Defining and discussing the relevance of theoretical and practical issues involved in mixed methods researchHow do you plan a TESOL research project? How do you analyze research data qualitatively ...and quantitatively? How should you report your results? Covering the basics of research methodology, this textbook shows you how to choose and combine quantitative and qualitative research methods to best effect in your own research and assess others' language research. The book provides a comprehensive but practical overview of the different phases and activities involved in developing and implementing sound, rational, and effective mixed methods research, taking into account the intercultural implications. Chapters cover the following topics in relation to mixed methods research: the qualitative/quantitative continuum, planning a project, gathering data, analyzing data, interpreting results, reporting, as well as research in classrooms, action research, conversation and discourse analyses, surveys, and program evaluation.
This book addresses questions surrounding online second language (L2) communicative activities and formal language learning. It provides empirical evidence and analysis of the scale and nature of L2 ...English communicative activities online and explores the possibilities for language teaching practices that engage with learners' L2 online activities.
The emergence of empirical approaches to L2 pronunciation research and teaching is a powerful fourth wave in the history of the field. Authored by two leading proponents of evidence-based ...instruction, this volume surveys both foundational and cutting-edge empirical work and pinpoints its ramifications for pedagogy. The authors begin by tracing the history of pronunciation instruction and explicating L2 phonetic learning processes. Subsequent chapters explore the themes, strengths, and ethical problems of the field through the lens of the intelligibility principle. The importance of error gravity, and the need for assessment and individualized instruction are highlighted, and the role of L2 accents in social contexts is probed. Material readily available elsewhere has been omitted in favour of an emphasis on the how, why, and when of pronunciation instruction. Anyone with an interest in L2 pronunciation-especially graduate students, language teachers, and experienced researchers-will find much value in this indispensible resource.
The fundamental principles of materials development in TESOL
Materials are at the very centre of language teaching, and understanding what goes into creating them is an essential part of a language ...teacher's professional development.
Offering a practical introduction to the fundamental principles of materials development in TESOL, this textbook introduces you to a wide range of theoretical and practical issues in materials development to enable you to make informed and principled choices in the selection, evaluation, adaptation and production of materials.
Advocating a principled approach to the creation of materials, it combines an awareness of relevant language learning and teaching theory with a critical attitude to existing published materials. It also encourages critical reflection by demonstrating how choices need to be informed by an awareness of culture, context and purpose.
Material Development in TESOL's stimulating approach, with thought-provoking, interactive tasks, online resources, and added perspectives from international research, makes it an ideal textbook for language teacher programmes around the world, equipping TESOL student teachers and practicing teachers with the frameworks, resources and practical skills necessary to carry out effective evaluations and to develop principled materials in practice.
Written specifically for TESOL practitioners and those studying TESOL teachingAccessible presentation of concepts and researchAccompanying website provides additional online resources and materialsInteractive tasks and further reading suggestionsEncourages students to critically reflect on their choices of materials
This book addresses several pressing concerns of teachers and researchers who are looking for ways to integrate technology use in and out of their classrooms and assess its usefulness in the learning ...process. It provides an up-to-date examination of technology-supported pedagogy and language acquisition in a variety of Japanese as a foreign or second language contexts. It equips readers with practical pedagogical information, including methods of implementation and learning assessment, and ideas for how technology can be applied to achieve a wide range of learning objectives. The topics examined include cultural learning, identity construction, speaking, reading, writing, pronunciation, collaborative online learning, digital and 3D virtual reality games, online text analysis, and participation in online communities. In addition, different e-learning configurations such as flipped, online, and distance learning classrooms are explored. Studies examine various current technologies (e.g. blogs, synchronous/asynchronous telecollaboration, corpus analysis software, modern pronunciation tools) and will have both direct and indirect consequences for teaching and learning a second/foreign language with technology across all languages.
To what extent do our accents determine the way we are perceived by others? Is a foreign accent inevitably associated with social stigma? Accent is a matter of great public interest given the impact ...of migration on national and global affairs, but until now, applied linguistics research has treated accent largely as a theoretical puzzle. In this fascinating account, Alene Moyer examines the social, psychological, educational and legal ramifications of sounding 'foreign'. She explores how accent operates contextually through analysis of issues such as: the neuro-cognitive constraints on phonological acquisition, individual factors that contribute to the 'intractability' of accent, foreign accent as a criterion for workplace discrimination, and the efficacy of instruction for improving pronunciation. This holistic treatment of second language accent is an essential resource for graduate students and researchers interested in applied linguistics, bilingualism and foreign language education.
'Native speakers' and 'native users' are terms traditionally used to differentiate between speakers who have acquired a language from birth and speakers who have learnt a second ...language. This book highlights the problems associated with making such a clear cut distinction. By analysing a range of literature, language uses and proficiency tests, Davies argues that there is no significant difference between native speakers and native users, and emphasises the importance of the Standard Language. Whilst individual native speakers may vary considerably, the academic construct of the native speaker is isomorphic with the Standard Language which is available to both native speakers and native users through education. In this book, Davies explores the 'native user', as a second language speaker who uses language with 'native speaker' competence. This book will be of significant interest to students and researchers working in the fields of second language acquisition and applied linguistics.
This book examines the writing practices of three adult multilingual writers through the prism of their writing in English as an additional language. It illustrates some of the social, cultural and ...political contexts of the writers' literacy activities and argues for a writing pedagogy that reflects the complexity of writing as a social practice.
