Developing Interactional Competence by Using TV Series in "English as an Additional Language" Classrooms
Title | Developing Interactional Competence by Using TV Series in "English as an Additional Language" Classrooms PDF eBook |
Author | Olcay Sert |
Publisher | |
Pages | 33 |
Release | 2009 |
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This paper uses a combined methodology to analyse the conversations in supplementary audio-visual materials to be implemented in language teaching classrooms in order to enhance the Interactional Competence (IC) of the learners. Based on a corpus of 90.000 words (Coupling Corpus), the author tries to reveal the potentials of using TV series in "English as an Additional Language" (EAL) Classrooms by employing the methods of Conversation Analysis (CA) and Corpus Linguistics (CL). The paper specifically focuses on hyperbole in interaction through uncovering conversational sequences and embodied actions. The findings clearly show that the use of TV series can be an invaluable resource for language teachers by exposing learners to multi-model texts that contextualise the materials used through various interactional and semiotic, as well as linguistic, resources. (Contains 8 figures, 3 tables, and 8 screenshots.).
L2 Interactional Competence and Development
Title | L2 Interactional Competence and Development PDF eBook |
Author | Joan Kelly Hall |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2011-07-18 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1847694756 |
Drawing on data from a range of contexts, including classrooms, pharmacy consultations, tutoring sessions, and video-game playing, and a range of languages including English, German, French, Danish and Icelandic, the studies in this volume address challenges suggested by these questions: What kinds of interactional resources do L2 users draw on to participate competently and creatively in their L2 encounters? And how useful is conversation analysis in capturing the specific development of individuals’ interactional competencies in specific practices across time? Rather than treating participants in L2 interactions as deficient speakers, the book begins with the assumption that those who interact using a second language possess interactional competencies. The studies set out to identify what these competencies are and how they change across time. By doing so, they address some of the difficult and yet unresolved issues that arise when it comes to comparing actions or practices across different moments in time.
New Technologies and Language Learning
Title | New Technologies and Language Learning PDF eBook |
Author | Li Li |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2017-04-24 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1137517689 |
This research-led textbook investigates the use of new technologies for language learning, linking theory to practice. The book synthesises previous technology use (including Computer Assisted Language Learning) theory and research, and describes practical applications for both second and foreign language classrooms, including detailed examples of these applications and the procedures for evaluating them.
Teaching Chinese by Culture and TV Drama
Title | Teaching Chinese by Culture and TV Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Lingfen Zhang |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2022-04-28 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1000578976 |
This book integrates culture and authenticity into Chinese classroom practice through exploring the potential of contemporary TV drama as teaching and learning materials for intercultural Chinese language teaching and learning. In addressing the four main challenges in culture teaching in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL), this book focuses on precisely this area of pedagogical practice in Chinese as foreign language education and draws on a wide interdisciplinary base, including foreign language education, cultural studies, and intercultural communication to explore the potential of authentic TV drama as language and culture materials for revitalising TCFL and foreign language teaching more generally. It examines in detail the culturally shaped beliefs, values, and practices that give meaning to the action and language of the selected clips in a modern, award-winning Chinese TV drama. This book shows a potential experiential pathway into (pedagogical) practices to bring contemporary culture into classrooms, to engage learners with contemporary and authentic texts, and to encourage inquiry-focused teaching practices, which – in being intercultural – allow for learners’ own interpretations of cultural messages in interaction and to recognise learners as learning to understand their own values and beliefs as they learn to explore those of other cultures.
Multiliteracies in English as an Additional Language Classrooms
Title | Multiliteracies in English as an Additional Language Classrooms PDF eBook |
Author | Luciana C. de Oliveira |
Publisher | IAP |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2021-04-01 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1648024262 |
This book presents different practices and strategies for the English as an additional language classroom as well as units that could be adapted to various grade levels, English language proficiency levels, and linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The research, lessons, and concepts included in the book present innovative ideas in EAL education. The chapters are the result of a professional learning program for 30 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers from Brazil, held at the University of Miami’s School of Education and Human Development in the Spring semester of 2018. The program, entitled “Six-Week English Language Certificate Program for High School English Teachers from Brazil (PDPI),” contained several components related to language development and methodology, including orality, reading, writing, linguistic and grammatical knowledge, and interculturality. The program was guided by the principle of multiliteracies, with a focus on English language development through new possibilities to participate in meaning making that incorporates verbal, visual, body language, gestures, and audiovisual resources.
English as a Lingua Franca
Title | English as a Lingua Franca PDF eBook |
Author | Istvan Kecskes |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2019-11-28 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1107103800 |
Explores the language behaviour of speakers of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), through the lens of Gricean pragmatics. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars across the fields of pragmatics, language contact, world Englishes, second language acquisition, and English as a second language.
Developing Interactional Competence at the Workplace
Title | Developing Interactional Competence at the Workplace PDF eBook |
Author | Hanh thi Nguyen |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2024-09-06 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1040118763 |
What is it about social interaction at the workplace that spurs interactional competence development? This book explores the answers to this question by analyzing the development of interactional competence by two Vietnamese hotel staff members, one novice and one experienced, as they interact with international guests in English in Vietnam. Using ethnomethodological conversation analysis (EMCA) in a longitudinal design, Nguyen and Malabarba trace the learners’ observable changes in interactional practices in guest-escorting walks over time. In doing so, they uncover the interaction-endogenous impetuses that may have led to these changes and address three fundamental questions in second language acquisition research: what is learned, how it is learned, and why it is learned. In seven chapters, the book offers an illuminating discussion of how competence has been conceptualized in EMCA and a rich analysis of how individuals’ changes in interactional conduct take place locally and longitudinally. With an in-depth discussion of theoretical issues as well as a fine-grained empirical analysis, this book appeals to researchers, students, and practitioners interested in social perspectives on second language learning, longitudinal EMCA, the development of interactional competence at the workplace, and guest-host interaction in hospitality. Chapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.