Exploring The Role Of Strategic Intervention In Form Focused Instruction

Author : Olga Trendak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319124339

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Exploring the Role of Strategic Intervention in Form-focused Instruction by Olga Trendak Pdf

The monograph is devoted to the notion of strategic intervention and its application in the foreign language classroom, in particular with reference to teaching grammar structures. The first four chapters, which are theoretical in nature, address such concepts as form-focused instruction, language learning strategies and strategies-based instruction. The last chapter provides insight into the results of a study investigating the grammar learning strategies employed by advanced learners of English. Additionally, the chapter presents the views of foreign language teachers on the idea of introducing strategy training in the foreign language classroom. The book closes with the discussion concerning the implementation of strategy training and its value in teaching target language grammar.

Author : Zoe Gavriilidou,Lydia Mitits
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788926737

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Situating Language Learning Strategy Use by Zoe Gavriilidou,Lydia Mitits Pdf

This book presents the latest research on the role of strategy use and development in second and foreign language teaching and learning. It comprises a wide selection of studies which cover topics such as strategic training of young EFL learners, promoting critical thinking through video gaming, language learning strategies for languages other than English, and the contribution of language learning strategies to the development of the four language learning skills. It will equip scholars and practitioners with the knowledge to help them better appreciate how language learning strategies contribute to and are linked with language learning processes. The contributing authors share research from their various contexts, which range from primary to tertiary education, and discuss the need for fine-tuned strategy categorization, conscious self-regulation and proposed strategy instruction.

Author : Juan de Dios Martínez Agudo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429582349

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Quality in TESOL and Teacher Education by Juan de Dios Martínez Agudo Pdf

This volume takes a holistic view of the current trends and challenges in quality and quality assurance in TESOL and teacher education. Bringing together top scholars in the field from all over the world, the text features invaluable international perspectives with the common objective of improving the quality in TESOL and teacher education in constantly changing and challenging educational contexts globally. Grouped into four wide-ranging, thematic sections – on multilingualism, diversity, teacher education, and future challenges – the book addresses new obstacles faced by educational professionals in today’s rapidly changing educational landscape by offering alternatives to quantitative targets. Chapter authors cover a range of contexts and timely issues, including technology in the classroom, culturally relevant teaching, teaching for continuous improvement, professional development, and monitoring and evaluating quality. Providing a forum of discussion on the intricacies, complexities, and challenges related to the urgent question of quality in the field, this book is a must-read for prospective ESL/EFL teachers and teacher educators.

Author : Anna Uhl Chamot,Vee Harris
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788923422

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Learning Strategy Instruction in the Language Classroom by Anna Uhl Chamot,Vee Harris Pdf

This comprehensive collection, comprising both theoretical and practical contributions, is unique in its focus on language learning strategy instruction (LLSI). The chapters, written by leading international experts, embrace both sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic perspectives. The issues presented include different models of strategy instruction and how they can be tailored according to context and the learners’ age and attainment level. The collection will be an important resource for researchers in the field, both for its critical perspectives and its guidance on collaborating with teachers to design interventions to implement strategy instruction. It also identifies key areas for research, including the teaching of less studied groups of strategies such as grammar and affective strategies. The book will prove equally valuable to language teachers through the provision of detailed teaching materials and tasks. Those engaged in professional development, whether pre- or in-service teacher education, will find a wealth of concrete ideas for sessions, courses and assignments.

Author : Rebecca L. Oxford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317515104

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Teaching and Researching Language Learning Strategies by Rebecca L. Oxford Pdf

Now in its second edition, Teaching and Researching Language Learning Strategies: Self-Regulation in Context charts the field systematically and coherently for the benefit of language learning practitioners, students, and researchers. This volume carries on the author's tradition of linking theoretical insights with readability and practical utility and offers an enhanced Strategic Self-Regulation Model. It is enriched by many new features, such as the first-ever major content analysis of published learning strategy definitions, leading to a long-awaited, encompassing strategy definition that, to a significant degree, brings order out of chaos in the strategy field. Rebecca L. Oxford provides an intensive discussion of self-regulation, agency, and related factors as the "soul of learning strategies." She ushers the strategy field into the twenty-first century with the first in-depth treatment of strategies and complexity theory. A major section is devoted to applications of learning strategies in all language skill areas and in grammar and vocabulary. The last chapter presents innovations for strategy instruction, such as ways to deepen and differentiate strategy instruction to meet individual needs; a useful, scenario-based emotion regulation questionnaire; insights on new research methods; and results of two strategy instruction meta-analyses. This revised edition includes in-depth questions, tasks, and projects for readers in every chapter. This is the ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in TESOL, ELT, education, linguistics, and psychology.

