Working Collaboratively In Second Foreign Language Learning

Author : María del Pilar García Mayo
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501511318

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Working Collaboratively in Second/Foreign Language Learning by María del Pilar García Mayo Pdf

Since the introduction of communicative language teaching, collaborative learning has played an important role in the second language (L2) classroom. Drawing from sociocultural theory, which states that human cognitive development is a socially situated activity mediated by language, studies in L2 pedagogy advocate the use of tasks that require learners to work together. Collaborative dialogue encourages language learning, and research shows that the solutions reached by students in this process are more often correct with a lasting influence on their language comprehension. This volume includes ten chapters that illustrate the benefits of collaborative dialogue in second foreign language classrooms. The volume considers key issues dealing with collaborative tasks and implications for language teaching.

Author : Mimi Li,Meixiu Zhang
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027249562

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L2 Collaborative Writing in Diverse Learning Contexts by Mimi Li,Meixiu Zhang Pdf

This book is the first edited volume to compile up-to-date scholarship that discusses frontier knowledge on second language (L2) collaborative writing (CW) and highlights technology-mediated solutions to it. The volume consists of conceptual papers and empirical studies that explore theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical approaches to CW in face-to-face, online, and hybrid learning contexts. The ten chapters of the book are divided into three sections: (1) theoretical perspectives and a methodological review of CW; (2) empirical research addressing the processes, products, and effects pertaining to CW; (3) pedagogical aspects relevant to CW, namely task design, technology use, and assessment. By examining the implementation of various CW tasks across modes, genres, and L2 learning settings, this book re-evaluates the practices of CW and illustrates how diverse forms of CW can facilitate students’ L2 learning and writing development.

Author : Joan Kelly Hall,Lorrie Stoops Verplaetse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135660741

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Second and Foreign Language Learning Through Classroom Interaction by Joan Kelly Hall,Lorrie Stoops Verplaetse Pdf

This volume brings together the current theoretical interest in reconceptualizing second and foreign language learning from a sociocultural perspective on language and learning, with practical concerns about second and foreign language pedagogy. It presents a set of studies whose focus is on the empirical description of particular practices constructed in classroom interaction that promote the learning of a second or foreign language. The authors examine in detail the processes by which the learning of additional languages is accomplished in the interaction of a variety of classrooms and in a variety of languages. Not only will the findings from the studies reported in this volume help to lay a foundation for the development of a more expansive, sociocultural model of second and foreign language learning, but on a more practical level they will help language educators in creating a set of principles for identifying and sustaining classroom interactional practices that foster additional language development. The volume is distinguished in three ways: * Following a Vygotskyan perspective on development, the studies assume that language learning is a fundamentally pragmatic enterprise, intrinsically linked to language use. This breaks from a more traditional understanding of second and foreign language learning, which has viewed learning and use as two distinct phenomena. The importance of classroom interaction to additional language development is foregrounded. * The investigations reported in this book are distinguished by their methodological approach. Because language learning is assumed to be a situated, context-sensitive, and dynamic process, the studies do not rely on traditional experimental methods for collecting and analyzing data, but rather, they involve primarily the use of ethnographic and discourse analytic methods. * The studies focus on interactional practices that promote second and foreign language learning. Although a great deal of research has examined first language learning in classrooms from a sociocultural perspective, little has looked at second and foreign language classrooms from such a perspective. Thus there is a strong need for this volume of studies addressing this area of research. Researchers, teacher educators, and graduate students across the fields of second and foreign language learning, applied linguistics, and language education will find this book informative and relevant. Because of the programmatic implications arising from the studies, it will also appeal to teacher educators and teachers of second and foreign languages from the elementary to the university levels.

Author : Amparo Lázaro-Ibarrola
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027254696

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Child L2 Writers by Amparo Lázaro-Ibarrola Pdf

Studies on L2 writing tasks with child learners have broken through several barriers in the past few years. Although long considered a solitary task, writing is now regularly done in collaborative pairs and groups as well. New and more comprehensive writing and feedback strategies have been implemented and task repetition has made its way from oral into writing tasks. Finally, research analyses of linguistic outcomes have been complemented by measures of task motivation. Drawing on knowledge from the fields of psychology, education and SLA, this book includes a comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of this body of research. It pinpoints the specificity of writing tasks for child L2 learners, identifies the research gaps that pave the way for future research, and offers a guide for teachers who wish to implement writing tasks with young language learners. In sum, this book demonstrates that child L2 writing constitutes a new field of inquiry and attempts to give child L2 writers a room of their own.

