Discourse And Language Learning Across L2 Instructional Settings

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Brill
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401208598

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Discourse and language learning across L2 instructional settings by Anonim Pdf

Studies on discourse and language learning originated in the field of general education and they focused on first language learning environments. However, since 1980s research on discourse and language learning broadened the scope of investigation to respond to second and foreign language environments. Recently, the emergence of new language learning contexts such as computer mediated communication, multilingual settings or content and language integrated contexts requires further research that focuses on discourse and language learning. From this perspective, the present volume aims to broaden the scope of investigation in foreign language contexts by exploring discourse patterns in the classroom and examining the impact of factors such as gender, explicitness of feedback or L1 use on language learning through discourse. With that aim in mind, this volume will bring together research that investigates discourse in various instructional settings, namely those of primary, secondary and university L2 learning environments, content and language integrated contexts and other new language learning settings. The number and variety of languages involved both as the first language (e.g. English, Finnish, Basque, Spanish, Japanese, French, Italian, Catalan) as well as the target foreign language (e.g. English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish) makes the volume specially attractive. Additionally, the different approaches adopted by the researchers participating in this volume, such as information processing, sociocultural theory, or conversation analysis, widen the realm of investigation on discourse and language learning. Finally, the strength of the volume also lies in the range of educational settings (primary, secondary and tertiary education) and the worldwide representation of contributors across seven different countries, namely those of Spain, France, Austria, Finland, Germany, Canada, Australia and the United States. The uniqueness of the volume is due to its eclectic and comprehensive nature in tackling instructional discourse. Worldwide outstanding researchers, like Julianne House, Carme Muñoz, Ute Smit, Tarja Nikula or Roy Lyster, to quote but a few, adopt different perspectives in this joint contribution that will certainly broaden the scope of research on language learners’ discourse.

Author : Brian Paltridge,Matthew T. Prior
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781003847762

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The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Discourse by Brian Paltridge,Matthew T. Prior Pdf

This state-of-the-art volume offers a comprehensive and accessible examination of perspectives within the field of discourse analysis on the processes and conditions of second language learning, teaching, and use. Led by Brian Paltridge and Matthew T. Prior, this collection brings together leading global researchers in the field to guide readers through background theories, theoretical paradigms, methodological issues, and pedagogical implications by synthesizing current and past work, and setting a future agenda for discourse-oriented second language research. The book is a critical resource which will be indispensable for scholars and advanced students of applied linguistics, second language acquisition, education, and related fields.

Author : Laura Portolés Falomir
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501500053

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Multilingualism and Very Young Learners by Laura Portolés Falomir Pdf

This book deals with early multilingual acquisition from a holistic, dynamic, and multilingual perspective. It focuses on the analysis of pragmatic awareness and language attitudes of consecutive multilingual children in relation to other variables, such as the linguistic model or the age factor. This volume makes an important contribution to the field, providing evidence for the Dynamic Model of Multilingualism proposed by Herdina and Jessner.

Author : J. César Félix-Brasdefer,Rachel Shively
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110721775

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New Directions in Second Language Pragmatics by J. César Félix-Brasdefer,Rachel Shively Pdf

New Directions in Second Language Pragmatics brings together varying perspectives in second language (L2) pragmatics to show both historical developments in the field, while also looking towards the future, including theoretical, empirical, and implementation perspectives. This volume is divided in four sections: teaching and learning speech acts, assessing pragmatic competence, analyzing discourses in digital contexts, and current issues in L2 pragmatics. The chapters focus on various aspects related to the learning, teaching, and assessing of L2 pragmatics and cover a range of learning environments. The authors address current topics in L2 pragmatics such as: speech acts from a discursive perspective; pragmatics instruction in the foreign language classroom and during study abroad; assessment of pragmatic competence; research methods used to collect pragmatics data; pragmatics in computer-mediated contexts; the role of implicit and explicit knowledge; discourse markers as a resource for interaction; and the framework of translingual practice. Taken together, the chapters in this volume foreground innovations and new directions in the field of L2 pragmatics while, at the same time, ground their work in the existing literature. Consequently, this volume both highlights where the field of L2 pragmatics has been and offers cutting-edge insights into where it is going in the future.

