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Valoraciones sobre la superación de posgrado en idioma inglés del claustro de la Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas
(2016) Romero Molina, Bertha Elena; Patterson Peña, Marisol de la Caridad; Consuegra Martínez, Juan Gustavo; Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas
En el presente trabajo se analizan las condiciones en que se ha producido hasta la fecha el proceso de superación posgraduada en inglés en la Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas. Se propuso una visión actualizada de las necesidades de comunicación en el idioma extranjero del personal especialista y no especialista en inglés, con una visión sistémica que tenga en cuenta las características de la universidad. También, se analizaron las formas fundamentales de posgrado factibles de implementar y sus modalidades para eliminar las debilidades detectadas y perfilar el enfoque centrado en el inglés con fines específicos, tanto con fines académicos como profesionales. Se planteó además la necesidad de actualización de conocimientos de los especialistas en inglés en temas metodológicos y el entrenamiento de sus habilidades comunicativas, como un aspecto fundamental para emprender el perfeccionamiento de la superación profesional en inglés de los profesionales de especialidades y disciplinas no filológicas.
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Acciones de superación profesional para potenciar la competencia en comunicación de resultados científicos
(2017-05) Ruiz Díaz, Alexeis; Roque Doval, Yamila; Rodríguez Ruiz, Mayra; Universidad Central ¨Marta Abreu¨de Las Villas
El objetivo general de este artículo de investigación es proponer un plan de acciones de superación profesional que contribuya a potenciar la competencia en comunicación de resultados científicos en docentes de los centros universitarios municipales. Se parte de un enfoque de complementariedad metodológica que combina diferentes métodos cuantitativos y cualitativos en función de objetivos específicos. El contexto de intervención y diagnóstico es el Centro Universitario Municipal de Sagua la Grande y la muestra la constituyó el total de 25 profesoras y profesores que conforman el claustro de la carrera Ingeniería Industrial de esta institución, adscrita a la Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas, en Cuba. Se ofrecen las regularidades emanadas de la etapa de diagnóstico inicial de las necesidades de superación del personal docente muestreado y del nivel en que se encontraba la variable competencia en comunicación de resultados científicos. Con esa información que justifica los propósitos de la investigación, se modela el proceso de superación con enfoque de sistema y se ofrece como resultado práctico la organización y diseño de un plan de acciones de superación a través de formas de postgrado como el diplomado y el entrenamiento para la fase de implementación.
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Análisis crítico del discurso: nuevo enfoque en la enseñanza de la interpretación
(2018) Pérez Castellano, Nosley; Oramas Torres, Elisaliz; Granados Campos, Ariadna; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa
La introducción del análisis crítico del discurso (ACD), en la enseñanza de la interpretación resulta una poderosa herramienta para la formación de intérpretes. La gran mayoría de las veces, no se valora suficientemente el trabajo del intérprete, y probablemente, esto sucede porque se desconoce todo lo que conlleva, desde el tiempo previo a su ejercicio (con la documentación) hasta el proceso mismo de la interpretación. En el presente trabajo pretendemos demostrar la utilidad del ACD, como enfoque en la enseñanza de la interpretación. Para ello nos referiremos a conceptos y términos básicos necesarios para el establecimiento del marco teórico conceptual y posteriormente al desarrollo histórico del análisis crítico del discurso y la interpretación.
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Empleo de canciones en Inglés para potenciar estrategias de aprendizaje de idiomas y desarrollar la comprensión auditiva
(2018-04) García Fernández, Ioani; Vázquez Cedeño, Ana Fermina; Romero Molina, Bertha Elena; Universidad de Cienfuegos "Carlos Rafael Rodríguez"; Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas
El presente trabajo aborda el papel que juega el em-pleo de canciones en inglés para contribuir al desa-rrollo de estrategias de aprendizaje de idiomas y de la comprensión auditiva en estudiantes universita-rios. El objetivo de este trabajo se orienta a presen-tar una propuesta metodológica para el empleo de canciones en inglés que contribuya al desarrollo de las estrategias de aprendizaje y de la comprensión auditiva. En el trabajo se exponen los mecanismos fi-siológicos, psicológicos, afectivos y de memoria que se activan con el uso de canciones que a su vez con-tribuyen a motivar a los estudiantes hacia la asigna-tura. Tomando en consideración que en la situación actual se necesita de una implicación y responsabili-dad mayor por parte de los estudiantes en su proce-so de aprendizaje, la implementación de estrategias de aprendizaje de idiomas bien puede contribuir al logro de este fin.
