스페인 대학 박사학위논문 분석을 통한 외국어로서의 스페인어 교육의 최신 연구 동향과 학문적 지형
Current Research Trends and the Academic Landscape in the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language Through an Analysis of Doctoral Dissertations from Spanish Universities
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This study compiles and analyzes a corpus of 66 doctoral dissertations on the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language (SFL; Spanish: ELE) defended at Spanish universities during 2023–2024. Its aim is to provide a comprehensive profile of current research trends and the evolving scholarly landscape of SFL, and to outline future directions. First, we present a diachronic account of how SFL has been consolidated from classroom practice into a recognized academic field, along with a review of prior studies on research trends. Next, adapting and extending Hsiao (2019), we develop a ten-category methodological framework—university, research paradigm, research type, research method/strategy, research instruments, analytic approach, pedagogical proposals, topic, context, and field—and apply it to the corpus using descriptive statistics and cross-tabulations. The findings indicate methodological pluralism; a predominantly pragmatic, practice-oriented orientation; uneven concentrations and dispersions across topics and subfields; and persistent imbalances and unresolved challenges tied to national research contexts. The analysis further confirms that SFL functions as a core area within applied linguistics—historically rooted in departments of Philology yet increasingly spanning education, translation studies, and related disciplines where interdisciplinary inquiry is actively pursued.
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This study compiles and analyzes a corpus of 66 doctoral dissertations on the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language (SFL; Spanish: ELE) defended at Spanish universities during 2023–2024. Its aim is to provide a comprehensive profile of current research trends and the evolving scholarly landscape of SFL, and to outline future directions. First, we present a diachronic account of how SFL has been consolidated from classroom practice into a recognized academic field, along with a review of prior studies on research trends. Next, adapting and extending Hsiao (2019), we develop a ten-category methodological framework—university, research paradigm, research type, research method/strategy, research instruments, analytic approach, pedagogical proposals, topic, context, and field—and apply it to the corpus using descriptive statistics and cross-tabulations. The findings indicate methodological pluralism; a predominantly pragmatic, practice-oriented orientation; uneven concentrations and dispersions across topics and subfields; and persistent imbalances and unresolved challenges tied to national research contexts. The analysis further confirms that SFL functions as a core area within applied linguistics—historically rooted in departments of Philology yet increasingly spanning education, translation studies, and related disciplines where interdisciplinary inquiry is actively pursued.