Author : Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel,Elżbieta Szymańska-Czaplak,Magdalena Szyszka
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319551555

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At the Crossroads: Challenges of Foreign Language Learning by Ewa Piechurska-Kuciel,Elżbieta Szymańska-Czaplak,Magdalena Szyszka Pdf

This book offers a valuable contribution to the discussion on the complexities of L2 learning processes that pose a challenge to learners. Focusing on the cognitive, affective and socio-cultural perspectives, the papers included provide important insights into the individual’s experiences in second language acquisition. This work also addresses social interactions and cultural background, shedding new light on their role in the context in L2 learning processes. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the challenges of foreign-language (FL) learning and teaching.

Author : Anas Hajar
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788922258

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International Students' Challenges, Strategies and Future Vision by Anas Hajar Pdf

Study abroad is now both an international industry and an experience that can have a deep impact on students’ linguistic, cultural and personal development. This book explores ‘the social turn’ in the fields of study abroad and language learning strategies. The longitudinal qualitative study reported in this volume investigates the international educational experiences of Arab university students from diverse countries (Iraq, Libya, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the United Arab Emirates) and represents one of the few empirical studies to capture an in-depth understanding of the study abroad experiences of newly-arrived international students in higher education. Particular attention is paid to their changing learning goals, underlying motivations and strategy uses during their attendance on both short and long academic programmes in a study abroad context. It also examines their past language learning experiences in their homelands retrospectively. Readers will gain a better understanding of international students’ study abroad experiences in terms of their expectations, aspirations, diverse difficulties and the strategies they deploy to deal with these difficulties.

Author : Mirosław Pawlak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319303734

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Classroom-Oriented Research by Mirosław Pawlak Pdf

This collection gathers contributions from scholars from Poland and abroad addressing different facets of research into the processes of foreign-language and second-language learning and teaching as they transpire in a typical language classroom. The book is divided into three parts, which address in turn: research directions and methodology, the findings of empirical research, and links between theoretical considerations and classroom practice. Accordingly, the first part includes papers that examine the role of different research paradigms, put forward concrete research proposals, present innovative data gathering tools or assess the role of such instruments in language teaching. The second part includes reports on original research studies focusing e.g. on teachers’ beliefs, the role of lexis and pragmatics, the application of modern technologies, the teaching and assessment of primary school children, and the development of social skills from a cross-cultural perspective. Finally, the third part of the book demonstrates how theory-driven approaches can enhance the effectiveness of instructed second language acquisition.

Author : John T. Guthrie,Allan Wigfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015040334552

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Reading Engagement by John T. Guthrie,Allan Wigfield Pdf

Drawing on the professional literature of many fields, this book provides an interpretation of the available research on motivation and describes instructional approaches in classroom contexts. The book aims to help teacher educators, researchers, and graduate students understand the research literature in motivation and use in their efforts to enhance children's literacy development. After an introduction, "Reading Engagement: A Rationale for Theory and Teaching" (John T. Guthrie and Allan Wigfield), chapters in the book are: (1) "Children's Motivations for Reading and Reading Engagement" (Allan Wigfield); (2) Developing Self-Efficacious Readers and Writers: The Role of Social and Self-Regulatory Processes" (Dale H. Schunk and Barry J. Zimmerman); (3) "Motivation, Volition, and Collaborative Innovation in Classroom Literacy" (Lyn Corno and Judi Randi); (4) "The Pull of the Text and the Process of Involvement in Reading" (Diane Lemonnier Schallert and JoyLynn Hailey Reed); (5) "Teacher Perceptions of Student Motivation and Their Relation to Literacy Learning" (Anne P. Sweet); (6) "The Role of Responsive Teaching in Focusing Reader Intention and Developing Reader Motivation" (Robert B. Ruddell and Norman J. Unrau); (7) "Characteristics of Classrooms That Promote Motivations and Strategies for Learning" (John T. Guthrie and Ann Dacey McCann); (8) "Integrating Science and Literacy Experiences to Motivate Student Learning" (Roger Bruning and Barbara M. Schweiger); (9) "Ownership, Literacy Achievement, and Students of Diverse Cultural Backgrounds" (Kathryn H. Au); (10) "Starting Right: Strategies for Engaging Young Literacy Learners" (Julianne C. Turner); (11) "Incentives and Intrinsic Motivation to Read" (Linda B. Gambrell and Barbara Ann Marinak); and (12) "School Change and Literacy Engagement: Preparing Teaching and Learning Environments" (Carol Minnick Santa). (RS)

Author : Kees De Bot,Ralph B. Ginsberg,Claire Kramsch
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027241139

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Foreign Language Research in Cross-cultural Perspective by Kees De Bot,Ralph B. Ginsberg,Claire Kramsch Pdf