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Improving the intercultural communicative competence of English Language students
(2019-03) Rodríguez Ruiz, Mayra; Varela Spínola, Neusa Olinda; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa; Escola Secundária de Chão Bom- Tarrafal, Cape Verde
Nowadays intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is an important tool in foreign language teaching and learning. The main goal of this article is to propose some tasks to improve the intercultural communicative competence in the English Language Course at Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba. In so doing, the article provides some theoretical foundations of concepts related to culture, communicative competence, intercultural communication and intercultural communicative competence. The tasks proposed can be adapted to different contexts, taking into account learners’ needs and interests. They apply the four language skills at the same time, combining communicative competence and intercultural communicative competence, the two aspects that make a learner a perfect mediator within the teaching and learning process of a foreign language.
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El desarrollo de la competencia intercultural en la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras como demanda profesional
(2019-06) Pérez Morales, Juana Idania; Sánchez Fernández, Déborath; Hernández Cabrera, Ana Karla; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa
En un escenario cada vez más multicultural se precisa enseñar lengua y cultura de forma integrada. La lengua es el vehículo de expresión de una cultura diferente a la propia y la tarea del profesor es facilitar la comunicación intercultural desde la comprensión de los propios valores culturales de los alumnos para que comprendan la alteridad que les rodea en su entorno inmediato. La enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera supone, por tanto, no solo el desarrollo de las habilidades lingüísticas, sino también el conocimiento intercultural del profesional para su inserción en el mercado laboral. Sin embargo, la cuestión de la integración de los conocimientos teóricos y prácticos respecto a la capacitación intercultural constituye tema de preocupación en el diseño de estos cursos en aras de mejorar la empleabilidad de los graduados. Específicamente, los estudiantes de Lengua Inglesa con segunda lengua extranjera: francés en la Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas enfrentan dificultades durante el período de práctica laboral en el sector turístico relacionadas con el conocimiento cultural sobre los países, principales emisores turísticos. Ellos generalmente actúan como guías turísticos, y en su práctica el conocimiento del inglés y el francés conviven intrínsecamente con el elemento intercultural. Este trabajo expone una investigación cuyo objetivo es contribuir al desarrollo de la competencia intercultural a través del perfeccionamiento del currículo hacia un enfoque más intercultural.
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La medición de la subjetividad como vía para la mejora de los informes académicos
(2019-06) Miñoso Machado, Humberto; Pérez Morales, Juana Idania; Machado Armas, Tania Bárbara; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Idiomas
La redacción de informes académicos no solo se limita a la aplicación de un plan o una plantilla preconcebida, sino también a la forma en que las relaciones entre las características objetivas y subjetivas se incluyen en el texto. Se ha observado que no todos los trabajos académicos cumplen con estos requisitos. Por lo tanto, este trabajo es un intento sucinto de aplicar la metodología de lingüística de corpus a la intervención pedagógica práctica dirigida a mejorar la calidad de los informes académicos. Este trabajo también refiere las principales tendencias en la redacción de informes al medir la subjetividad desde tres ámbitos diferentes: documento, oración y cláusula. La metodología de la lingüística del corpus se ha seguido desde una doble dimensión: cuantitativa y cualitativa. El conjunto de datos se ha organizado en tres paneles diferentes sobre la base de los cursos en los que se redactaron los informes. Todos los metadatos se han personalizado utilizando un esquema de definición de tipo de documento (DTD) para que solo se procesen los elementos de información deseados y, al mismo tiempo, se organicen los metadatos para un análisis cualitativo. Los resultados demuestran que la aplicación sistemática de las herramientas lingüísticas de corpus para medir la subjetividad en la redacción académica, puede mejorar la redacción de los informes académicos, ya que los profesores pueden prevenir y, al mismo tiempo, sugerir estrategias apropiadas para escribir no solo informes, sino diferentes géneros académicos en la redacción sobre la base de índices de referencia.
