Videojuegos y el aprendizaje del inglés: un estudio exploratorio sobre las percepciones de futuros docentes de inglés

Palabras clave: inglés como lengua extranjera, aprendizaje de un idioma extranjero, profesores en formación, videojuegos, habilidades del idioma

Resumen

El presente estudio explora el conocimiento y las percepciones que setenta y dos profesores/as de inglés en formación, de nacionalidad chilena, tienen sobre el efecto de los videojuegos en su vida diaria y estudiantil, en términos del aprendizaje de un idioma extranjero. Al aplicar una escala de Likert de cinco puntos fue posible reunir información concerniente a sus características sociodemográficas y sus puntos de vista con relación a cinco dimensiones: (1) Experiencia general con videojuegos, (2) preferencias generales acerca de los videojuegos, (3) fortalezas y debilidades de los videojuegos, (4) videojuegos como una experiencia de aprendizaje y (5) videojuegos y las cuatro habilidades del idioma. Una vez que los datos fueron recopilados, se aplicó el análisis correlacional de Spearman para identificar relaciones entre las respuestas de los participantes. Se estableció que las cuatro habilidades lingüísticas, especialmente las receptivas, pueden ser practicadas mientras se juegan videojuegos. También, los juegos digitales permitieron a los/as participantes que enseñaran a otros jugadores/ as en línea y aprendieran de ellos/as a través del juego. Este proceso fue seguido de un análisis de conglomerados (cluster) jerárquico que asignó a los/as participantes en cuatro grupos sobre la base de las similitudes de sus respuestas.

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Biografía del autor/a

Claudio Díaz Larenas, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Doctor en Educación por la Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Maritza Carrasco Palma, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Licenciada en Educación por Universidad de Concepción, Chile

José Norambuena Valdés, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

Licenciado en Educación por Universidad de Concepción, Chile

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Publicado
2023-05-30
Cómo citar
Díaz Larenas, C., Carrasco Palma, M., & Norambuena Valdés, J. (2023). Videojuegos y el aprendizaje del inglés: un estudio exploratorio sobre las percepciones de futuros docentes de inglés. Contratexto, (039), 307-336. https://doi.org/10.26439/contratexto2023.n39.5867