Un estudio comparativo de las estrategias discursivas inglés-español utilizadas en la impartición de contenido en un contexto AICLE

Abstract

Teaching academic content through a foreign language implies that this proposal fosters the development of the foreign language and contributes to the consolidation of academic content. However, it must be noted that the language comprises not only the conversational use but also the academic language that belongs to the content areas. Therefore, the study of how the meaning is constructed in these areas becomes a central element of analysis for the description of the cognitive processes at work during the transmission and manipulation of academic content. Moreover, the study of the techniques used in the classroom also becomes an interesting area in order to comprehend these processes. In this study we have analysed the communicative patterns used in English and Spanish during the teaching of similar content matter with the purpose of identifying the most frequent techniques used in both languages and finding out the most significant differences, if any.