UPRT 2021: Studies in English Applied Linguistics
Author: Adrienn Fekete
Publisher: Lingua Franca Csoport
Published: 2023-08-31
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9636260230
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Handbook of Research on Teaching in Multicultural and Multilingual Contexts
Author: Charamba, Erasmos
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2022-06-24
Total Pages: 624
ISBN-13: 1668450356
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeveral factors have resulted in increased intra- and inter-state migration. This has led to an increase in the enrollment of students with diverse linguistics backgrounds, placing more academic demands on educators. Linguistic diversity presents both opportunities and challenges for educators across the educational spectrum. Language ideologies profoundly shape and constrain the use of language as a resource for learning in multilingual or linguistically diverse classrooms. While English has become the world language, most communities remain, and are becoming more and more multicultural, multilingual, and diverse. The Handbook of Research on Teaching in Multicultural and Multilingual Contexts moves beyond the constraints of current language ideologies and enables the use of a wide range of resources from local semiotic repertoires. It examines the phenomenon of language use, language teaching, multiculturalism, and multilingualism in different learning areas, giving practitioners a voice to spotlight their efforts in order to keep their teaching afloat in culturally and linguistically diverse situations. Covering topics such as Indigenous languages, multilingual deaf communities, and intercultural competence, this major reference work is an essential resource for educators of both K-12 and higher education, pre-service teachers, educational psychologists, linguists, education administrators and policymakers, government officials, researchers, and academicians.
Investigating the Role of Affective Factors in Second Language Learning Tasks
Author: Ágnes Albert
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2022-12-08
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 303120221X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an overview of affective individual variables that are considered relevant for second language learning and outlines a novel approach to researching them. In the first part of the book, the most prominent concepts and theories in connection with affective individual variables and tasks are discussed, followed by a literature review of the most significant empirical studies conducted on the reviewed individual variables with the help of tasks. The second part of the monograph reports the findings of a research project which investigated the relationships of motivation, emotions, flow experiences, and self-efficacy beliefs of secondary school students studying English in Hungary. These constructs are examined at two levels: in connection with learners’ English classes in general and in connection with a particular language task, thus linking task performance measures to specific affective states experienced while performing a task and their general trait versions reported in connection with the language classes. Teacher interviews provide further insights into the language tasks used by the teachers of the students taking part in the study and their affective correlates. The book offers multi-level interpretations of the results, puts forward pedagogical implications, and delineates further research directions.
Motivation, Autonomy and Emotions in Foreign Language Learning
Author: Kata Csizér
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Published: 2024-10-11
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1800412770
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book highlights the roles of several individual difference (ID) variables on the language learning process, exploring them from both the students’ and the teachers’ perspectives. It presents the results of a large-scale, mixed-methods investigation which was conducted with secondary school pupils and their teachers in Hungary. The quantitative questionnaire data is used to analyze the English language learners’ motivation, autonomy and self-efficacy beliefs, and to examine the relationships between these and a wide range of positive and negative emotions. The qualitative data, consisting of interviews with teachers, gives voice not only to an understanding of student-related ID variables but also to teachers’ reflections on their own cognitive, affective and behavioral processes. Taken together, the contrastive analysis of these two datasets yields interactional results that provide fresh insights into the language learning process and practical classroom applications.
Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation in Bilingual and Second Language Teacher Education
Author: M. Dolores Ramírez-Verdugo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2024-04-12
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1040009808
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book provides a comprehensive overview of international pedagogical approaches, research, innovation experiences, and best practices in bilingual and second language education to enhance bilingual teacher education programs. The book clearly outlines the need for an interdisciplinary and interconnected approach to effecting successful bilingual teacher education programs. Featuring practical examples from a wide range of geographic contexts throughout, the volume comprises diverse pedagogical approaches to bilingual and second language teacher education, bilingual and plurilingual education, storytelling, digital storytelling and digital technology, and content and language integrated learning (CLIL), including methodological strategies in bilingual education as well as quality standards in CLIL syllabus design assessment. The book concludes by reflecting on the lessons learned from research, and identifies future directions for bilingual education programs and bilingual teacher education. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars in bilingual and second language education, bilingual teacher education, CLIL, as well as educators and stakeholders in bilingual, CLIL, and English teacher education degree programs.
UPRT 2019
Author: Adrienn Fekete
Publisher: Lingua Franca Csoport
Published: 2021-03-23
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 963429491X
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The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences
Author: Shaofeng Li
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2022-05-30
Total Pages: 547
ISBN-13: 1000548406
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences provides a thorough, in-depth discussion of the theory, research, and pedagogy pertaining to the role individual difference (ID) factors play in second language acquisition (SLA). It goes beyond the traditional repertoire and includes 32 chapters covering a full spectrum of topics on learners’ cognitive, conative, affective, and demographic/sociocultural variation. The volume examines IDs from two perspectives: one is how each ID variable is associated with learning behaviors, processes, and outcomes; the other is how each domain of SLA, such as vocabulary or reading, is affected by clusters of ID variables. The volume also includes a section on the common methods used in ID research, including data elicitation instruments such as surveys, interviews, and psychometric testing, as well as methods of data analysis such as structural equation modeling. The book is a must-read for any second language researcher or applied linguist interested in investigating the effects of IDs on language learning, and for any educator interested in taking account of learners’ individual differences to maximize the effects of second language instruction.
Dynamic roles of anxiety and motivation in second/foreign language acquisition
Author: Meihua Liu
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2023-06-07
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 2832525695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAssessment for Learning in Primary Language Learning and Teaching
Author: Maria Britton
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2021-04-29
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 1800410662
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume provides a detailed account of the practical use of Assessment for Learning (AfL) in primary language classrooms. It gives an in-depth account of the ways in which eight experienced primary language teachers incorporated this type of assessment into their practice and discusses the possible impact of AfL on primary language learning. Key themes discussed in the volume include the relationship between AfL and language learning in childhood, which assessment methods are appropriate for primary-aged language learners, which methods support learner agency and engagement in the learning processes, and possible paths for future action, with a focus on implementation and researching AfL in primary language contexts. The findings of this book are relevant to global contexts and it will be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of language education, language assessment and teacher education, as well as to primary and language teachers and school leaders.
Intercultural Communicative Competence and Individual Differences
Author: Judit Dombi
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2021-02-19
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1527566528
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents a concise critical overview of the literature on intercultural communicative competence (ICC) and offers insights into research on this concept. As a novel contribution to the field, the book frames ICC in relation to other learner variables, such as motivation, willingness to communicate, communication apprehension, and self-perceived communication competence. Based on empirical data, the study proposes and tests a model of English majors’ ICC interacting with individual differences related to L2 communication. The findings highlight that students’ beliefs about their own performance, their apprehension from communication situations and their language learning motivation were successfully integrated into a new model of intercultural communicative competence as understood in an interactional EFL context.
