The implications of using an online platform as a replacement for the textbook

Authors

  • Anais Holgado Lage

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26378/rnlael1428388

Keywords:

interactive platform, online materials, language teaching methodology, innovation through technology, Spanish as a second language

Abstract

New technologies are changing the way we interact with the world around us, and, logically, also the way we teach languages. In this paper we justify, describe and evaluate an innovative curricular and didactic experience carried out at the college level, where in some Spanish courses we have completely substituted the textbook for an interactive platform, specifically designed for the students that are enrolled in these courses. We will analyze the creation process in detail, especially the difficulties and obstacles we faced, along with the results from a satisfaction survey that the students completed during the first semesters of use of the new tool.

Author Biography

Anais Holgado Lage

Professor of Spanish as a Second Language (L2) at Princeton University, where she is also coordinator of the intermediate intensive Spanish course and part of a team developing teaching materials. She received her PhD from the University of Salamanca (2014). Her research focuses on discourse analysis and the teaching of Spanish. Recently, he has published the "Diccionario de marcadores discursivos para estudiantes de español como segunda lengua" (2017).

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Published

2020-04-16

How to Cite

Holgado Lage, A. (2020). The implications of using an online platform as a replacement for the textbook. Nebrija Journal of Applied Linguistics to Language Teaching, 14(28), 36–53. https://doi.org/10.26378/rnlael1428388

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 28 (2020): Issue 28

Section

Thematic section "Computer Learners Corpora..."

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