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Using multimedia for the teaching and learning process of history of english-speaking countries
(2019-11-15) Pérez Morales, Juana Idania; Hernández Arregoitia, Arianna; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa
Communicative competence in English entails the understanding of history of English- speaking countries as an intercultural component. In this research context, some shortages concerning the bibliography of this subject have been evidenced in the degree course English Language with French as a second foreign language at the Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas. The purpose of this research was to propose multimedia to enrich the existing bibliography of the History of English Speaking countries I. A qualitative methodology was used in the study including some methods from the theoretical, empirical and mathematical level. The context analysis confirmed some limitations concerning the quantity, quality and variety of the bibliographical resources, problems in respect to the students’ accessibility to the bibliography resulting in poor motivation for the contents of the subject. For this research, professors on History of English-Speaking Countries as well as specialists from the ICTs were consulted. They both evaluated the didactic and technological design of the multimedia and agreed that it meets the necessary requirements as a valid proposal positively impacting on the teaching and learning process of the subject. The proposal included diverse multimedia resources of different historical periods and a set of activities for students’ assessment.
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A website for developing students´oral skills in english for academic purposes
(2019-11-15) Rodríguez Marrero, Maureen; Pérez Morales, Juana Idania; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa
In today's society professionals are expected to have solid oral skills to enter the labor market to communicate effectively. Mastering Academic English is probably one of the most reliable ways of attaining socioeconomic success in today's society.It provides professionals with employability and the opportunity to disseminate the scientific results all over the world by applying it in different fields of study. However, in the English Language course with a second foreign language: French at the Universidad Central «Marta Abreu» de Las Villas, there are not enough didactic materials to develop those skills in the subject English Language II, devoted to the study of English for Academic Purposes, which were evidenced by an extensive analysis of the syllabus of the subject and by the application of surveys to professors and students. In response to this problem, this paper proposes the creation of a website to systematize the contents dealt with in the subject, taking advantage of the ICTs benefits to develop students’ oral academic skills.
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Analysis of lexical errors in English-Spanish translations of science journalism texts written by advanced translation students
(Feijóo, 2020-01) López Rodríguez, Balbina; Oramas Torres, Elisaliz; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa; Artiles Castro, Miriam
The general aim of the present research is to identify and classify the most frequent lexical translation errors present in Spanish target texts translated from the field of science journalism in English. Also the possible causes of these errors and their solutions are discussed. This research provides empirical support for the teaching and learning of English-Spanish translation in the field of science journalism. This is the first time that the issue of translation error classification is tackled in our Department. Internationally, there has been a lot of research in the area of translation assessment in general but not in the field of science journalism. For this reason, our research may contribute to the field. From a theoretical perspective this paper contributes to the study of translation and to the research on this subject in Cuba. It presents a typology of lexical errors which will help to improve the practice and the teaching of this discipline in our country
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Enhancing students´ vocabulary at the preparatory course using mobile learning
(2020-03) Bande González, Lilibet; Pérez Morales, Juana Idania; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa
Learning English is essential in today´s world and the learning process goes beyond the mastery of the four basic skills; it requires the learner to have a significant vocabulary range in order to perform efficiently in a given area. This can be done by using mobile learning pedagogy encouraging learners’ autonomy and involvement in the learning task. At the Universidad Central «Marta Abreu» de Las Villas the Preparatory course students face some limitations concerning vocabulary, evidenced in some communication breakdowns when communicating in English. The purpose of this research is to propose the creation of an app to broaden students’ vocabulary to foster students’ fluency when communicating in English. A qualitative methodology was used in the study including some methods from the theoretical, empirical and mathematical level. As a result, it was evidenced that students’ lack of vocabulary is due to the fact that some topics are taught in all the skills and hence the vocabulary is more consolidated while others are dealt in only one skill resulting in poor systematization. Therefore, it was necessary to design an app for the cell phones to provide the vocabulary in those topics and skills that students need for communicating efficiently.
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Activities to foster the use of hedging by English Language students
(2020-07) Garciga Fernández, Rocío; Mercedo Torna, Nail; Rodríguez Ruiz, Mayra; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa
Introduction: In today’s interconnected world, academic writing plays a crucial role since it allows professionals and scientists to disseminate their research and findings in their fields. Academic writing exhibits six main features: it is complex, formal, objective, explicit, hedged, and responsible. Hedges are linguistic devices which writers use to present statements with accuracy and caution, without commitment, and protecting themselves from the audience’s criticism. Despite its confirmed importance, hedging has received less attention leading to the lack of knowledge about this linguistic resource and its inadequate use. Students of the course English Language with a Second Foreign Language (French) at Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas are faced with this problem since they have not received enough training about how to hedge in academic writing. Objetive: propose a set of activities to help these students to properly hedge in academic writing. Theoretical, empirical and statistical methods were used in the study.