Do you want to develop, enhance and refine your Arabic media language, translation and analytical skills? Then this is the book for you. It gives you a broad range of exercises on reading ...comprehension, speaking, writing and listening, based on a wide variety of media texts and audio materials. You can also equip yourself with journalistic skills such as giving presentations and writing media articles. Focusing on the style of Arabic media language, you are guided through a series of topics: * Diplomacy * Elections * Violence and Anarchy * War and Military Action * Economy * Law and Order * Trade and Industry * Reports on Language and Culture * Natural Disasters * Revolutions * 'War on Terrorism' * Arabic Radio and TV Extracts Each module includes a section for discussion and debate as well as an explanation of Media Arabic issues. The book includes: * Authentic texts and listening materials gathered from a wide range of Arabic media * 60 minutes of audio material available as a free download * Vocabulary list * Key to exercises New to this edition: * Brand new texts and listening materials * New module on reports on Language and Culture * New module on Revolutions * New drills throughout * Now includes radio as well as TV
'… A beautifully written, articulate and compelling argument for a sociocultural perspective on second language teacher education . . . Essential reading for all who wish to understand this ...perspective.' – David Nunan, University of Hong Kong
'…Significant and timely. Johnson is masterful at writing in an engaging, transparent prose about complex concepts. It’s a rare scholar who can write prose like this. Throughout my reading I wanted to engage in dialogue with her – this is a sure sign of a great book." – Diane Tedick, University of Minnesota, USA
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the epistemological underpinnings of a sociocultural perspective on human learning and addresses in detail what this perspective has to offer the field of second language teacher education. Captured through five changing points of view, it argues that a sociocultural perspective on human learning changes the way we think about how teachers learn to teach, how teachers think about language, how teachers teach second languages, the broader social, cultural, and historical macro-structures that are ever present and ever changing in the second language teaching profession, and what constitutes second language teacher professional development. Overall, it clearly and accessibly makes the case that a sociocultural perspective on human learning reorients how the field understands and supports the professional development of second language teachers.
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Karen E. Johnson is Liberal Arts Research Professor of Applied Linguistics at The Pennsylvania State University, and Co-director of the Center for Advance Language Proficiency Education and Research
"I found this book pleasant, stimulating and enlightening reading, as well as a good source of information. I suggest it to whoever is interested not only in L2 teacher training but also in teacher training in general, because it is a valid example of how reflection on learning and on the teaching profession can fruitfully be developed in a sociocultural perspective."-- British Journal of Educational Technology , Vol. 41: No. 2, 2010
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Defining a Sociocultural Perspective
Changing Points of View
Teachers as Learners of Teaching
Language as Social Practice
Teaching as Dialogic Mediation
Macro-Structures and the L2 Teaching Profession
Inquiry-Based Approaches to Professional Development
Future Challenges for L2 Teacher Education
Chapter 2: Shifting Epistemologies in Teacher Education
Overcoming a Positivistic Epistemological Perspective
Shifting towards an Interpretative Epistemological Perspective
Emerging Research on Teacher Cognition
Reconceptualizing the Knowledge-base of L2 Teacher Education
A Sociocultural Perspective on L2 Teacher Education
Chapter 3: Teachers as Learners of Teaching
Understanding Teacher Learning from a Sociocultural Perspective
"Seeing" Teaching Learning
Teacher-Authored Accounts of Professional Development
Mediational Means in the Zone of Proximal Development
Disciplinary Knowledge and Concept Development
Transformation of Activity: Teacher Learning – Student Learning
Chapter 4: Language as Social Practice
Defining Knowledge About Language
Language as Social Practice
Embracing Language as Social Practice in L2 Teacher Education
Developing Teachers’ Awareness of Language as Social Practice
Analyzing E-mail Messages
Analyzing Classroom Transcripts
Building Curriculum from Contexts of Use
Chapter 5: Teaching as Dialogic Mediation
Teaching, Learning, and Development
The Development of Conceptual Thinking
Reconceptualizing the Concepts of Methodology, Language’, and
Teaching
Reconceptualizing Reading Comprehension Instruction
Scaffolded Learning and Assisting Performance
Teachers’ Questioning Patterns
Maximizing Classroom Interaction
Chapter 6: Macro-Structures and the Second Language Teaching Profession
Activity Theory: An Overview
Educational Reforms Policies
English Language Educational Reform Policies in South Korea
Contradictions and Interventions
Redesigning a School Community: The Case of a Finnish Middle
School
Implementing Educational Reform Policies: The Teaching
Practicum in South Korea
The Power of High-Stakes Language Testing
Constructing a Student: The Case of Joon
Constructing a Student: The Case of Noelle
Chapter 7: Inquiry-based Approaches to Professional Development
The Narrative Nature of Teachers’ Accounts
The School Context and Culture in which Teachers’ Accounts Emerge
Linkages between Teachers’ Accounts and Professional Discourses
The Zone of Proximal Development as a Mediational Space
Models of Inquiry-Based Professional Development
Critical Friends Groups
Peer Coaching
Lesson Study Groups
Cooperative Development
Teacher Study Groups
Chapter 8: Future Challenges for Second Language Teacher Education
‘Located’ Second Language Teacher Education
Linking Teacher Learning and Student Learning
Intellectual Tools of Inquiry vs. The Politics of Accountability
Subject Index
Author Index
