Reevaluation of Traditional Approaches in Additional Language Teaching

Resistances and Opportunities for Creative Teaching

Authors

  • Olivia Correa Larios Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33064/2019docere212477

Keywords:

foreign languages, creativity, traditional teaching, literature, translation

Abstract

This article analyzes some latent tensions between the traditional "grammar-translation" language teaching approach and the "communicative competence" approach in additional to English language courses (Italian, German, or French) offered in the Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Languages (DFL) program at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ). With the purpose of exploring opportunities for creativity in teaching through didactic proposals that include literature and translation as complementary activities to the use of standardized teaching manuals, which do not always meet the educational needs of the mentioned teaching and learning context.

 

Translated by Alexia Carolina Cruz Rodríguez.

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Author Biography

Olivia Correa Larios, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas

Mexicana residente en Zacatecas, es maestra en Investigaciones Humanísticas y Educativas por la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (UAZ) y maestra en Traducción Especializada por la Universidad Abierta de Cataluña. Posee una especialización en Lingüística y Traducción y otra en Traducción Asistida y Gestión de Proyectos de Traducción, por esta última universidad. Desde 2013 es docente en la Licenciatura en Lenguas Extranjeras de la UAZ, donde ha impartido materias de traducción y de lengua italiana.

Published

2019-12-15

How to Cite

Correa Larios, O. (2019). Reevaluation of Traditional Approaches in Additional Language Teaching : Resistances and Opportunities for Creative Teaching. DOCERE, (21), 20–23. https://doi.org/10.33064/2019docere212477

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Section

Educational model and teachers