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English academic writing: Proposal of a bank of useful phrases for hedging
(Feijóo, 2021) Orozco Gutiérrez, Lázara de la Caridad; Sánchez Pérez, Alma Laura; Morales Triana, Marilín; Rodríguez Ruiz, Mayra; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa; Artiles Castro, Miriam
Academic writing has its own rules and practices which may be organized in accordance with a specific arrangement in order to present ideas and to assure to support them by author citations. Professional academic writing consists of a series of factual statements which are added to the truth, mainly in the hard sciences. However, it is now widely recognized that any written text involves an interaction between writer and reader. In this interaction readers anticipate the lines of thought of writers, interrogate them, and evaluate the piece of writing for its usefulness and importance to their own research). Most research papers require careful attention to some specific features of academic writing; namely, complexity, formality, precision, objectivity, explicitness, accuracy, responsibility, planning, and hedging. Precisely, hedging devices are among essential elements of academic writing for supporting or rejecting hypotheses or theories. Therefore, the aim of this research paper is to propose a bank of useful phrases for hedging in English academic writing for students of the degree course English Language with A Second Foreign Language (French) at Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. To this end, a 30 theses/dissertations corpus taken from the websites of Brigham Young University, Portland State University and The University of Edinburgh was compiled and manually processed to assure whether a word functions as a hedge or not. The bank will help improve students’ proficiency when writing research papers, term papers and diploma papers throughout their study years and future professional careers.
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Strategies for the translation of modal auxiliary verbs as hedging devices in newspaper articles on climate change
(Feijóo, 2021) Morales Triana, Marilín; Rodríguez Ruiz, Mayra; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa; Artiles Castro, Miriam
Translation has been used for foreign language teaching since the 19th century when modern languages began to appear in school curricula. Its strength on the field of foreign language teaching resides in the fact that is used to demonstrate the learner's knowledge of the foreign language, either as a form of control or to exercise his intelligence in order to develop his competence. One of the main problems for translation students is their difficulties to translate certain pragmatic elements of the text such as hedging devices. This could lead to errors in comprehending the text’s ideas and the author’s initial intentions. During the process of translation, when a problem emerges, translators need to put into practice strategies to solve such problem. A translation strategy is a conscious problem solving procedure that comes from the translator’s previous knowledge. As stylistic devices, hedges are embedded in several discourses. The present research focuses on hedges in journalistic discourse because it has not received much attention among scholars. This research is aimed at identifying the strategies most commonly used for the translation of hedging devices used in online English newspaper articles on climate change. It is carried out through a comparative analysis of a parallel English-Spanish corpus compiled from the newsroom of present in the websites of different international and regional environmental agencies. Finally, it presents a set of strategies for the translation of hedging devices that can help improve the teaching and learning process in the subject of Translation of Journalistic Texts.
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Using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the teaching and learning process of English as a foreign language
(Feijóo, 2021) Pérez Morales, Juana Idania; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa; Pérez Morales, Juana Idania
The book is organized into two parts. Part I ―ICT tools in linguistic studies, begins with a general description of methods and tools that are currently used in corpus linguistics, and then moves into some areas of contemporary interest, including specific corpus tools for assessing lexical development and tools for text processing and genre analysis. It also discusses issues of a more pedagogical standpoint. In Part II ― ICT applications in language teaching and learning", the authors are mainly concerned with providing examples of the application of various tools to the teaching of different areas of English, both to undergraduate and graduate students. It begins with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the use of ICT in foreign language teaching in general and moves into specific projects using atlases, websites, apps and webquests aimed at the teaching of specific skills such as listening, reading and speaking as well as to the linguistic material. There is one project that shows how Digital Libraries can be used to develop academic English skills. Furthermore, there are proposals geared towards the teaching of the history and literature of English speaking countries and intercultural communication at large. The proposals and projects described in both chapters are diverse and quite useful.
