El papel de la participación en la interacción en el salón de clase de español como segunda lengua

Abstract

The topic of this article, located in the interaction process, is the participation in the Spanish as a second language classroom. It presents the results obtainedfrom the description of the participation patterns of six foreign students learning Spanish as a second language in a language center at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). For such description, the Allwright’s model (1984) was used, as well as the following instruments: IA (1960) and FLINT (1971). The students were observed for six hours in two different subjects: Grammar and Conversation. The results showed that the participation pattern is linked to the teacher's requirements and it was conditioned by four factors: 1) The type of class, 2) the methodology used, 3) his/her personality, and 4) his/her teaching style.