Author : Dolors Masats,Maria Mont,Nathaly Gonzalez-Acevedo
Publisher : Paragon Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-19
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781782226802

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Joint Efforts for Innovation: Working Together to Improve Foreign Language Teaching in the 21st Century by Dolors Masats,Maria Mont,Nathaly Gonzalez-Acevedo Pdf

A book for the curious and passionate 21st century language teachers and teacher trainers. Tired of reading about the wonders of technology enhanced project-based learning but not knowing where to seek inspiration to start to adopt this teaching approach? A team of in-service teachers, teacher trainers, pre-service teachers and researchers have worked together to present a simple, engaging and practical book to offer fellow education professionals stimulating ideas for their teaching practice. Joint efforts for innovation: Working together to improve foreign language teaching in the 21st century offers: Inspiring classroom projects and innovative teaching experiences. A compilation of digital tools and resources for the foreign language classroom. Pioneering proposals to open up the classroom doors. Problem-solving and inquiry-based tasks that promote team work. Honest reflections from practitioners on their classroom practices. This book includes accessible examples of teacher-led classroom research small-scale studies. calls for teachers to do research in their classrooms. personal accounts on the importance of school internships for pre-service teachers. This book is an invitation for practicing teachers and teacher trainers to be creative and to develop learning skills, literacy skills and life skills. Are you ready to become an innovative 21st century educator?

Author : Gulbahar H. Beckett,Paul Chamness Iida
Publisher : IAP
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607527169

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Project-Based Second and Foreign Language Education by Gulbahar H. Beckett,Paul Chamness Iida Pdf

Dewey's idea of Project-based Learning (PBL) was introduced into the field of second language education nearly two decades ago as a way to reflect the principles of student-centered teaching (Hedge, 1993). Since then, PBL has also become a popular language and literacy activity at various levels and in various contexts (see Beckett, 1999; Fried-Booth, 2002; Levis & Levis, 2003; Kobayashi, 2003; Luongo- Orlando, 2001; Mohan & Beckett, 2003; Weinstein, 2004). For example, it has been applied to teach various ESL and EFL skills around the world (e.g., Fried-Booth, 2002). More recently, PBL has been heralded as the most appropriate approach to teaching content-based second language education (Bunch, et al., 2001; Stoller, 1997), English for specific purposes (Fried-Booth, 2002), community-based language socialization (Weinstien, 2004), and critical and higher order thinking as well as problem-solving skills urged by the National Research Council (1999). Despite this emphasis, there is a severe shortage of empirical research on PBL and research-based frameworks and models based on sound theoretical guidance in general and second and foreign language education in particular (Thomas, 2000). Also missing from the second and foreign language education literature is systematic discussion of PBL work that brings together representative work, identifying obvious gaps, and guiding the field toward future directions. This, first of its kind, volume bridges these obvious gaps through the original work of international scholars from Canada, Israel, Japan, Singapore, and the US.

Author : Bill VanPatten,James F. Lee
Publisher : Multilingual Matters Limited
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language acquisition
ISBN : UCSC:32106009921195

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Second Language Acquisition/foreign Language Learning by Bill VanPatten,James F. Lee Pdf

This book explores the contexts, processes and products that comprise the disciplines of SLA and foreign language learning. It offers various perspectives on how SLA and foreign language learning come together as fields of inquiry and to suggest how foreign language teaching benefits from research in language learning.

Author : Gonca Yangın-Ekşi,Sedat Akayoglu,Leonora Anyango
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031135408

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New Directions in Technology for Writing Instruction by Gonca Yangın-Ekşi,Sedat Akayoglu,Leonora Anyango Pdf

This book responds to the changes and needs of English Language Learning by offering insight into online writing pedagogical platforms and atmospheres. Language learning enriched with technology, web tools and applications have become a necessary ingredient in language education internationally. This volume provides an in-depth understanding of writing practices that are responsive to the challenges for teaching and learning writing in local and global contexts of education. It also provides succinct knowledge at the intersection of technology with teaching, learning, and research. The chapters herein creatively take advantage of the affordances of digital platforms and further critiques their limitations. The book also delineates knowledge on concepts, theories, and innovative approaches to digital writing in the field of teaching and learning English. The chapters focus on reviews and provide guidance on the practical use of Web 2.0 and multimedia tools as well as presenting research on technology integration in writing classes.

