El Potencial de Aprendizaje de Lengua a través de la Escritura basado en el Procesamiento del Feedback en Estudiantes de Inglés como Lengua Extranjera

This study investigates the effects of low L2 proficiency students’ processing of two feedback types (direct and indirect) during a written languaging session on the accuracy of their rewritten texts. Data were collected during two weeks and were statistically analysed. The main findings showed that none of the two feedback groups reflected on and understood all the errors on which they received feedback, which in turn determined the accuracy of the rewritten texts. These results open a new window for the investigation of the effectiveness of different feedback types and the language learning potential of writing. The empirical and pedagogical implications of these findings are discussed.Este estudio investiga los efectos del procesamiento de dos tipos de feedback (directo e indirecto) sobre la corrección de textos reescritos en estudiantes de bajo nivel de L2 durante una sesión de verbalización de errores de forma escrita. Los datos fueron recogidos durante dos semanas y analizados estadísticamente. Los resultados principales muestran que ninguno de los dos grupos de feedback reflexionó ni entendió todos los errores que les fueron corregidos, lo que a su vez determinó la corrección lingüistica de los textos reescritos. Estos resultados abren una nueva ventana para la investigación de la efectividad de los diferentes tipos de correcciones y el potencial de aprendizaje de lengua a través de la escritura. Las implicaciones empíricas y pedagógicas del estudio son discutidas.The research reported in this paper is part of the work conducted within two research projects financed by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (research grant FFI 2016-79763-P) and by Fundación Séneca (19463/PI/14)

Global respiratory syncytial virus–related infant community deaths

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of pediatric death, with >99% of mortality occurring in low- and lower middle-income countries. At least half of RSV-related deaths are estimated to occur in the community, but clinical characteristics of this group of children remain poorly characterized. Methods The RSV Global Online Mortality Database (RSV GOLD), a global registry of under-5 children who have died with RSV-related illness, describes clinical characteristics of children dying of RSV through global data sharing. RSV GOLD acts as a collaborative platform for global deaths, including community mortality studies described in this supplement. We aimed to compare the age distribution of infant deaths <6 months occurring in the community with in-hospital. Results We studied 829 RSV-related deaths <1 year of age from 38 developing countries, including 166 community deaths from 12 countries. There were 629 deaths that occurred <6 months, of which 156 (25%) occurred in the community. Among infants who died before 6 months of age, median age at death in the community (1.5 months; IQR: 0.8−3.3) was lower than in-hospital (2.4 months; IQR: 1.5−4.0; P < .0001). The proportion of neonatal deaths was higher in the community (29%, 46/156) than in-hospital (12%, 57/473, P < 0.0001). Conclusions We observed that children in the community die at a younger age. We expect that maternal vaccination or immunoprophylaxis against RSV will have a larger impact on RSV-related mortality in the community than in-hospital. This case series of RSV-related community deaths, made possible through global data sharing, allowed us to assess the potential impact of future RSV vaccines

Trayectorias de salud en la Argentina : ¿compresión o expansión de la morbilidad?

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo estimar la esperanza de vida en salud (EVS) y la esperanza de vida en mala salud (EVMS), según diversos indicadores (discapacidades de la vida diaria, enfermedades crónicas y autopercepción de salud) en Argentina para el período 2005 a 2018. Se calculó la EVS y EVMS por medio del método de Sullivan (1971). Se utilizaron como fuentes, las defunciones de la Dirección de Estadísticas e Información en Salud (DEIS), proyecciones de población del INDEC y las Encuestas Nacionales de Factores de Riesgo 2005 a 2018. Los resultados difieren según el indicador de salud que se analice: la evolución de la EVMS con enfermedades crónicas (ambos sexos) y de la autopercepción de salud negativa en hombres, estarían evidenciando un proceso de expansión de la morbilidad. Por otra parte, la trayectoria de los indicadores de EVMS con discapacidad (ambos sexos) y con autopercepción de salud negativa en mujeres, indicarían un proceso de compresión de la morbilidad.The objective of this paper is to estimate the healthy life expectancy (HLE) and life expectancy with disability/disease (LEWD), according to a group of indicators (disabilities of daily living, chronic diseases and self-perceived health) in Argentina for the period 2005 to 2018. We used the method of Sullivan (1971) to calculate the HLE and PHLE. The sources used were deaths from the Direction of Statistics and Health Information (DEIS), population projections from INDEC and the National Surveys of Risk Factors 2005 to 2018. The results differ according to the chosen health indicator: the evolution of LEWD with chronic diseases in both men and women and with negative self-perception of health in men show that a process of expansion of morbidity would be evidenced. On the other hand, trajectories of LEWD with disability (both sexes) and negative self-perception of health in women would indicate a processof compression of morbidity

The language learning potential of writing through EFL students’ processing of feedback

This study investigates the effects of low L2 proficiency students’ processing of two feedback types (direct and indirect) during a written languaging session on the accuracy of their rewritten texts. Data were collected during two weeks and were statistically analysed. The main findings showed that none of the two feedback groups reflected on and understood all the errors on which they received feedback, which in turn determined the accuracy of the rewritten texts. These results open a new window for the investigation of the effectiveness of different feedback types and the language learning potential of writing. The empirical and pedagogical implications of these findings are discussed.Este estudio investiga los efectos del procesamiento de dos tipos de feedback (directo e indirecto) sobre la corrección de textos reescritos en estudiantes de bajo nivel de L2 durante una sesión de verbalización de errores de forma escrita. Los datos fueron recogidos durante dos semanas y analizados estadísticamente. Los resultados principales muestran que ninguno de los dos grupos de feedback reflexionó ni entendió todos los errores que les fueron corregidos, lo que a su vez determinó la corrección lingüistica de los textos reescritos. Estos resultados abren una nueva ventana para la investigación de la efectividad de los diferentes tipos de correcciones y el potencial de aprendizaje de lengua a través de la escritura. Las implicaciones empíricas y pedagógicas del estudio son discutidas