Author : Zhongfeng Tian,Laila Aghai,Peter Sayer,Jamie L. Schissel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030470319

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Envisioning TESOL through a Translanguaging Lens by Zhongfeng Tian,Laila Aghai,Peter Sayer,Jamie L. Schissel Pdf

To respond to the multilingual turn in language education, this volume constitutes a challenge to the traditional, monolingual, and native speakerism paradigm in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) through a translanguaging lens. The chapters offer complex global perspectives – with contributions from five continents – to open critical conversations on how to conceptualize and implement translanguaging in teacher education and classrooms of various contexts. The researchers exhibit a shared commitment to transforming TESOL profession that values teachers’ and learners’ full linguistic repertoires. This volume should prove a valuable resource for students, teachers, and researchers interested in English teaching and learning, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and social justice.

Author : Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis,Milica Savić,Nicola Halenko
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027258465

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Email Pragmatics and Second Language Learners by Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis,Milica Savić,Nicola Halenko Pdf

This is the first edited collection focusing exclusively on how second language users interpret and engage with the processes of email writing. With chapters written by an international array of scholars, the present volume is dedicated to furthering the study of the growing field of L2 email pragmatics and addresses a range of interesting topics that have so far received comparatively scant attention. Utilising both elicited and naturally-occurring data, the research in this volume takes the reader from a consideration of learners’ pragmatic development as reflected in email writing, and their perceptions of the email medium, to relational practices in various email functions and in a variety of academic contexts. As a whole, the contributions incorporate research with learners from a range of proficiency levels, language and cultural backgrounds, and employ varied research designs in order to examine different email speech acts. The book provides valuable new insights into the dynamic and complex interplay between cultural, interlanguage, pedagogical, and medium-specific factors shaping L2 email discourse, and it is undoubtedly an important reference and resource for researchers, graduate students and experienced language teachers.

Author : Mohammad Ahmadian,María del Pilar García Mayo
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501503399

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Recent Perspectives on Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching by Mohammad Ahmadian,María del Pilar García Mayo Pdf

The last three decades have witnessed a growth of interest in research on tasks from various perspectives and numerous books and collections of articles have been published focusing on the notion of task and its utility in different contexts. Nevertheless, what is lacking is a multi-faceted examination of tasks from different important perspectives. This edited volume, with four sections of three chapters each, views tasks and Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT) from four distinct (but complementary) vantage points. In the first section, all chapters view tasks from a cognitive-interactionist angle with each addressing one key facet of either cognition or interaction (or both) in different contexts (CALL and EFL/ESL). Section two hinges on the idea that language teaching and learning is perhaps best conceptualized, understood, and investigated within a complexity theory framework which accounts for the dynamicity and interrelatedness of the variables involved. Viewing TBLT from a sociocultural lens is what connects the chapters included in the third section. Finally, the fourth section views TBLT from pedagogical and curricular vantage points.

Author : Numa Markee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119039907

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The Handbook of Classroom Discourse and Interaction by Numa Markee Pdf

Offering an interdisciplinary approach, The Handbook of Classroom Discourse and Interaction presents a series of contributions written by educators and applied linguists that explores the latest research methodologies and theories related to classroom language. • Organized to facilitate a critical understanding of how and why various research traditions differ and how they overlap theoretically and methodologically • Discusses key issues in the future development of research in critical areas of education and applied linguistics • Provides empirically-based analysis of classroom talk to illustrate theoretical claims and methodologies • Includes multimodal transcripts, an emerging trend in education and applied linguistics, particularly in conversation analysis and sociocultural theory

Author : Laura Portolés Falomir,Maria Pilar Safont Jordà
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443874922

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Learning and Using Multiple Languages by Laura Portolés Falomir,Maria Pilar Safont Jordà Pdf

This volume brings together the latest findings from research on multilingual language learning and use in multilingual communities. Suzanne Flynn, Håkan Ringbom and Larissa Aronin are some of the prestigious scholars who have contributed to this book. As argued by this last author in her chapter, although multilingualism has always existed, the important changes that research on this phenomenon has recently undergone, like that of adopting a multilingual perspective in its studies, should always be borne in mind. This volume considers the languages of multilingual communities, as well as the interaction among them. As such, the chapters adopt a multilingual approach that guides the analysis of grammatical, lexical and pragmatic development together with the role of affective and social factors in multilingual settings. Furthermore, this edited monograph is not restricted to an age group in the scope of its studies, as it contains research on children, teenagers, young adults and adults. In addition, it covers a wide range of sociolinguistic settings, including English-speaking countries, like the United Kingdom and Canada, and Northern and Central European contexts such as Sweden and Germany, as well as Southern settings like Spain and Tunisia. This book will be relevant to both researchers and teachers due to its educational and sociolinguistic orientation, dealing as it does with language learners from various multilingual communities and describing the social representation of languages and the measures for their promotion.