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Activities to Improve the Intercultural Communicative Competence in the Training of Translators at Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas
(Feijóo, 2021) Domínguez Monzón, Sahily; Morales Triana, Marilín; Rodríguez Ruiz, Mayra; Barea Martínez, Lidaisy; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa; Artiles Castro, Miriam
Intercultural communicative competence (ICC) is an essential tool in the English Language teaching and learning process, especially in the training of translators. In the current globalized world, the translator needs to acquire a certain level of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in order to function as a bridge between different sociocultural groups, minimizing the effects of cultural misunderstandings. Therefore, the main goal of this research paper is to propose a set of activities for the subject Introducción a la Traducción in the third academic year of the course English Language with Second Foreign Language (French) at Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas (UCLV) for students to become interculturally competent translators. The paper consists of two chapters. Chapter 1 focuses on the theoretical framework about culture, interculturality, communication, language, intercultural communication and intercultural communicative competence, as well as the relationships between them. Chapter 2 deals with the methodological framework, stages and context of the research. Also, the activities proposed are described in this second chapter. Finally, conclusions, recommendations, bibliography and annexes are provided.
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Integrating intercultural communicative competence in to the training of translators and interpreters
(2021-11) Domínguez Monzón, Sahily; Rodríguez Ruiz, Mayra; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa
Problem to deal with: The Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) is an essential tool in the English Language teaching and learning process, particularly in the training of translators and interpreters. In today’s globalized world, the translator/interpreter needs to acquire a certain level of ICC in order to function as a bridge between different sociocultural groups, minimizing the effects of cultural misunderstandings. Aims: To propose a set of activities for the subject Introducción a la Traducción in the third academic year of the degree course English Language with A Second Foreign Language so that students become interculturally competent translators and interpreters. Methodology: A mixed-method approach was held in this study. The sample included ten fourth-year students of the academic year 2019-2020 and five professors from the English Language Department, School of Humanities at the Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas. Results and Discussion: The needs analysis concerning the current situation of intercultural communicative competence in the degree course English Language with A Second Foreign Language indicated that most of the participants thought that integrating ICC into the teaching and learning process of translation would be very useful for the enrichment of students for their future professional lives. Conclusions: The activities proposed are intended to sensitize students with respect to the importance of intercultural communicative competence in their training as future professional translators and interpreters. They could be a very suitable pedagogical tool in the teaching and learning process of translation in order to foster the students’ intercultural communicative competence.
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Translation strategies for hedging devices in english newspaper articles on climate change
(2021-11) Morales Triana, Marilín; Rodríguez Ruiz, Mayra; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa
Translation has increasingly become an essential recognized activity for intercultural communication. However, errors in translation can have negative consequences in cases of inadequacy in fields such as science, medicine, law, or technology. One of the main problems found in translation is the difficulties to translate some linguistic devices such as hedges. As linguistic devices, hedges are embedded in several types of discourse, which could lead to problems in understanding and translating the text and the author’s initial intentions. This paper proposes a set of strategies for the translation of hedging devices (from English into Spanish) in online English newspaper articles on climate change. The study was carried out through a comparative analysis of a parallel English-Spanish corpus compiled from the newsroom of the websites of three environmental agencies by using the software AntConc 3.5.8 for Windows (2019) and LF Aligner 4.21 for Windows (2019). The set of strategies proposed can help improve the quality of the teaching and learning process of translation in the degree course English Language with a Second Foreign Language. In addition, professional translators could benefit from the proposal.
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Análisis de movidas retóricas en artículos de investigación desde un enfoque fraseológico
(2021-11) González Madariaga, Yuliet; Rodríguez Ruiz, Mayra; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa
Problemática: La escritura del artículo de investigación (AI) en inglés representa un reto principalmente para los no nativos del idioma porque presupone el conocimiento de la estructura retórica y rasgos lingüísticos que caracterizan al AI como género discursivo. Es este el caso de los especialistas en Ciencias Farmacéuticas de la Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de las Villas y la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.  Objetivo(s): Describir las movidas retóricas y rasgos lingüísticos de la sección Discusión de AI en la disciplina Ciencias Farmacéuticas, a través de un enfoque fraseológico.  Metodología: el estudio tiene un enfoque mixto porque se emplean técnicas cualitativas y cuantitativas para la recolección y análisis de la información. Se creó un corpus de 90 AI escritos en inglés, pertenecientes a las Ciencias Farmacéuticas. Se empleó el criterio de modelo de movidas propuesto por Kanoksilapatham (2005). El software AntConc fue utilizado para el procesamiento y análisis de corpus lingüístico. Resultados y discusión: se determinó que la sección Discusión del corpus conformado presentaba cinco movidas y diez pasos. Las herramientas Concordance y Cluster/N-Grams determinaron la coocurrencia de los elementos lingüísticos en la estructura retórica de esta sección. La herramienta WordList identificó las palabras más frecuentes.  Conclusiones: La descripción de las movidas retóricas a través de un enfoque fraseológico y el empleo del software AntConc permitieron una mejor caracterización de la sección Discusión. Los resultados alcanzados pueden ser útiles para la enseñanza de escritura académica, el inglés con fines específicos y la traducción científica.
