enseñanza de idiomas]]> Introduction
For some years now, advanced students taking English IV as part of their Teacher- and Translator-Training programmes at Facultad de Lenguas (UNCo) have been exposed to short-short stories in English. The present paper characterises microfiction and refers to the linguistic, socio-cultural and affective challenges that it poses to EFL learners. We later turn to issues related to tolerance of ambiguity and its relationship to learning a foreign language. On the basis of an experience carried out in 2010, we describe a new study exploring English IV 2012 learners’ reactions to a set of short-short stories through diary entries. Learners’ contributions to their journals are analysed in search of evidence related to a number of categories of analysis. It is in terms of these criteria that the data are later presented and linked to the development of tolerance of ambiguity and tolerance of others in our context. The results reveal that, even if it was beneficial for the course as a whole, there was a lot of individual variation across participants in the study. Further avenues of research are put forward to investigate learners’ long-term development of tolerance of ambiguity and its correlation to learning efficiency.]]> Introduction
For some years now, advanced students taking English IV as part of their Teacher- and Translator-Training programmes at Facultad de Lenguas (UNCo) have been exposed to short-short stories in English. The present paper characterises microfiction and refers to the linguistic, socio-cultural and affective challenges that it poses to EFL learners. We later turn to issues related to tolerance of ambiguity and its relationship to learning a foreign language. On the basis of an experience carried out in 2010, we describe a new study exploring English IV 2012 learners’ reactions to a set of short-short stories through diary entries. Learners’ contributions to their journals are analysed in search of evidence related to a number of categories of analysis. It is in terms of these criteria that the data are later presented and linked to the development of tolerance of ambiguity and tolerance of others in our context. The results reveal that, even if it was beneficial for the course as a whole, there was a lot of individual variation across participants in the study. Further avenues of research are put forward to investigate learners’ long-term development of tolerance of ambiguity and its correlation to learning efficiency.

]]> Zinkgräf, Magdalena]]> Verdú, María Angélica]]> Risso Patrón, Zoraida]]> Congreso Nacional: el conocimiento como espacio de encuentro]]> Linguistics]]> Lingüística]]> Introduction
One line of enquiry of our research project is advanced Argentinian EFL students’ use of formulaic sequences. In this paper we analyse typical sequences learners resort to in their essays and characterise their use as compared to the one found in native corpora like the BNC and Davies’ (2008) Corpus of American Contemporary English (COCA Academic Sub-corpus). First, the theoretical framework is presented. The study is then described in terms of its objectives, the corpus characteristics and its analysis and the sequences selected. The findings are detailed around the different sequences involving the three nouns (EFFECT, IMPACT and INFLUENCE) which lexically signal the effect in a reason-result semantic relation. Learner use is explored and characterised through concordance lines obtained from the learner corpus. On the basis of these results some pedagogical inferences are drawn that may contribute to the development of advanced learners’ formulaic competence.]]> Introduction
One line of enquiry of our research project is advanced Argentinian EFL students’ use of formulaic sequences. In this paper we analyse typical sequences learners resort to in their essays and characterise their use as compared to the one found in native corpora like the BNC and Davies’ (2008) Corpus of American Contemporary English (COCA Academic Sub-corpus). First, the theoretical framework is presented. The study is then described in terms of its objectives, the corpus characteristics and its analysis and the sequences selected. The findings are detailed around the different sequences involving the three nouns (EFFECT, IMPACT and INFLUENCE) which lexically signal the effect in a reason-result semantic relation. Learner use is explored and characterised through concordance lines obtained from the learner corpus. On the basis of these results some pedagogical inferences are drawn that may contribute to the development of advanced learners’ formulaic competence.

]]> Pérez, Julieta]]> Zinkgräf, Magdalena]]> Zonas de contacto : culturas, lenguas y educación : actas IV Congreso Nacional El Conocimiento como Espacio de Encuentro. Neuquén: Universidad Nacional de Comahue.]]> Pérez, Julieta, & Zinkgräf, Magdalena. (2017). What Goes around Comes around: A Corpus Study of Formulaic Sequences in Advanced Students’ Written Production. En M. Fernández Beschtedt, Castro, Analía, Formiga, Paola, & Risso Patrón, Zoraida (Eds.), Zonas de contacto: culturas, lenguas y educación: Actas del IV Congreso Nacional “El conocimiento como espacio de Encuentro” (pp. 88-98). General Roca: Universidad Nacional del Comahue.]]> This paper will discuss the results obtained during an investigation into different affective factors influencing reading within an EFL university course. After a review of previous research into reading comprehension in this context, and of theoretical issues related to affect and language learning, we turn to the study of thirty essays written by advanced university learners of English and their views about reading. In section 5, we present a) the roles reading fulfills in their lives, b) evidence of the impact of affective factors in the development of this activity and c) learners‟ and teachers‟ underlying assumptions about the practice of reading and its benefits.

]]> Zinkgräf, Magdalena]]> Risso Patrón, Zoraida]]> Verdú, María Angélica]]> Congreso Nacional: el conocimiento como espacio de encuentro]]> Lingüística]]> Organizado por la Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Lingüísticos y la Facultad de Lenguas de la Universidad Nacional del Comahue.]]> Organizado por la Sociedad Argentina de Estudios Lingüísticos y la Facultad de Lenguas de la Universidad Nacional del Comahue.]]> Dibo, María Sol]]> Llambí, María Eugenia]]> Dalmau, María de los Ángeles]]> Lavallén Kenny, María Clara /]]> https://bibliotecadelenguas.uncoma.edu.ar/items/show/687]]> J023 “Secuencias formulaicas y su adquisición en estudiantes universitarios de Inglés como Lengua Extranjera” en la Facultad de Lenguas, UNCo. Actualmente es directora del proyecto de investigación J033 "Enseñanza y aprendizaje de secuencias formulaicas en estudiantes de ILE (Inglés como Lengua Extranjera) en escuelas primarias”, Facultad de Lenguas, UNCo.]]> Universidad Nacional del Comahue]]> En las zonas de contacto pensadas como espacios de aceptación e inclusión, las lenguas coexisten y se retroalimentan. Con este espíritu, los artículos que conforman este volumen se encuentran en español o en inglés de acuerdo al idioma que su autor eligiera para exponer en el Congreso. En esta edición el congreso se organizó en cuatro simposios que se desarrollaron paralelamente: Lingüística, Educación, Traducción y Cultura. Para cada uno de ellos invitamos a expertos en estas áreas de conocimiento. Es así que contamos con la presencia de los siguientes profesionales: Dr. Rubén Chacón Beltrán (UNED), Dra. Inmaculada Senra Silva (UNED), Lic. Andrea Perticone (ISP Dr. Joaquín V. González, IES J.R.Fernández, UB), Dra. Lucía Brandani (UBA, UNGS), Dra. María Cecilia Defagó (UNC), Dra. Cecilia Saleme (UNT), Dra. María Laura Spoturno (UNLP), Dra. Ana María Gentile (UNLP), Esp. Trad. Mónica Giozza (Univ. del Aconcagua), Trad. Damián Santilli (UBA), Trad. Mariana Costa, Dra. Gabriela Leighton (UNSAM). Siguiendo esta misma lógica, el presente volumen está organizado en cuatro secciones correspondientes a cada uno de los simposios antes mencionados. Al interior de estas secciones, cada trabajo constituye un capítulo independiente.

]]> Fernández Beschtedt, Mercedes]]> Castro, Analía]]> Formiga, Paola]]> Risso Patrón, Zoraida]]> Congreso Nacional : el conocimiento como espacio de encuentro]]>