The current thesis is based on four individual studies which aim to account for the expression of motion events (ME) in Spanish and Swedish as first languages (L1), in Swedish as a second language (L2), and in Spanish as a heritage language (SHL). The data, resulting from audio-recordings of different sorts of stimuli, have been analyzed with special focus on (1) the most common structures used for referring to various types of ME, (2) the types and amount of information provided by the participants, in particular as regards the semantic components Path, Manner and Ground, and (3) grammatical aspect and types of syntactic structures resorted to, including the correlation between the two latter factors and speakers’ discursive preferences.      Study 1 sets out to explore how Spanish and Swedish native speakers convey information about motion. The results show that the Swedish L1 speakers produced a wider range of descriptions concerning Manner and Path than the Spanish L1 speakers; furthermore, both groups delivered detailed Ground descriptions, although the Swedish native speakers expressed final destinations (endpoints) of ME to a greater extent.      Study 2 aims to investigate to what extent Swedish L1 patterns for motion encoding are still at play in the acquisition of Spanish L2 even at advanced stages of L2 acquisition. The results show that the learner group used a larger amount of Path particles and Ground adjuncts (in particular those referring to endpoints) than did the Spanish natives; this finding supports the claim that L2 learners rely on the lexicalization patterns of their L1 when describing ME in an L2. As for Manner, the L2 speakers were found to express this component mainly outside the verb, and to deliver more information about Manner than the Spanish natives.      Study 3 addresses the construal of ME in Swedish speakers of L2 Spanish, in particular concerning the encoding of motion endpoints and Manner of motion. The results show that the Swedish learners of Spanish exhibited the same, high frequencies of endpoint marking as did their monolingual Swedish peers, thus deviating from the Spanish native pattern. Moreover, the L2 speakers used the same amount of Manner verbs as did the Spanish natives but tended consistently to provide additional Manner information in periphrastic constructions.      Finally, Study 4 sets out to analyze the ways in which L1 Spanish/L2 Swedish early and late bilinguals express ME in SHL. The aim is to show in which ways and to what extent the typological patterns for motion encoding in the L2 may impact on motion encoding in the L1 with regard to three parameters: (1) age of onset (AO) of the acquisition of L2, (2) length of residence (LoR) in the L2 environment and (3) contact level with the L1 (CL). The focus data, consisting of oral re-tellings produced by the bilinguals, were compared to analogous data produced by two control groups (native speakers of Spanish and Swedish) in order to analyze conflation patterns regarding Manner, Path and Ground information. The analysis points to the conclusion that both the individuals’ AO of L2 acquisition and their LoR in the L2 environment have affected their L1 conceptualization patterns while their CL plays a subordinate role.      In summary, the findings lend support to the idea that the habitual conceptualization of events in the L1 influences L2 acquisition; conversely, the conceptual patterns of the L2 have an impact on L1 usage in bilinguals, especially in combination with an early AO and a long LoR. / <p>At the time of the doctoral defense, the following paper was unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 4: In press.</p>

Cette étude s’appuie sur l’enseignement de la lecture-compréhension en français pour un public universitaire débutant en FLE au Brésil. Après avoir fait le point sur cette approche didactique et les enjeux de l’enseignement-apprentissage de la lecture en langue étrangère, dans lequel l’acquisition lexicale joue un rôle important, nous rappelons des notions-clés de la lexicologie et de la sémantique lexicale et présentons le cadre des travaux développés en lexicographie pédagogique, où nous situons plus précisément notre travail. En effet, malgré la diffusion de cet enseignement parmi les étudiants en Amérique latine et sa constante réélaboration afin de rendre compte de nouvelles situations d’apprentissage, il présente des lacunes importantes. Ces lacunes se trouvent autour d’un point névralgique pour une grande partie des lecteurs : le déficit lexical. Un déficit qui n’est pas lié qu’à un simple manque de vocabulaire, mais qui passe aussi par un savoir-apprendre les mots. Cette situation est mise à l’épreuve dans cette thèse par deux recherches expérimentales. Une première recherche à caractère plutôt prospectif vise à repérer le rôle du dictionnaire, et particulièrement du dictionnaire bilingue lors de la lecture et l’effet de son usage sur la construction du sens. Une deuxième recherche met en rapport l’emploi de deux outils lexicographiques, un dictionnaire bilingue et un dictionnaire pédagogique destiné à des apprenants de FLE. Ces recherches nous donnent des pistes essentielles pour l’intégration de l’étude lexicale à ce genre d’enseignement et sont complétées par l’analyse des dictionnaires disponibles pour ce public particulier. Ce parcours nous aide à tracer les principes méthodologiques pour l’élaboration d’un dictionnaire pédagogique d’appui à la lecture et à l’acquisition lexicale fondés sur la lexicographie