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A model describing the rhetorical structure of abstracts of cardiology research articles in english
(2021-11) Angel Rodríguez, Naliet; Bernal Díaz, Pedro Santiago; Rodríguez Ruiz, Mayra; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Construcciones; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Idiomas; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa
Problem to deal with: The Abstract section of the research article (RA) is particularly important because it offers different communicative functions. In the medical field, English has also gained the status of lingua franca since most of the medical journals are published in English and principal contributions in medicine and science are also published in this language. Therefore, it is essential for scientists in the field of medicine to communicate the results of their research in English in order to gain international recognition. Aims: To propose a model describing the rhetorical structure and frequent linguistic elements used in the Abstract section of Cardiology research articles in English Methodology: A mixed-method approach was held in this study. Genre analysis was employed as a methodology for the design of the aforementioned model. A special corpus of ninety research article abstracts from three specialized Cardiology journals was compiled and processed using AntMover 1.10 (2016) and AntConc 3.5.8 Window (2019).  Results and Discussion: The designed model will contribute to improve the academic writing skills of Cuban cardiologists, when writing their research articles abstracts in English, for them to meet the international scientific community demands of their publications.  Conclusions: The findings will make an important contribution to the field of ESP pedagogy as they offer authentic material, which could be used for the teaching and learning of English academic writing.
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Enhancing translation competence through an english-spanish sentence-aligned parallel corpus of science and technology texts
(2021-11-09) Rodríguez Águila, Lisset; Miñoso Machado, Humberto; Pérez Morales, Juana Idania; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa
This article describes the use of an English-Spanish Parallel Corpus of Science and Technology Texts which pursues the objective of enhancing the translation competence of the fourth-year students ofthe degree course English Language with Second Foreign Language (French), at Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas. The research adopted a mixed-method approach design for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting the data related to the translation of science and technology texts, and to diagnose the needs of the students in that respect. The design of the Corpus followed the guidelines of corpus linguistics as a methodology. A corpus of 50 science and technology texts in English, and their translations into Spanish, on the domains of medicine, physics, chemistry and artificial intelligence, was compiled and processed using Corpus processing tools such as OmegaT aligner and Xbench software. It provides a wide range of lexical, syntactical and textual examples in English with their equivalents in Spanish, in order to help students integrate the necessary knowledge and skills to translate those texts, through a process-oriented approach to translation. The corpus derived a word bank of science and technology terms and a proposal of corpus-based exercises to be used in teaching translation.
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EFL Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities. Experiences from research at UAM and UCLV
(Editorial Feijóo, 2022) Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas; Universidad Americana; Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas. Facultad de Humanidades. Departamento de Lengua Inglesa; Rodríguez Ruiz, Mayra; Fernández Peraza, Ana Vivian; Pérez Morales, Juana Idania
As we move further into the 21st century, teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) continues to be an area of interest for practitioners and researchers everywhere. We are living an ever-growing global village, with practically no boundaries for communication, interconnection, and relationships. Thus, more and more persons perceive and feel the need of learning and using English as foreign language (EFL) in a diversity of communicative situations and contexts. As this trend continues, and new developments and complex challenges emerge, TEFL practitioners and researchers look forward to finding and creating spaces where they can interact, share, and discuss a broad range of issues related to TEFL research and practice. These academic exchanges definitely contribute to discovering, innovating, and implementing successful TEFL practices that will help learners successfully improve their EFL language skills and engage in international communication in our global village.

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