As explained by Aleida Assman, the last two decades of the 20th century saw the development and consolidation of memory research, a diverse field including “neuronal, medical, and psychological as well as literary, cultural, social, and political studies” that investigate “how we live by our memories, how we are haunted by them, how we use and…

Desde fines de la década de los 70, diferentes lingüistas han dedicado sus esfuerzos a refutar las observaciones del trabajo de Vidal de Battini tituladoEl español de la Argentina, de 1964. Trabajos como los de Acuña (1987), Malvestitti (1993), Acuña & Menegotto (1996), Virkel (2004), Fernández (2005), entre otros, se han esforzado por mostrar…

Affective/humanistic approaches help develop a positive attitude towards language learning, and thus promote language development. I have found in these approaches the underlying principles behind most of my classroom practices, feeling that they backed my beliefs about teaching and learning. This dissertation intends to share specific experiences…