fonctionnelle. / This study is based on the teaching model of reading French as a foreign language by university students who are beginners in this language in Brazil. After presenting the essential topics of this didactic approach and the issues related to the teaching-learning process when reading in a foreign language, in which the lexical acquisition plays a major role, we present the basics of lexicology and lexical semantics, and finally we portray the works developed in pedagogical lexicography, in which we place this study. Regardless of its dissemination among Latin America students and of its continuous reformulation to account for new learning situations, this teaching method contains some gaps. The gaps refer to a critical issue for a large number of readers: the lack of lexical knowledge. This issue relates not only to a lack of vocabulary knowledge, but also to the ability of word learning. In this study, this question has been further studied based on two experimental researches. The first one, using a more prospective approach, aims at identifying the role of the dictionary–especially bilingual dictionaries–in the reading process and the effects of dictionary use in the construction of meaning. The second one compares the use of two lexicographic instruments: a bilingual dictionary and a pedagogical dictionary for learners of French as a foreign language. Both researches yield important information about the integration of a lexical study with this teaching model; additionally, they are complemented by the analysis of the dictionaries available to this target audience. In this way, we can set methodological principles to build a pedagogical dictionary that helps students in reading activities and that supports vocabulary acquisition on the basis of functional lexicography.

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Cette étude s’appuie sur l’enseignement de la lecture-compréhension en français pour un public universitaire débutant en FLE au Brésil. Après avoir fait le point sur cette approche didactique et les enjeux de l’enseignement-apprentissage de la lecture en langue étrangère, dans lequel l’acquisition lexicale joue un rôle important, nous rappelons des notions-clés de la lexicologie et de la sémantique lexicale et présentons le cadre des travaux développés en lexicographie pédagogique, où nous situons plus précisément notre travail. En effet, malgré la diffusion de cet enseignement parmi les étudiants en Amérique latine et sa constante réélaboration afin de rendre compte de nouvelles situations d’apprentissage, il présente des lacunes importantes. Ces lacunes se trouvent autour d’un point névralgique pour une grande partie des lecteurs : le déficit lexical. Un déficit qui n’est pas lié qu’à un simple manque de vocabulaire, mais qui passe aussi par un savoir-apprendre les mots. Cette situation est mise à l’épreuve dans cette thèse par deux recherches expérimentales. Une première recherche à caractère plutôt prospectif vise à repérer le rôle du dictionnaire, et particulièrement du dictionnaire bilingue lors de la lecture et l’effet de son usage sur la construction du sens. Une deuxième recherche met en rapport l’emploi de deux outils lexicographiques, un dictionnaire bilingue et un dictionnaire pédagogique destiné à des apprenants de FLE. Ces recherches nous donnent des pistes essentielles pour l’intégration de l’étude lexicale à ce genre d’enseignement et sont complétées par l’analyse des dictionnaires disponibles pour ce public particulier. Ce parcours nous aide à tracer les principes méthodologiques pour l’élaboration d’un dictionnaire pédagogique d’appui à la lecture et à l’acquisition lexicale fondés sur la lexicographie fonctionnelle. / This study is based on the teaching model of reading French as a foreign language by university students who are beginners in this language in Brazil. After presenting the essential topics of this didactic approach and the issues related to the teaching-learning process when reading in a foreign language, in which the lexical acquisition plays a major role, we present the basics of lexicology and lexical semantics, and finally we portray the works developed in pedagogical lexicography, in which we place this study. Regardless of its dissemination among Latin America students and of its continuous reformulation to account for new learning situations, this teaching method contains some gaps. The gaps refer to a critical issue for a large number of readers: the lack of lexical knowledge. This issue relates not only to a lack of vocabulary knowledge, but also to the ability of word learning. In this study, this question has been further studied based on two experimental researches. The first one, using a more prospective approach, aims at identifying the role of the dictionary–especially bilingual dictionaries–in the reading process and the effects of dictionary use in the construction of meaning. The second one compares the use of two lexicographic instruments: a bilingual dictionary and a pedagogical dictionary for learners of French as a foreign language. Both researches yield important information about the integration of a lexical study with this teaching model; additionally, they are complemented by the analysis of the dictionaries available to this target audience. In this way, we can set methodological principles to build a pedagogical dictionary that helps students in reading activities and that supports vocabulary acquisition on the basis of functional lexicography.

