Reyes Llopis-García

List of John Benjamins publications in which Reyes Llopis-García is involved.

Title

Bringing Figurative Language into Real L2 Classrooms: The challenges of empirical testing

Edited by Ana M. Piquer-Píriz and Reyes Llopis-García

Special issue of Review of Cognitive Linguistics 22:2 (2024) vi, 316 pp.

Articles

Llopis-García, Reyes and Ana M. Piquer-Píriz 2024 Introduction: Lessons learned at the intersection of applied cognitive linguistics and L2 classrooms Bringing Figurative Language into Real L2 Classrooms: The challenges of empirical testing, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Reyes Llopis-García (eds.), pp. 301–308 | Introduction

Llopis-García, Reyes and Irene Alonso-Aparicio 2024 Shortcomings and challenges in the intersection of L2 pedagogy and applied cognitive linguistics: A case study of the Spanish simple pasts Bringing Figurative Language into Real L2 Classrooms: The challenges of empirical testing, Piquer-Píriz, Ana M. and Reyes Llopis-García (eds.), pp. 426–449 | Article

This paper aims to explore the shortcomings and challenges of Applied Cognitive Linguistics (ACL) in L2 classrooms and research. It examines the main issues and presents a case study with three quasi-experimental classroom studies. These experiments taught the Spanish past simple tenses using… read more

Llopis-García, Reyes 2010 Why cognitive grammar works in the L2 classroom: A case study of mood selection in Spanish Applied Cognitive Linguistics in Second Language Learning and Teaching, Littlemore, Jeannette and Constanze Juchem-Grundmann (eds.), pp. 72–94 | Article

This paper presents a series of experiments that tested the usefulness of teaching Spanish mood using an approach to Cognitive Grammar specifically developed for the foreign language classroom: Operational Grammar. Mood selection is one of the most difficult aspects of learning Spanish as a FL,… read more