Author : Steven G. McCafferty
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Group work in education
ISBN : 312533117X

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Cooperative learning and second language teaching by Steven G. McCafferty Pdf

Author : Ernesto Macaro
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853593680

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Target Language, Collaborative Learning and Autonomy by Ernesto Macaro Pdf

This book explores the relevance that second language research has for the secondary foreign language classroom. It analyses the concept of teaching and learning exclusively through the target language. This concept is then related to two current pedagogical tendencies: peer collaboration and learner autonomy.

Author : Robert J. Blake
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781589019775

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Brave New Digital Classroom by Robert J. Blake Pdf

Brave New Digital Classroom examines the most effective ways to utilize technology in language learning. The author deftly interweaves the latest results of pedagogical research with descriptions of the most successful computer-assisted language learning (CALL) projects to show how to implement technology in the foreign language curriculum to assist the second language acquisition process. This fully updated second edition includes new chapters on the latest electronic resources, including gaming and social media, and discusses the realities and potential of distance learning for second language acquisition. The author examines the web, CALL applications, and computer-mediated communication (CMC), and suggests how the new technologically assisted curriculum will work for the foreign-language curriculum. Rather than advocating new technologies as a replacement for activities that can be done equally well with traditional processes, the author envisions a radical change as teachers rethink their strategies and develop their competence in the effective use of technology in language teaching and learning. Directed at all language teachers, from the elementary school to postsecondary levels, the book is ideal for graduate-level courses on second language pedagogy. It also serves as an invaluable reference for experienced researchers, CALL developers, department chairs, and administrators.

Author : Jenefer Philp,Rebecca Adams,Noriko Iwashita
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135914608

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Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning by Jenefer Philp,Rebecca Adams,Noriko Iwashita Pdf

Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning synthesizes the existing body of research on the role of peer interaction in second language learning in one comprehensive volume. In spite of the many hours that language learners spend interacting with peers in the classroom, there is a tendency to evaluate the usefulness of this time by comparison to whole class interaction with the teacher. Yet teachers are teachers and peers are peers – as partners in interaction, they are likely to offer very different kinds of learning opportunities. This book encourages researchers and instructors alike to take a new look at the potential of peer interaction to foster second language development. Acknowledging the context of peer interaction as highly dynamic and complex, the book considers the strengths and limitations of peer work from a range of theoretical perspectives. In doing so, Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning clarifies features of effective peer interaction for second language learning across a range of educational contexts, age spans, proficiency levels, and classroom tasks and settings.

Author : Mar?a Del Pilar Garc?a Mayo
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853599262

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Investigating Tasks in Formal Language Learning by Mar?a Del Pilar Garc?a Mayo Pdf

This book brings together research that makes use of tasks to examine oral interaction, written production, vocabulary and reading, lexical innovation and pragmatics in different formal language learning contexts and in different languages (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish). It will be of interest to professionals and students working in SLA research and language pedagogy.

Author : Michael Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351846813

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Project-Based Language Learning with Technology by Michael Thomas Pdf

This book highlights the ways in which insights from technology-mediated project-based language learning research can contribute to our understanding of both learner interaction in specific cultural contexts but also of the role of technology in language learning more generally. The volume situates the discussion within the context of the development of the field, from task-based to project-based language learning, and how these have been shaped over time by the evolution of new technologies. Using the case study of EFL learners in a Japanese classroom, the book adopts a multimodal approach to unpack this phenomena at work by examining learner collaboration in project-based work in a real-world setting. The volume provides a valuable contribution to the ongoing debate about the effective integration of digital technologies in the classroom and will be of particular interest to students and scholars in applied linguistics, computer-assisted language learning, task-based language teaching, and TESOL.

Author : Neomy Storch
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847699961

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Collaborative Writing in L2 Classrooms by Neomy Storch Pdf

In this first book-length treatment of collaborative writing in second language (L2) classrooms, Neomy Storch provides a theoretical, pedagogical and empirical rationale for the use of collaborative writing activities in L2 classes, as well as some guidelines about how to best implement such activities in both face-to-face and online mode. The book discusses factors that may impact on the nature and outcomes of collaborative writing, and examines the beliefs about language learning that underpin learners' and teachers' attitudes towards pair and group work. The book critically reviews the available body of research on collaborative writing and identifies future research directions, thereby encouraging researchers to continue investigating collaborative writing activities.