Cette étude s’appuie sur l’enseignement de la lecture-compréhension en français pour un public universitaire débutant en FLE au Brésil. Après avoir fait le point sur cette approche didactique et les enjeux de l’enseignement-apprentissage de la lecture en langue étrangère, dans lequel l’acquisition lexicale joue un rôle important, nous rappelons des notions-clés de la lexicologie et de la sémantique lexicale et présentons le cadre des travaux développés en lexicographie pédagogique, où nous situons plus précisément notre travail. En effet, malgré la diffusion de cet enseignement parmi les étudiants en Amérique latine et sa constante réélaboration afin de rendre compte de nouvelles situations d’apprentissage, il présente des lacunes importantes. Ces lacunes se trouvent autour d’un point névralgique pour une grande partie des lecteurs : le déficit lexical. Un déficit qui n’est pas lié qu’à un simple manque de vocabulaire, mais qui passe aussi par un savoir-apprendre les mots. Cette situation est mise à l’épreuve dans cette thèse par deux recherches expérimentales. Une première recherche à caractère plutôt prospectif vise à repérer le rôle du dictionnaire, et particulièrement du dictionnaire bilingue lors de la lecture et l’effet de son usage sur la construction du sens. Une deuxième recherche met en rapport l’emploi de deux outils lexicographiques, un dictionnaire bilingue et un dictionnaire pédagogique destiné à des apprenants de FLE. Ces recherches nous donnent des pistes essentielles pour l’intégration de l’étude lexicale à ce genre d’enseignement et sont complétées par l’analyse des dictionnaires disponibles pour ce public particulier. Ce parcours nous aide à tracer les principes méthodologiques pour l’élaboration d’un dictionnaire pédagogique d’appui à la lecture et à l’acquisition lexicale fondés sur la lexicographie fonctionnelle. / This study is based on the teaching model of reading French as a foreign language by university students who are beginners in this language in Brazil. After presenting the essential topics of this didactic approach and the issues related to the teaching-learning process when reading in a foreign language, in which the lexical acquisition plays a major role, we present the basics of lexicology and lexical semantics, and finally we portray the works developed in pedagogical lexicography, in which we place this study. Regardless of its dissemination among Latin America students and of its continuous reformulation to account for new learning situations, this teaching method contains some gaps. The gaps refer to a critical issue for a large number of readers: the lack of lexical knowledge. This issue relates not only to a lack of vocabulary knowledge, but also to the ability of word learning. In this study, this question has been further studied based on two experimental researches. The first one, using a more prospective approach, aims at identifying the role of the dictionary–especially bilingual dictionaries–in the reading process and the effects of dictionary use in the construction of meaning. The second one compares the use of two lexicographic instruments: a bilingual dictionary and a pedagogical dictionary for learners of French as a foreign language. Both researches yield important information about the integration of a lexical study with this teaching model; additionally, they are complemented by the analysis of the dictionaries available to this target audience. In this way, we can set methodological principles to build a pedagogical dictionary that helps students in reading activities and that supports vocabulary acquisition on the basis of functional lexicography.

