Tests para la evaluación/correlación de la competencia pragmática y gramatical en estudiantes sinohablantes de español

M. Isabel Gibert Escofet; Mar Gutiérrez-Colón Plana

doi:10.30827/portalin.vi40.26369

Authors

Isabel Gibert Escofet Universitat Rovira i Virgili https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3158-9658
Mar Gutiérrez-Colón Universitat Rovira i Virgili https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8479-4933

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/portalin.vi40.26369

Keywords:

pragmatics level test, grammar level test, second language acquisition, Spanish as a foreign language, Chinese speaking students.

Abstract

This article presents a model for the evaluation of the pragmatic and grammatical competence of Spanish in Chinese-speaking students. Specifically, two tests are presented, both created especially for these students, and a pilot study is carried out to check if there is a correlation between the level of grammar and pragmatics in students of Spanish as a foreign language. The study has been carried out on a sample of 109 Chinese-speaking students of ELE and the tools used have been two level tests: one that exclusively measures grammar and that has been adapted from an already existing test. And a second one, which measures the level of pragmatic understanding of the students, and has been fully developed by the authors with all the requirements of a standardized test. Therefore, the result of this study is twofold: on the one hand, the tests are presented, so that they can be used by teachers; and on the other hand, a study that corroborates the fact that a good level of grammar does not necessarily imply a good level of pragmatic command of the language.

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Author Biographies

Isabel Gibert Escofet, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Isabel Gibert is a professor at the Romance Philologies Department of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain), where she teaches at the undergraduate, MA and doctoral levels. She holds a PhD in Language, Literature and Culture, and a MA in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language. She has participated in research projects on interlanguage pragmatics and m-learning. Dr Gibert is a member of the research group LEXELE (2014 SGR 1288).

Mar Gutiérrez-Colón, Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Mar Gutiérrez-Colón is a professor at the Department of English and German Studies at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain), where she teaches at the undergraduate, MA and doctoral levels. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics. She has led research projects in the fields of second language acquisition, computer-assisted language learning, and mobile assisted language learning.

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