Playing with wordsL2 vocabulary acquisition and the use of popular tales. A perspective from the Involvement Load Hypothesis

  1. Gema Alcaraz Marmol 1
  2. María del Mar Jiménez-Cervantes Arnao 1
  1. 1 Universidad Católica San Antonio
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    Universidad Católica San Antonio

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05b1rsv17

Journal:
Docencia e Investigación: revista de la Escuela Universitaria de Magisterio de Toledo

ISSN: 1133-9926

Year of publication: 2015

Year: 40

Issue: 25

Pages: 75-90

Type: Article

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Abstract

One of the main aims of the Primary Education system in Spain is promoting the learning of, at least, one foreign language. Vocabulary is considered one of the key aspects to reach this aim. In fact, vocabulary knowledge has been proved to help develop communicative skills such as reading or writing. Children’s literature is one of the resources for foreign language vocabulary teaching. According to the ILH, the degree of involvement in an activity may affect the student’s learning results. Our proposal aims to work with vocabulary by means of a series of activities where vocabulary is dealt with at different degrees of involvement, activities being based on popular tales.

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