The current thesis is based on four individual studies which aim to account for the expression of motion events (ME) in Spanish and Swedish as first languages (L1), in Swedish as a second language (L2), and in Spanish as a heritage language (SHL). The data, resulting from audio-recordings of different sorts of stimuli, have been analyzed with special focus on (1) the most common structures used for referring to various types of ME, (2) the types and amount of information provided by the participants, in particular as regards the semantic components Path, Manner and Ground, and (3) grammatical aspect and types of syntactic structures resorted to, including the correlation between the two latter factors and speakers’ discursive preferences.      Study 1 sets out to explore how Spanish and Swedish native speakers convey information about motion. The results show that the Swedish L1 speakers produced a wider range of descriptions concerning Manner and Path than the Spanish L1 speakers; furthermore, both groups delivered detailed Ground descriptions, although the Swedish native speakers expressed final destinations (endpoints) of ME to a greater extent.      Study 2 aims to investigate to what extent Swedish L1 patterns for motion encoding are still at play in the acquisition of Spanish L2 even at advanced stages of L2 acquisition. The results show that the learner group used a larger amount of Path particles and Ground adjuncts (in particular those referring to endpoints) than did the Spanish natives; this finding supports the claim that L2 learners rely on the lexicalization patterns of their L1 when describing ME in an L2. As for Manner, the L2 speakers were found to express this component mainly outside the verb, and to deliver more information about Manner than the Spanish natives.      Study 3 addresses the construal of ME in Swedish speakers of L2 Spanish, in particular concerning the encoding of motion endpoints and Manner of motion. The results show that the Swedish learners of Spanish exhibited the same, high frequencies of endpoint marking as did their monolingual Swedish peers, thus deviating from the Spanish native pattern. Moreover, the L2 speakers used the same amount of Manner verbs as did the Spanish natives but tended consistently to provide additional Manner information in periphrastic constructions.      Finally, Study 4 sets out to analyze the ways in which L1 Spanish/L2 Swedish early and late bilinguals express ME in SHL. The aim is to show in which ways and to what extent the typological patterns for motion encoding in the L2 may impact on motion encoding in the L1 with regard to three parameters: (1) age of onset (AO) of the acquisition of L2, (2) length of residence (LoR) in the L2 environment and (3) contact level with the L1 (CL). The focus data, consisting of oral re-tellings produced by the bilinguals, were compared to analogous data produced by two control groups (native speakers of Spanish and Swedish) in order to analyze conflation patterns regarding Manner, Path and Ground information. The analysis points to the conclusion that both the individuals’ AO of L2 acquisition and their LoR in the L2 environment have affected their L1 conceptualization patterns while their CL plays a subordinate role.      In summary, the findings lend support to the idea that the habitual conceptualization of events in the L1 influences L2 acquisition; conversely, the conceptual patterns of the L2 have an impact on L1 usage in bilinguals, especially in combination with an early AO and a long LoR. / <p>At the time of the doctoral defense, the following paper was unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 4: In press.</p>

Los jóvenes de Alicante viven en una sociedad donde coexisten dos lenguas, el castellano y el valenciano. La lengua valenciana es utilizada por jóvenes de Alicante tanto en ámbitos formales como informales. Los jóvenes hablantes de valenciano sienten un lazo identificativo con la lengua que se rige por las actitudes de éstos. La actitud lingüística conlleva a una identificación lingüística del hablante, la cual es una construcción social que se rige por las normas que rodean al hablante. La identificación bilingüe podría, por lo tanto, ser influenciada e influenciar a su vez a la competencia lingüística. El propósito del presente estudio es investigar en qué situaciones y contextos es usado el valenciano; con el objetivo de estudiar la relación entre el grado de bilingüismo, la actitud lingüística y el nivel de complejidad, corrección y fluidez (CAF) en la expresión escrita del valenciano. Partimos de la hipótesis de que el valenciano tiene, para la generación joven de Alicante, una función social y que la actitud hacia la lengua es positiva, lo que a su vez se refleja en la