Author : Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031529863

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Content and Language Integrated Learning in South America by Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe Pdf

Author : Silvia Kunitz,Numa Markee,Olcay Sert
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030521936

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Classroom-based Conversation Analytic Research by Silvia Kunitz,Numa Markee,Olcay Sert Pdf

This book presents an international range of conversation analytic (CA) studies of classroom interaction which all discuss their empirical findings in terms of their theoretical and methodological contribution to the field of second language studies and their potential pedagogical relevance. The volume is thus unique in its focus on the theoretical and practical insights of CA classroom-based research and on the impact that such insights might have at the pedagogical level, from teaching to testing to teacher education. Given the growing interest in the pedagogical applicability of CA research, this book is a timely addition to the existing literature.

Author : Janin Jafari
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000291292

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Communicating Strategically in English as a Lingua Franca by Janin Jafari Pdf

There have been noticeable demographic changes recently in the use of English around the world. English as a medium of communication is now the contact language of native speakers from many diverse speech communities who interact with each other in multilingual contexts. The use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) and its implications has become a hot topic in applied linguistics and English studies. Communicating Strategically in English as a Lingua Franca reflects the growing interest in achieving communicative effectiveness in ELF situations and provides a comprehensive account of recent empirical findings in the field of ELF. It analyzes and interprets the author's own large corpus of naturally occurring spoken interactions and focuses on identifying innovative employments in the communicative strategies and pragmatics of speakers involved in ELF interactions. In doing so, this book makes a considerable contribution to the growing field of empirical studies in ELF. It explores the usage of pragmatic strategies and highlights their significant role in communicative effectiveness in ELF interactions. In showing the processes of classifying communication strategies involved in the identification of newly observed communication strategies, this book will be of great interest to English linguists, applied linguists, graduate and undergraduate students of English, English Language Teaching material developers and teachers of English.

Author : Ilona Vandergriff
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789027266705

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Second-language Discourse in the Digital World by Ilona Vandergriff Pdf

Second-language Discourse in the Digital World illustrates a new, practice-driven approach to technology in second-language (L2) learning that begins with what L2 users do when they connect with others online. With its rich set of examples from a number of different languages and a variety of digital platforms, in and beyond the classroom, this book provides a structured account of L2 computer-mediated discourse. The book is divided into four sections. Section I considers how new media have changed language learning. Section II is about L2 participation in digital forms and practices in online communities. Sections III centers around L2 linguistic and other semiotic practices, including the use of multimodal and multilingual resources while section IV analyzes social practices to explore how networked L2 users build, maintain and challenge relationships. Written in accessible style, the volume will be an important read to anyone interested in L2 use and learning in Web 2.0.Finalist for the AAAL 2019 book award.

Author : Kim McDonough,Alison Mackey
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027272348

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Second Language Interaction in Diverse Educational Contexts by Kim McDonough,Alison Mackey Pdf

This volume brings together empirical research that explores interaction in a wide range of educational settings. It includes work that takes a cognitive, brain-based approach to studying interaction, as well as studies that take a social, contextual perspective. Interaction is defined quite broadly, with many chapters focusing on oral interaction as is typical in the field, while other chapters report work that involves interaction between learners and technology. Several studies describe the linguistic and discourse features of interaction between learners and their interlocutors, but others demonstrate how interaction can serve other purposes, such as to inform placement decisions. The chapters in the book collectively illustrate the diversity of contemporary approaches to interaction research, investigating interactions with different interlocutors ( learner-learner, learner-teacher), in a variety of environments (classrooms, interactive testing environments, conversation groups) and through different modalities (oral and written, face-to-face and technology-mediated).

Author : Rhonda Oliver,Jenefer Philp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9780194003001

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Focus on Oral Interaction - Oxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom by Rhonda Oliver,Jenefer Philp Pdf

Explores the role of oral interaction for second language learning from cognitive, social, pedagogical and linguistic perspectives, with a focus on research relevant to English language learners aged 5-18 in a variety of classroom contexts.