Extramural English in Teaching and Learning
Title | Extramural English in Teaching and Learning PDF eBook |
Author | Pia Sundqvist |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2016-11-09 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1137460482 |
This book is unique in bringing together theory, research, and practice about English encountered outside the classroom – extramural English – and how it affects teaching and learning. The book investigates ways in which learners successfully develop their language skills through extramural English and provides tools for teachers to make use of free time activities in primary and secondary education. The authors demonstrate that learning from involvement in extramural English activities tends to be incidental and is currently underutilized in classroom work. A distinctive strength is that this volume is grounded in theory, builds on results from empirical studies, and manages to link theory and research with practice in a reader-friendly way. Teacher-educators, teachers and researchers of English as a foreign language and teachers of English as a second language across the globe will find this book useful in developing their use of extramural English activities as tools for language learning.
Extramural English in Teaching and Learning
Title | Extramural English in Teaching and Learning PDF eBook |
Author | Pia Sundqvist |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016-11-21 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781137460479 |
This book is unique in bringing together theory, research, and practice about English encountered outside the classroom – extramural English – and how it affects teaching and learning. The book investigates ways in which learners successfully develop their language skills through extramural English and provides tools for teachers to make use of free time activities in primary and secondary education. The authors demonstrate that learning from involvement in extramural English activities tends to be incidental and is currently underutilized in classroom work. A distinctive strength is that this volume is grounded in theory, builds on results from empirical studies, and manages to link theory and research with practice in a reader-friendly way. Teacher-educators, teachers and researchers of English as a foreign language and teachers of English as a second language across the globe will find this book useful in developing their use of extramural English activities as tools for language learning.
Informal Digital Learning of English
Title | Informal Digital Learning of English PDF eBook |
Author | Ju Seong Lee |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 2021-12-27 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1000507904 |
In today’s digital era, increasing numbers of youth around the world learn English outside classrooms, frequently with the use of technology. This timely book brings together research and theory on the increasingly common phenomenon of Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE) among students of all ages and across a wide range of contexts globally. By examining the positive impact of IDLE on students’ reading, writing, listening, and speaking abilities, as well as the unique challenges that result, Lee synthesizes research in one accessible and comprehensive volume in this rapidly developing domain. This book addresses key concepts, including Computer Assisted Language Learning, the impact on standardized assessment, and the role of classroom learning. Lee offers empirically tested activities, pedagogical recommendations, and lesson plans to engage ESL/EFL students. The research overview and practical offerings make this an ideal text for courses in TESOL on online education, language teaching online, digital learning, community and language, and applied linguistics.
Extramural English in the Classroom
Title | Extramural English in the Classroom PDF eBook |
Author | Yu Jung Han (English teacher) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2022 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
"The field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) has observed how interest-driven extramural English (EE), an outside-of-classroom engagement with English (Sundqvist, 2009), can facilitate language development. Research supports the potential EE has when brought into formal English language teaching (ELT) settings; However, such research usually brings EE that may be promising into formal settings rather than pulling out EE that is directly connected to English language learners' (ELLs') individual and specific interest. This is a design-based research study exploring an online adult English language teaching (ELT) course the author designed and taught. This study incorporated multimodal popular culture content to purposefully triangulate the potential of three key elements: 1) target content as learning material, 2) students' familiarity and interest in the target content, and 3) the author's own familiarity with the target content, as the teacher. She studied the ways students engaged with class activities and carefully documented the course design and iteration processes. This qualitative analysis reveals what it means for a teacher to consider all three elements in a language classroom. This study also addresses how the course better enabled ELLs to engage with their out-of-classroom activities using English. Subsequently, the study offers design principles for effective integration of EE into formal ELT settings. All of this was grounded in the framework of affinity space theory (Gee, 2005; 2007; Gee & Hayes, 2012) and the concept of L2 willingness to communicate (Kang, 2015; MacIntyre, et al., 1998)"--Page vii
Language Learning with Digital Video
Title | Language Learning with Digital Video PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Goldstein |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2014-10-30 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1107634644 |
Language Learning with Digital Video is an ideal resource for teachers and trainee teachers who are interested in using video content in their classroom.
