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Dr GABRIELA ZAPATA's Outputs (9)

Grammar as concept: The implementation of the PACE model in Beginning Spanish classes (2023)
Journal Article
Ewurama, O., & Zapata, G. C. (2023). Grammar as concept: The implementation of the PACE model in Beginning Spanish classes. Applied Language Learning, 33, 58-70

This study investigates the effectiveness of the PACE approach (Adair-Hauck & Donato, 2002) for grammar teaching in beginning (novice mid/high) second language (L2) Spanish classes. Even though research has reported instructional benefits for PACE in... Read More about Grammar as concept: The implementation of the PACE model in Beginning Spanish classes.

Multiliteracies, OER, and Inclusive L2 Pedagogical Practices (2023)
Book Chapter
Zapata, G. C. (2023). Multiliteracies, OER, and Inclusive L2 Pedagogical Practices. In G. C. Zapata, M. Kalantzis, & B. Cope (Eds.), Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice (76-96). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003349662-3

The benefits of undergraduate research for students from traditionally underrepresented groups are well documented in STEMM. However, few studies have focused on similar programs in the humanities. The objective of this chapter is to do so by describ... Read More about Multiliteracies, OER, and Inclusive L2 Pedagogical Practices.

Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice (2023)
Book
Zapata, G. C., Kalantzis, M., & Cope, B. (Eds.). (2023). Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003349662

Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice examines how multiliteracies and Learning by Design have been taken up across international second-language instructional contexts, with a focus on inclusive practices a... Read More about Multiliteracies in International Educational Contexts: Towards Education Justice.

“PURRfection”: The Participatory Extension of Humor on YouTube (2023)
Journal Article
Zapata, G. C. (2023). “PURRfection”: The Participatory Extension of Humor on YouTube. Information, Medium, and Society: Journal of Publishing Studies, 21(2), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.18848/2691-1507/cgp/v21i02/1-15

This article explores the participatory extension of humor in social media in connection with Burn’s idea of produsage. Specifically, this work offers a discursive analysis of viewers’ comments on the viral YouTube video Kitten Zoom Filter Mishap to... Read More about “PURRfection”: The Participatory Extension of Humor on YouTube.

Generative AI: Implications and Applications for Education (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
Olga, A., Saini, A., Zapata, G., Searsmith, D., Cope, B., Kalantzis, M., Castro, V., Kourkoulou, T., Jones, J., Abrantes da Silva, R., Whiting, J., & Polyxeni Kastania, N. Generative AI: Implications and Applications for Education

The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 precipitated a panic among some educators while prompting qualified enthusiasm from others. Under the umbrella term Generative AI, ChatGPT is an example of a range of technologies for the delivery of computer-ge... Read More about Generative AI: Implications and Applications for Education.

Self-Discovery and Healing in Nepantla: Multimodality and Learning by Design in a Mixed Spanish University Classroom (2023)
Journal Article
Zapata, G. C. (2023). Self-Discovery and Healing in Nepantla: Multimodality and Learning by Design in a Mixed Spanish University Classroom. International Journal of Pedagogy and Curriculum, 30(1), 17-35. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7963/CGP/v30i01/17-35

This article explores the enactment of inclusive pedagogical practices in an intermediate, Spanish-as-a-second-language mixed writing class in an R1 university in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, this work examines how the use of aut... Read More about Self-Discovery and Healing in Nepantla: Multimodality and Learning by Design in a Mixed Spanish University Classroom.