This volume focuses on priorities for research in language pedagogy. The aim is to give an up-to-date overview of current thinking about important research issues such as the viability of large scale comparisons, the quantitative/qualitative research controversy, new trends in language testing and evaluation, and the role of different learning environments. In their discussions of these issues researchers from the US and from different countries in Europe show to what extent the priorities differ on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Author : Hossein Nassaji,Sandra S. Fotos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136966033

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Teaching Grammar in Second Language Classrooms by Hossein Nassaji,Sandra S. Fotos Pdf

Recent SLA research recognizes the necessity of attention to grammar and demonstrates that form-focused instruction is especially effective when it is incorporated into a meaningful communicative context. Designed specifically for second-language teachers, this text identifies and explores the various options for integrating a focus on grammar and a focus on communication in classroom contexts and offers concrete examples of teaching activities for each option. Each chapter includes a description of the option, its theoretical and empirical background, examples of activities illustrating in a non-technical manner how it can be implemented in the classroom, questions for reflection, and a list of useful resources that teachers can consult for further information.

Author : Peter Skehan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0194372170

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A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning by Peter Skehan Pdf

This book is intended for teachers and students of applied linguistics.

Author : Inmaculada Méndez,Juan Pedro Martínez-Ramón,Nelly Lagos San Martín,Belen Garcia-Manrubia,José Manuel García-Fernández,Francisco Manuel Morales Rodríguez,Cecilia María Ruiz Esteban
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832545867

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Advances in the Contributions of Mathematics in the Field of Education and Psychology by Inmaculada Méndez,Juan Pedro Martínez-Ramón,Nelly Lagos San Martín,Belen Garcia-Manrubia,José Manuel García-Fernández,Francisco Manuel Morales Rodríguez,Cecilia María Ruiz Esteban Pdf

Author : Lin Sophie Teng
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030995201

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Self-regulated Learning and Second Language Writing by Lin Sophie Teng Pdf

This monograph is to investigate practical applications and contributions of self-regulated learning (SRL) to second/foreign language (L2) writing from sociocognitive and sociocultural perspectives. It showcases a comprehensive and updated review of conceptual and methodological issues of SRL and the state-of-the-art research on its applications to L2 learning and teaching. This volume further elaborates the design and results of a large-scale project which conducts observational and intervention studies investigating SRL strategies in L2 writing. This book reveals that a cross-disciplinary understanding of SRL strategies plays a crucial role in advancing theoretical functions of SRL and in extending its applications to L2 education in general, and L2 writing in particular. This book makes significant contributions to developing and validating new conceptual frameworks and tools for evaluating multidimensional structures of SRL strategies and self-efficacy in L2 writing; elucidating the interplay of personal, behavioral, environmental and psychological factors with SRL strategies and writing performance; and presenting an effective self-regulation instructional model for nurturing L2 learners’ motivation and confidence to strategize, reflect and succeed in writing. Teng has established herself as one of the prominent scholars in the discussion of self-regulated learning strategies. Her contribution to the fields of L2 writing and strategic learning are undeniable. This monograph is an excellent showing of how her ​endeavors to bring established theories from educational psychology to applied writing research have progressed over a number of methodologically rigorous studies. It should be required reading for anyone with an interest in cultivating strategic writers not only in the Chinese context but worldwide. Nathan Thomas, UCL Institute of Education

Author : Len Unsworth,Russell Tytler,Lisl Fenwick,Sally Humphrey,Paul Chandler,Michele Herrington,Lam Pham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000531435

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Multimodal Literacy in School Science by Len Unsworth,Russell Tytler,Lisl Fenwick,Sally Humphrey,Paul Chandler,Michele Herrington,Lam Pham Pdf

This book establishes a new theoretical and practical framework for multimodal disciplinary literacy (MDL) fused with the subject-specific science pedagogies of senior high school biology, chemistry and physics. It builds a compatible alignment of multiple representation and representation construction approaches to science pedagogy with the social semiotic, systemic functional linguistic-based approaches to explicit teaching of disciplinary literacy. The early part of the book explicates the transdisciplinary negotiated theoretical underpinning of the MDL framework, followed by the research-informed repertoire of learning experiences that are then articulated into a comprehensive framework of options for the planning of classroom work. Practical adoption and adaptation of the framework in biology, chemistry and physics classrooms are detailed in separate chapters. The latter chapters indicate the impact of the collaborative research on teachers' professional learning and students’ multimodal disciplinary literacy engagement, concluding with proposals for accommodating emerging developments in MDL in an ever-changing digital communication world. The MDL framework is designed to enable teachers to develop all students' disciplinary literacy competencies. This book will be of interest to researchers, teacher educators and postgraduate students in the field of science education. It will also have appeal to those in literacy education and social semiotics. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.