Estructuración de Colocaciones y Preposiciones en Escritura de Ensayos Usando un Corpus Lingüístico

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Leonardo Alba-Lopez
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-7156

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El uso correcto de colocaciones y preposiciones tiene un papel primordial en la escritura. Investigaciones previas han demostrado que los estudiantes que dominan estos elementos léxicos tienen mejor conciencia del idioma, mejoran su compresión de lectura y escucha, y son más recursivos al escribir. Sin embargo, pocos estudios relacionados con el uso de colocaciones y preposiciones se han hecho en Colombia. La presente investigación-acción tiene como objetivo explorar el uso de un corpus lingüístico en la escritura en inglés como lengua extranjera de estudiantes de secundaria. Los métodos de recolección de datos incluyen diarios del docente, encuestas y escritos de los estudiantes. Los resultados de esta investigación contribuyen en la corrección de errores de escritura en inglés de dos maneras. Primero, los estudiantes autocorrigieron sus errores relacionados con colocaciones y preposiciones utilizando un corpus lingüístico. Asimismo, la implementación del corpus lingüístico en procesos de corrección de escritos potenció la autonomía de los estudiantes y fortaleció sus habilidades de toma de decisiones y análisis de información. Aunque un corpus lingüístico representa una alternativa para procesos de corrección de errores, su uso requiere un diseño instruccional estructurado para contrarrestar las dificultades relacionadas con el uso de los comandos que se utilizan en los corpus lingüísticos.

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Alba-Lopez, L. (2024). Estructuración de Colocaciones y Preposiciones en Escritura de Ensayos Usando un Corpus Lingüístico. HOW Journal, 31(2), 89–126. https://doi.org/10.19183/how.31.2.790
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Leonardo Alba-Lopez, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, United States

He is a first-year doctoral student in the Instructional Systems Technology program at Indiana University. He earned his undergraduate degree in foreign languages at Universidad Surcolombiana in Colombia. He has two master's degrees, one in English Language Teaching and Autonomous Learning Environments at Universidad de la Sabana (Chia, Colombia); and another one in Education at Carthage College (Kenosha, Wisconsin). Technology integration into educational settings, digital literacy and education research are part of his interest. He has worked recently as an adjunct for a modern languages program, teaching courses, such as: material design and research methods. Currently, he is an associate instructor at Indiana University.

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