destreza escrita. Para comprobar nuestra hipótesis nos hemos basado en un cuestionario de hábitos sociales, un test de nivel de valenciano y dos redacciones, una escrita en castellano y una en valenciano. Con la participación de 59 jóvenes alicantinos, llegamos a la conclusión de que el valenciano es usado tanto en ámbitos formales como informales y que la actitud hacia la lengua es positiva, y que consideran importante dominar y preservar el valenciano. Además, los participantes han presentado un nivel alto de destreza en el valenciano escrito, mostrando complejidad y fluidez en la expresión escrita. Por otro lado, la corrección es más elevada en el castellano. También se ha podido ver que la identificación de los participantes está relativamente correlacionada con la competencia lingüística. / The young people of Alicante live in society where two languages, Castilian and Valencian, coexist. The Valencian language is used by young people from Alicante in both formal and informal settings. Young speakers of Valencian feel a linguistic identification with the language, which is governed by social norms. Bilingual identification could, therefore, be influenced by and influence linguistic competence. The purpose of this study is to examine in which situations and contexts Valencian is used with the aim of evaluating the relationship between the degree of bilingualism, language attitude and level complexity, accuracy and fluency (CAF) in the written Valencian of young people of Alicante. We hypothesized that Valencian has, for the young generation of Alicante, a social function and the attitude towards the language is positive, which in turn is reflected in writing skills. To test our hypothesis we have used a questionnaire of social habits, a diagnostic test in Valencian and two essays, written in Castilian and Valencian. With the participation of 59 young Alicantinos, we conclude that Valencian is used in both formal and informal settings, that the attitude towards the language is positive and that it is considered important to master and preserve the Valencian language. In addition, the participants have proficiency in the Valencian written language, showing complexity and fluency in written expression. On the other hand, their accuracy is higher in Castilian. It has also been seen that the linguistic identification of the participants is relatively correlated to linguistic competence.

[ES] Este trabajo tiene como objetivo principal establecer un método que permita y facilite el diseño y desarrollo de entornos interactivos para la enseñanza de una segunda lengua en la primera infancia. Para ello, a lo largo de la investigación, se estableció un análisis que desarrolló el estudio a través de cuatro pilares: el contexto educativo, los fundamentos teóricos, los sujetos de estudio y la tecnología. El análisis de las facetas concernientes al ámbito educativo varía según el contexto que se estudie. En esta investigación se tuvo como foco de estudio Colombia, donde se tuvieron en cuenta diversos aspectos relacionados con las condiciones educativas del país, los planes de gobierno, los recursos y capacitaciones docentes, así como las condiciones socioeconómicas, todo lo cual determinó los resultados de los estudios que se realizaron. Los fundamentos teóricos que se tuvieron en consideración, además de girar en torno a los factores asociados al aprendizaje y la enseñanza, se enmarcaron más concretamente en el aprendizaje del inglés como segunda lengua, para alinear este proyecto investigativo con el fortalecimiento de los focos estratégicos contemplados en la propuesta política CONPES 16-25, que busca hacer de Colombia un país más desarrollado y competitivo en el marco de varios retos, uno de los cuales es el uso de las nuevas TIC en contextos educativos que generen valor agregado. De esta forma, nuestro aporte podrá ayudar a mitigar la brecha social y económica que denota el monolingüismo, aumentando las posibilidades de tener mayores y mejores oportunidades sociales, académicas y profesionales, representando en consecuencia una importante ventaja competitiva en la estructura económica y social del país. En lo que respecta a los sujetos de estudio, se incluyó a docentes de inglés en educación preescolar y a niños de 4 a 6 años. Esta es una etapa etaria clave en la intervención dentro de la denominada "primera Infancia", en la que está comprobado que los efectos educativos de calidad que se dan en esta fase incrementan y fortalecen el desarrollo individual y social de los niños, llegando a impactar, incluso, en los sectores económicos de un país. Finalmente, el objeto de estudio reflejado a lo largo de la investigación giró en torno a la tecnología, su uso, sus tendencias y su apropiación en los entornos educativos. Con