Review of LingQ as a PALL after one year of regular use

Cristina Rodríguez Pastor

doi:10.15446/male.v16n1.113639

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2022-01-01

Review of LingQ as a PALL after one year of regular use

Análisis de LingQ como PALL tras un año de uso

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https://doi.org/10.15446/male.v16n1.113639

Palabras clave:

CALL, captación, estudio autónomo, gramática, inmersión, input comprensible, PALL, textos auténticos, vocabulario (es)
authentic texts, autonomous study, CALL, comprehensible input, grammar, immersion, noticing, PALL, vocabulary (en)

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Cristina Rodríguez Pastor Universidad de Cádiz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0273-7036

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Resumen (en)

El presente artículo realiza un análisis de LingQ, una plataforma online para el aprendizaje de lenguas creada en 2007 por el políglota Steve Kaufmann. Partiendo del
marco de CALL, se empleará un enfoque auto-etnográfico para examinar la experiencia de la autora con las plataformas y aplicaciones para el aprendizaje de lenguas (PALL) durante un año de estudio autónomo, aprendiendo francés a través de la plataforma. El estudio pretende demostrar la forma en que LingQ se alinea con los principios teóricos de algunas de las principales teorías del aprendizaje de lenguas que, en principio, pueden
parecer incompatibles. El análisis mostrará cómo la plataforma apoya la inmersión de los aprendices en textos auténticos, proporcionando input comprensible acorde con sus intereses, al mismo tiempo que promueve la adquisición de vocabulario y gramática a través de la captación. Asimismo, se explorará cómo se vale del papel de la cultura como refuerzo de la motivación integradora.

This article sets out to analyse LingQ, an online platform for language learning created in 2007 by the polyglot Steve Kaufmann. Framed in CALL, an auto-ethnographic
approach will be used to examine the author’s experience of platforms and apps for language learning (PALL) during a year of autonomous study learning French on the
platform. The study will try to demonstrate the alignment of LingQ’s theoretical underpinnings with some of the main language learning theories which, at first, might
seem incompatible. The analysis will show how the platform supports the learners’ immersion in authentic texts, providing comprehensible input according to their interests while promoting vocabulary and grammar acquisition through noticing. In addition, it will explore how it leverages the role of culture as a booster of integrative motivation.

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Rodríguez Pastor, C. (2022). Review of LingQ as a PALL after one year of regular use. Matices en Lenguas Extranjeras, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.15446/male.v16n1.113639

ACM

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Rodríguez Pastor, C. 2022. Review of LingQ as a PALL after one year of regular use. Matices en Lenguas Extranjeras. 16, 1 (ene. 2022). DOI:https://doi.org/10.15446/male.v16n1.113639.

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Rodríguez Pastor, C. Review of LingQ as a PALL after one year of regular use. Matices Leng. Extranj. 2022, 16.

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RODRÍGUEZ PASTOR, C. Review of LingQ as a PALL after one year of regular use. Matices en Lenguas Extranjeras, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 1, 2022. DOI: 10.15446/male.v16n1.113639. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/male/article/view/113639. Acesso em: 2 mar. 2025.

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Rodríguez Pastor, Cristina. 2022. «Review of LingQ as a PALL after one year of regular use». Matices En Lenguas Extranjeras 16 (1). https://doi.org/10.15446/male.v16n1.113639.

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Rodríguez Pastor, C. «Review of LingQ as a PALL after one year of regular use». Matices en Lenguas Extranjeras, vol. 16, n.º 1, enero de 2022, doi:10.15446/male.v16n1.113639.

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Rodríguez Pastor, Cristina. «Review of LingQ as a PALL after one year of regular use». Matices en Lenguas Extranjeras 16, no. 1 (enero 1, 2022). Accedido marzo 2, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/male/article/view/113639.

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Rodríguez Pastor C. Review of LingQ as a PALL after one year of regular use. Matices Leng. Extranj. [Internet]. 1 de enero de 2022 [citado 2 de marzo de 2025];16(1). Disponible en: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/male/article/view/113639