maestros de lenguas que iniciaron la enseñanza de la lengua inglesa en la España del siglo XIX. Por otro, descubre cómo se enseñaba el componente oral, y en particular, la pronunciación. Por ello nos detenemos en la figura de John G. Brown y, a través de...

Language teaching and teaching through language have undergone a standardization process all over Europe. In the Spanish context, a myriad of programs has emerged in the last ten years whose main aim is to guarantee a plurilingual education. That means implementing and consolidating European directives on the matter from the Council of Europe. Univ...

Most students report that their listening skills are poor and that listening activities make them anxious. It is necessary to develop a work plan to improve their attitude towards such activities. This contribution tries to highlight the importance of enhancing the listening skills of education students in order to improve their results in compulso...

The process of internationalization at university has become one of the objectives in the strategic plans of these institutions in Spain. During the last two decades this objective has included the offer of studies in English as a means of furthering the international profile of universities. This interest has led to two alternative models ideated...

This observational study intends to estimate the causal effects of an English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) program (as predictor) on students Grade Point Average (GPA) (as outcome) at a particular University in Spain by using a Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (CIE). The need to address the crucial question of causal inferences in EMI programs...

The purpose of this contribution is to summarize and put together information about which Spanish universities have started Bilingual or Multilingual Programmes and offer courses in foreign languages for their undergraduate courses. The current situation in our country, where primary and secondary bilingual programmes are being established all alon...

En el presente artículo se da cuenta de los resultados de un Proyecto de Innovación Docente llevado a cabo en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación de la Universidad de Granada (España) durante el curso 2008/2009 en el que se utilizan los podcasts como propuesta didáctica encaminada a introducir varias de las propuestas del Espacio Europeo de Edu...

Nowadays, teacher training is quite influenced by ICTs and to some extent devoted to its use in the EFL classroom. Technology has invaded everyday life and we have got used to ICTs to such an extent that we do not remember how everything worked some years ago. That is why we compare the current teaching situation in Spain to that of several decades...

Este estudio analiza los aspectos que pueden variar la recepción de una misma película en dos idiomas diferentes. Se trata de las dos versiones en español y gallego de la película de dibujos animados de Ángel de la Cruz y Manuel Gómez basada en El bosque animado de Wenceslao Fernández Flórez producida por Dygra Films. Debido a su contextualización...