ella se han gestado múltiples cambios a nivel académico. La demanda de creación de contenidos curriculares de base tecnológica y de calidad ha aumentado y, al mismo tiempo, ha supuesto un esfuerzo por parte de docentes, investigadores, diseñadores y demás profesionales interesados en proporcionar mejores herramientas de trabajo para fortalecer el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje. Estos profesionales utilizan metodologías efectivas que, estudiadas en conjunto, dieron lugar a la creación de un modelo que fusionó componentes y lenguaje propio de cada profesión vinculada al proceso de creación de contenidos académicos con base tecnológica. Un resultado de la investigación fue la integración de metodologías que permitieron el diseño de una plataforma web que facilita el proceso de creación de contenidos educativos de calidad basados en la tecnología. Las metodologías que, después de un amplio estudio, se seleccionaron para diseñar el instrumento web fueron el DBR, como enfoque metodológico del diseño instruccional, el Design Thinking, como metodología que facilita el desarrollo de diseño centrado en el usuario y, por último, la metodología para la creación de Juegos Serios, cuya base pedagógica facilita la creación de recursos didácticos y educativos adecuados para los sujetos de estudio de esta investigación. El uso de esta plataforma web permitió generar los requerimientos clave para el diseño de una aplicación interactiva como propuesta tecnológica innovadora que facilita el proceso de aprendizaje de inglés como segunda lengua en la primera infancia. / [CA] Aquest treball té com a objectiu principal establir un mètode que permeta i facilite el disseny i el desenvolupament d'entorns interactius per a l'ensenyament d'una segona llengua en la primera infància. Per a això, al llarg de la investigació, es va establir una anàlisi que va vertebrar l'estudi a través de quatre pilars: el context educatiu, els fonaments teòrics, els subjectes d'estudi i la tecnologia. L'anàlisi de les facetes relatives a l'àmbit educatiu varia segons el context que s'estudie. En aquesta investigació es va tenir com a focus d'estudi Colòmbia, on es van tenir en compte diversos aspectes relacionats amb les condicions educatives del país, els plans de govern, els recursos i les capacitacions docents, així com les condicions socioeconòmiques, aspectes que van determinar els resultats dels estudis que es van realitzar. Els fonaments teòrics que es van tenir en consideració, a més de girar entorn dels factors associats a l'aprenentatge i l'ensenyament, es van emmarcar més concretament en l'aprenentatge de l'anglès com a segona llengua, per a alinear aquest projecte investigatiu amb l'enfortiment de les línies estratègiques contemplades en la proposta política CONPES 16-25, que té l'objectiu de fer de Colòmbia un país més desenvolupat i competitiu en el marc de diversos reptes, un dels quals és l'ús de les noves TIC en contextos educatius que generen valor agregat. D'aquesta forma, la nostra aportació podrà ajudar a mitigar la bretxa social i econòmica que denota el monolingüisme, i augmentaran així les possibilitats de tenir majors i millors oportunitats socials, acadèmiques i professionals, el que representarà, en conseqüència, un important avantatge competitiu en l'estructura econòmica i social del país. Pel que fa als subjectes d'estudi, es van incloure docents d'anglès en educació preescolar i xiquets i xiquetes de 4 a 6 anys. Aquesta és una etapa clau en la intervenció dins de la denominada primera Infància, en la qual està comprovat que els efectes educatius de qualitat que es donen en aquesta fase incrementen i enforteixen el desenvolupament individual i social dels infants, i arriben a impactar, fins i tot, en els sectors econòmics d'un país. Finalment, l'objecte d'estudi reflectit al llarg de la investigació va girar entorn de la tecnologia, el seu ús, les seues tendències i la seua apropiació en els entorns educatius. Amb aquesta s'han gestat múltiples canvis a nivell acadèmic. La demanda de creació de continguts curriculars de base tecnològica i de qualitat ha augmentat i, al mateix temps, ha suposat un esforç per part de docents, investigadors, dissenyadors i altres professionals interessats a proporcionar millors eines de treball per a enfortir el procés d'ensenyament-aprenentatge. Aquests professionals utilitzen metodologies efectives que, estudiades en conjunt, van donar lloc a la creació d'un model que va fusionar components i llenguatge propi de cada professió vinculada al procés de creació de continguts acadèmics amb base tecnològica. Un resultat de la investigació va ser la integració de metodologies que van permetre el disseny d'una plataforma web que facilita el procés de creació de continguts educatius