Silent language and the teaching of Spanish for specific purposes in intercultural service-learning programs
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Iriarte Romero, EmilioEditorial
Porta Linguarum
Materia
Silent language Spanish for specific purposes Spanish as a Foreign Language Lenguaje no verbal Español para Fines Específicos Español lengua extranjera
Fecha
2025-11-30Referencia bibliográfica
Published version: Iriarte Romero, E. (2025). Silent language and the teaching of Spanish for specific purposes in intercultural service-learning programs. Porta Linguarum An International Journal of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning, (XV). Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/portalin/article/view/33605
Resumen
The objectives of this research are aimed at analysing the key factors for the elaboration, creation and design of exercises made for training American higher education students in the area of silent language. The target group consists of a total of 62 students who participated for eight academic years in an intercultural Service- Learning program at the University of Granada.
The analysis has been carried out using the Nvivo program, a software program used for qualitative and mixed methods research.
It was possible to verify that the group was not homogeneous, since there were cases in which the students´ origin was characterised by the culture of their parents who came from Spanish speaking countries and others with parents coming from the USA.
The conclusions corroborated that silent language is an essential area in the teaching practice of Spanish for Specific Purposes. Los objetivos de este estudio están orientados a analizar los factores clave para la elaboración, creación y diseño de materiales dirigidos a un alumnado de la educación superior estadounidense en el área del lenguaje no verbal. El grupo meta consta de un total de 62 estudiantes que participaron durante ocho cursos académicos en un programa de inmersión cultural corporativa en la Universidad de Granada.
El análisis se ha llevado a cabo por medio del programa Nvivo, un programa de software utilizado para la investigación cualitativa y de métodos mixtos.
Se pudo comprobar que el grupo no era homogéneo, ya que se detectaron casos en los que el origen del alumnado estaba marcado por progenitores de origen hispano y otros con progenitores de origen estadounidense.
Las conclusiones corroboraron que la lengua silenciosa es un área esencial en la práctica docente del español para fines específicos.




