RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Humanistic Education in Spanish Context. Its Value in the Secondary Classroom A1 Fonseca Mora, María Carmen A1 Díaz Pinto, E. K1 Humanidades K1 Humanities K1 Filología hispánica K1 Spanish philology AB In this paper, we report the fíndings of a coUaborative case study where an English teacher in the Spanish secondary school uses humanistic exercises to enhance motivation. Data coUection procedures such as audio-recorded lessons, language tests and motivation questionnaires were used leading to both quantitative and qualitative analyses. The resultsindicate the usefiílness of these humanistic activities as key elements in fostering the type of meaningfiíl contextual interaction that promotes high motivation and selectivo attention.They also generated a sense of community and the emergence of coUaborative relationships.Therefore, more oral contributions in the target language were observed as leamersexhibited interest in expressing their feeling and thoughts. PB Universidad de Alcalá. Servicio de Publicaciones YR 2003 FD 2003 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/980 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/980 LA eng DS MINDS@UW RD 28-mar-2024