Relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and English performance as foreign language

  1. Pizà-Mir, Bartolomé 1
  2. García Mármol, Eduardo 2
  3. De la Cruz-Campos, Juan-Carlos 2
  1. 1 Universidad Pontificia Comillas
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    Universidad Pontificia Comillas

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/017mdc710

  2. 2 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

Revista:
Porta Linguarum: revista internacional de didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras

ISSN: 1697-7467

Año de publicación: 2023

Título del ejemplar: Physical Education teaching and foreign language learning / Enseñanza de la Educación Física y aprendizaje de la lengua extranjera

Número: 7

Páginas: 61-74

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Porta Linguarum: revista internacional de didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras

Resumen

El objetivo del presente estudio fue el de examinar la relación existente entre la aptitud cardiorrespiratoria y el aprendizaje del inglés como lengua extranjera entre los estudiantes de educación primaria y secundaria en un grupo de 223 estudiantes (111 estudiantes de educación primaria y 112 estudiantes de educación secundaria) de la región de Baleares, España, con edades comprendidas entre los 9 y los 15 años participaron en el presente estudio. Se llevó a cabo un análisis estadístico de regresión para la comparación de las dos variables (aptitud cardiorrespiratoria y puntuación en la asignatura de inglés) en educación primaria y educación secundaria. La aptitud física se evaluó mediante la prueba de caminata de 6 minutos (6MWT) y los valores obtenidos se mostraron en VO2max. Las notas de la asignatura de inglés se recogieron al acabar el curso anterior a la realización de la prueba. Los resultados obtenidos no revelaron ninguna correlación entre el VO2max y la puntuación final de inglés en educación primaria.  Sin embargo, el conjunto de datos reveló una pequeña y positiva correlación entre el VO2max y la puntuación final en inglés educación secundaria.  

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