Cooperative learning as a tool for teaching Iberian Romance minority languages in an online Spanish classroom

Katarzyna Ciszewska

doi:10.32798/zl.1407

Published: 2025-01-31

Vol. 61 No. 2 (2024)

Cooperative learning as a tool for teaching Iberian Romance minority languages in an online Spanish classroom

Katarzyna Ciszewska

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https://doi.org/10.32798/zl.1407

Abstract

The article provides a practical guide for Spanish language teachers on how to use Cooperative Learning (CL) to develop plurilingual competence in students by incorporating information about the smaller Romance languages of the Iberian Peninsula into Spanish as a Second or Foreign Language classes. It presents a didactic proposal of five lessons based on authentic texts - translations of The Little Prince into Spanish and four minor Romance languages (Catalan, Galician, Aragonese and Alguerese - the Catalan dialect spoken in the Sardinian city of Alghero). The article contains a methodological description of the unit (linguistic content, setting objectives, creating CL groups, assigning roles to students, using CL techniques, etc.) and a detailed description of the language learning activities.

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Cooperative learning, plurilingual competence, Iberian Romance languages, didactic proposal, online Spanish lessons

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Ciszewska, K. (2025). Cooperative learning as a tool for teaching Iberian Romance minority languages in an online Spanish classroom. Zeszyty Łużyckie, 61(2), 107–133. https://doi.org/10.32798/zl.1407

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Katarzyna Ciszewska

katarzyna.ciszewska@edu.uni.lodz.pl
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0024-2105

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University of Lodz, Doctoral School of Humanities Poland

Bio Statement:

Katarzyna Ciszewska, PhD student at the Doctoral School of Humanities, University of Lodz, conducting doctoral research at the Department of Spanish Language and Applied Linguistics under the supervision of Prof. Marek Baran. A linguist and educational researcher, she holds an MA in Teaching Foreign Languages (French and English) and has presented at national and international conferences on linguistics and language didactics. She is currently conducting research in Italy and completing an MA in Italian Studies at the University of Warsaw.