action research immigration presentation
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Introducción al tema de immigración en las clasesprincipiantes del español
Pregunta de investigación: Si se introduce el tema de la inmigración en las clases principiantes del español, ¿ Ayuda a la comprención de los problemas sociales de los países que estudian, y motiva a los estudiantes al hacerles sentir más empatía sobre el problemamigratorio?
Problema: No hay suficienteinformación sobre la inmigración en las clases principiantes del español
De hecho, el Marco común europeo de referenciapara las lenguas (2001:13 – 14) considera la competencia sociolingüística, es decir, el conocimiento de “las condiciones socioculturales del uso de la lengua”, un componente de la competenciacomunicativa y algo imprescindible para lograr unacomunicación intercultural: “el conocimiento de los valores y las creencias compartidas por grupossociales de otros países y regiones como, porejemplo, las creencias religiosas, los tabúes, la historiacomún asumida, etc., resulta esencial para la comunicación intercultural.”[1] (Martínez Sallés, 2011)
Lo que los investigadores dicen
Según Lourdes Miquel (2004 : 512) “el tratamiento de la cultura en los enfoques tradicionales y estructurales” consistía en: “una visión estereotipadade la cultura; total descontextualización de todos los elementos que integraban los materiales y, por ende, la práctica docente; absoluta desconexión entre los objetivos de lengua y los elementos culturales.” [2] (Martínez Sallés, 2011)
Literacy describes what empowers individuals to enter societies; to derive, generate, communicate, and validate knowledge and experience; to exercise expressive capacities to engage others in shared cognitive, social, and moral projects; and to exercise such agency with an identity that is recognized by others in the community (p.2) (Willis Allen,H., & Paesani, K., 2010)
Los estudiantes recibieron un cuestionario titulado, Should the topic of immigration be included in lower division Spanish classes? Ellos lo contestaron con susopiniones antes y después de recibir leccionesbasadas en aspectos de inmigración las cualesincluyeron aspectos gramáticales y vocabulario queestaban aprendiendo en ese momento de la clase.
Ellos fueron informados sobre el tema y la razon por la implementación del tema, el cual se introduciríacomplementariamente para enseñar y practicaraspectos lingüísticos.
Metodología
La información demográfica está basada en un total de 33 estudiantes.
Género: 12 hombres 20 mujeres 1 otro
Edad: 18-21: 30 22-25: 2 26+: 1
Razón por tomar español 102: Comunicarse con otros:13
Requisito: 12 Otro: 5
Contacto previo con la cultura hispana:
Estudios en el extranjero: 2
Familia hispana: 7
Amigos hispanos: 14
Ninguna: 7
Información demográfica
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I think that topics about cultural issues of immigration should be presented early in the lan. learning process
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I feel comfortable discussing immigration issues in class
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I think it is important to learn about the immigration aspects of the Hispanic world
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I care about immigration issues because they affect me
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I want to learn more about the immigration issues of Spa speaking countries I am studying
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I think I will participate in extracurricular events related to immigration
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I think that learning about immigration will give me an educated perspective about the issues in this country and
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Los estudiantes obtuvieron una pregunta al final del cuestionario. La mayoría de las respuestas fueronpositivas.
Pregunta: ¿Do you think immigration is an appropiatetopic to discuss in class? Why?
¨ I do believe immigration is an appropiate topic to discuss in class because this class is also about the culture and at this point, immigration is also about the culture.¨
¨I believe that this class is one of the best places to discuss immigration.¨
¨ I think that immigration is something that should be talked about in class especially since we live so close to the Mexico border. I feel I would like to know more. Most of the info I have on immigration comes from TV shows.¨
• ¨I feel that this topic shouldn´t be taught in entry level Spanish courses. It has nothing to do with learning a language. I feel that culture shouldn´t be introduced of this nature in early Spanish courses. How would this benefit my Spanish speaking skills?¨
• ¨No, I think this class should only be focused on learning the language.¨• ¨As long as the instructor does not demonstrate bias towards or against
immigration.¨• ¨ Yes, I think everyone should know all the facts before having a specific view
on the topic.¨• ¨Yes, because achieving an understanding of the issues a culture is facing
enriches the knowledge of the language and people being studied.¨• ¨Yes I do believe immigration is an appropiate topic to discuss in class.
Immigration or ¨anti-immigration¨ issues affect millions of peoples lives. Youth should be educated and engaged w/ respect to societal impacts, policies, and economics related to immigration. Especially with all the anti-immigration rhetoric provided by elected officials. The history of El Norte w/in the U.S. would also be interesting especially since we live in the Southwest. The more education the better! Hopefully incoming freshmen have enough emotional maturity to understand and care about the issue of immigration.¨
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