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Item MyeLearning as a tool to enhance the writing process in Spanish as a foreign language(International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, 2009) Mideros, DiegoThis paper describes the experience of a case study in which MyeLearning was implemented as a tool to enhance the writing process in the Spanish as a Foreign Language programme at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus. The main objective was to produce texts in the target language as part of the grammar and composition class. Three different feedback strategies were mainly used. These strategies served to help students reflect on writing as a process whose main aim is to be read by an audience. This project emerged from the need to change the students’ perception on writing as a final product rather than as a systematic process that requires reflection and careful thinking of the other, the reader, in order to produce coherence and cohesion.Item The social dimension of listening: From theory to HE practice(2015-07-15) Mideros, DiegoThe skill of Listening in Foreign/Second Language (L2) teaching and learning has been traditionally considered a "passive-receptive" skill. This paper illustrates how in the Spanish degree programme at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine we have applied the latest findings in listening research to move away from that assumption. Based on listening metacognitive strategies (Vandergrift and Goh, 2012); Sociocultural Theory in L2 learning (Lantolf and Thorne, 2007); and the Interaction Approach (Gass and Selinker, 2008) we have managed to innovate the ways in which we approach the teaching and learning of listening. This paper traces the theoretical shift from listening as a learner-internal phenomenon to a more social-oriented dimension. This social shift has deeply affected the kinds of listening teaching and learning practices in and outside the classroom in our programme. Examples of innovative listening classroom practice and research and comparison with listening practices in other HE institutions will serve to illustrate best practice in pedagogical research in the UWI Spanish degree programme.Item The use of mass media as a didactic strategy in the teaching of English as a foreign language - Music and songs(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2008) Mideros, DiegoThis project was inspired by the influence of the mass media on society today. The main objective was to introduce a meaningful and communicative environment in the classroom by applying authentic material from the mass media to the teaching of English to fifth grade students in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. The use of mass media allows teachers to expose students to authentic English instead of teaching from traditional textbooks that may be mundane from the students' point of view. Music and songs facilitated work on five different aspects: vocabulary, grammar, listening, speaking, pronunciation, and communication. The material selected gave the students patterns and tools to communicate in English