The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Teaching Beyond the Classroom
Title | The Routledge Handbook of Language Learning and Teaching Beyond the Classroom PDF eBook |
Author | Hayo Reinders |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 612 |
Release | 2022-05-30 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1000574636 |
Informal language learning beyond the classroom plays an important and growing role in language learning and teaching. This Handbook brings together the existing body of research and unites the various disciplines that have explored this area, in order to present the current state of knowledge in one accessible resource. Much of adult learning takes place outside of formal education and for language learning, it is likely that out-of-class experiences play an equally important role. It is therefore surprising that the role of informal language learning has received little attention over the years, with the vast majority of research instead focusing on the classroom. Researchers from a range of backgrounds, however, have started to realise the important contribution of informal language learning, both in its own right, and in its relationship with classroom learning. Studies in the areas of learner autonomy, learning strategies, study abroad, language support, learners’ voices, computer-mediated communication, mobile-assisted language learning, digital gaming, and many others, all add to our understanding of the complex and intersecting ways in which learners construct their own language learning experiences, drawing from a wide range of resources, including materials, teachers, self-study, technology, other learners and native speakers. This Handbook provides a sound and comprehensive basis for researchers and graduate students to build upon in their own research of language learning and teaching beyond the classroom.
Research Questions in Language Education and Applied Linguistics
Title | Research Questions in Language Education and Applied Linguistics PDF eBook |
Author | Hassan Mohebbi |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 814 |
Release | 2022-01-13 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 3030791432 |
This volume encompasses the range of research questions on language-related problems that arise in language teaching, learning and assessment. The [150] chapters are written by experts in the field who each offer their insights into current and future directions of research, and who suggest several highly relevant research questions. Topics include, but are not limited to: language skills teaching, language skills assessment and testing, measurement, feedback, discourse analysis, pragmatics, semantics, language learning through technology, CALL, MALL, ESP, EAP, ERPP, TBLT, materials development, genre analysis, needs analysis, corpus, content-based language teaching, language teaching and learning strategies, individual differences, research methods, classroom research, form-focused instruction, age effects, literacy, proficiency, and teacher education and teacher development. The book serves as a reference and offers inspiration to researchers and students in language education. An important skill in reviewing the research literature is following a study’s “plan of attack.” Broadly, this means that before accepting and acting upon the findings, one considers a) the research question (Is it clear and focused? Measurable?), b) the subjects examined, the methods deployed, and the measures chosen (Do they fit the study’s goal and have the potential to yield useful results?), and c) the analysis of the data (Do the data lead to the discussion presented? Has the author reasonably interpreted results to reach the conclusion?). Mohebbi and Coombe’s book, Research Questions in Language Education and Applied Linguistics: A Reference Guide, helps budding researchers take the first step and develop a solid research question. As the field of language education evolves, we need continual research to improve our instructional and assessment practices and our understanding of the learners’ language learning processes. This book with its remarkable 150 topics and 10 times the number of potential research questions provides a wealth of ideas that will help early career researchers conduct studies that move our field forward and grow our knowledge base. Deborah J. Short, Ph.D., Director, Academic Language Research & Training, Past President, TESOL International Association (2021-22) As a teacher in graduate programs in TESOL I frequently come across the frustration of students at centering their research interests on a particular topic and developing research questions which are worth pursuing so as to make a contribution to the field. This frustration stems from the fact that our field is so vast and interrelated, that it is often impossible to properly address all that interests them. Hence, I wholeheartedly welcome this most relevant and innovative addition to the research literature in the field of TESOL and Applied Linguistics. Coombe and Mohebbi have created a real tour de force that stands to inform budding researchers in the field for many years to come. Additionally, the cutting-edge depiction of the field and all it has to offer will no doubt update the research agendas of many seasoned researchers around the world. The 150 chapters are organized in a most powerful, yet, deceptively simple way offering a positioning within the topic, suggesting questions that might direct inquiry and offering a basic set of bibliographic tools to start the reader in the path towards research. What is more, the nine sections in which the chapters are organized leave no area of the field unexplored. Dr. Gabriel Díaz Maggioli, Academic Advisor, Institute of Education, Universidad ORT del Uruguay, President, IATEFL