de qualitat basats en la tecnologia. Les metodologies que, després d'un ampli estudi, es van seleccionar per a dissenyar l'instrument web van ser el DBR, com a enfocament metodològic del disseny instructiu, el Design Thinking, com a metodologia que facilita el desenvolupament de disseny centrat en l'usuari i, finalment, la metodologia per a la creació de Jocs Seriosos, la base pedagògica dels quals facilita la creació de recursos didàctics i educatius adequats per als subjectes d'estudi d'aquesta investigació. L'ús d'aquesta plataforma web va permetre generar els requeriments clau per al disseny d'una aplicació interactiva que va incorporar la Realitat Augmentada, com a proposta tecnològica innovadora que que facilita el procés d’aprenentatge d’anglès com a segona llengua en la primera infància. / [EN] The main objective of this research work is to establish a method that allows and facilitates the design and development of interactive environments for the teaching of a second language in early childhood. In order to meet this aim, throughout the research, an analysis was established that developed the study around four bases: the educational context, the theoretical foundations, the study subjects and technology. The analysis of the facets concerning the educational field varies according to the context being studied. In this research, the focus of the study was on Colombia, where several aspects were taken into account related to the country's educational features, government plans, teaching resources and teacher training, as well as socioeconomic conditions, all of which determined the results of the studies that were carried out. The theoretical foundations that were taken into consideration, in addition to focusing on the factors associated with learning and teaching, were framed more specifically in the learning of English as a second language, to align this research project with the strengthening of the strategic targets contemplated in the policy proposal CONPES 16-25, which aims at making Colombia a more developed and competitive country within the framework of several challenges , one of which is the use of new ICT in educational contexts that generate added value. In this way, our contribution can help mitigate the social and economic gap denoted by monolingualism, thus increasing the chances of having greater and better social, academic and professional opportunities, as well as representing an important competitive advantage in the economic and social structure of the country. Regarding the study subjects, English teachers in preschool education and children from 4 to 6 years old were included. This is a key age stage of intervention within the so-called "early childhood", in which it is proven that the quality educational effects that occur in this phase increase and strengthen the individual and social development of children, even impacting on the economic sectors of a country. Finally, the object of study reflected throughout the research revolved around technology, its use, its trends and its appropriation in educational environments. It has brought about multiple changes at the academic level. The demand for the development of technology-based and quality curricular content has increased and, at the same time, it has involved an effort on the part of teachers, researchers, designers and other professionals interested in providing better tools to strengthen the teaching-learning process. These professionals use effective methodologies that, studied together, led to the creation of a model which merged components and language from each profession linked to the process of creating technology-based academic content. One result of the research was the integration of methodologies that resulted in the design of a web platform that facilitates the process of creating quality educational content based on technology. The methodologies that were selected, after a comprehensive study, to design the web resource were DBR, a methodological approach to instructional design, "Design Thinking", a methodology that facilitates the development of user-centered design and, finally, the methodology for the creation of Serious Games, whose pedagogical basis enables the design of didactic and educational resources suitable for the subjects involved in this research. The use of this web platform allowed us to generate the key requirements for the design of an interactive application that incorporated Augmented Reality, as an innovative technological proposal that facilitates the process of learning English as a second language in early childhood. / Harris Bonet, PM. (2021). Diseño de un entorno interactivo para la enseñanza bilingüe en la primera infancia [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/179558