CLIL classroom discourse

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarja Nikula ◽  
Christiane Dalton-Puffer ◽  
Ana Llinares García
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Classroom Discourse ◽  
Knowledge Construction ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Mainstream Education

Under the label of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) the teaching of curriculum subjects through the medium of a foreign language has become a widely accepted feature in mainstream education systems in Europe and other parts of the world. After contextualizing its subject matter in CLIL research as a whole, this article focuses on research into classroom discourse. In order to unravel the complexities involved, three different takes on CLIL classroom discourse are discussed as an evidence-base for (a) language learning, (b) language use and social-interactional aspects of L2-interaction, and (c) processes of knowledge construction in and through a second or foreign language. The article concludes with an outline of requirements for further research in the area.

scholarly journals Ideologies of language at Hippo Family Club

Pragmatics ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-227
Author(s):  
Chad Nilep
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Japanese Schools ◽  
State Language

Ethnographic study of Hippo Family Club, a foreign language learning club in Japan with chapters elsewhere, reveals a critique of foreign language teaching in Japanese schools and in the commercial English conversation industry. Club members contrast their own learning methods, which they view as “natural language acquisition”, with the formal study of grammar, which they see as uninteresting and ineffective. Rather than evaluating either the Hippo approach to learning or the teaching methods they criticize, however, this paper considers the ways of thinking about language that club members come to share. Members view the club as a transnational organization that transcends the boundaries of the nation-state. Language learning connects the club members to a cosmopolitan world beyond the club, even before they interact with speakers of the languages they are learning. The analysis of club members’ ideologies of language and language learning illuminates not only the pragmatics of language use, but practices and outcomes of socialization and shared social structures.

scholarly journals An investigation into teacher’s L1 and L2 use in Indonesian EFL classroom

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-79
Author(s):  
A Amriana
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Teaching Approach ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
L1 And L2

Teacher’s L1/L2 use in Indonesian EFL classroom has been the object of debate among practitioners of a second language and foreign language teaching. Despite the considerable amount of the research that has been conducted on the phenomenon, the focus has often been the advantages and disadvantages. This study reports on a study that investigated subject teacher’s language use on Indonesian EFL classroom. It reports research conducted in a private secondary school in Makassar. An Ethnography research has been employed to collect data on how the teacher perceives the L1/L2 use and the extent to which the approaches they adopt impact on students’ achievement. The research result demonstrates that the more active the teacher in promoting L2 learning, the more he is aware of the teaching practices used in the classroom. Also, the research result also reveals that the more he improves the quality of his teaching approach, the better language learning his students acquire.

On the roles of repetition in language teaching and learning

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Larsen-Freeman,
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
The World ◽  
Mutable State ◽  
Exact Replication ◽  
Language Teaching And Learning

AbstractRepetition is common in language use. Similarly, having students repeat is a common practice in language teaching. After surveying some of the better known contributions of repetition to language learning, I propose an innovative role for repetition from the perspective of complexity theory. I argue that we should not think of repetition as exact replication, but rather we should think of it as iteration that generates variation. Thus, what results from iteration is a mutable state. Iteration is one way that we create options in how to make meaning, position ourselves in the world as we want, understand the differences which we encounter in others, and adapt to a changing context.

An investigation into the relationship of foreign language learning motivation and sign language use among Deaf and hard of hearing Hungarians

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edit H. Kontra ◽  
Kata Csizér
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Sign Language ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Hearing Impaired ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Language Learning Motivation ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The aim of this study is to point out the relationship between foreign language learning motivation and sign language use among hearing impaired Hungarians. In the article we concentrate on two main issues: first, to what extent hearing impaired people are motivated to learn foreign languages in a European context; second, to what extent sign language use in the classroom as well as outside school shapes their level of motivation. The participants in our research were 331 Deaf and hard of hearing people from all over Hungary. The instrument of data collection was a standardized questionnaire. Our results support the notion that sign language use helps foreign language learning. Based on the findings, we can conclude that there is indeed no justification for further neglecting the needs of Deaf and hard of hearing people as foreign language learners and that their claim for equal opportunities in language learning is substantiated.

Students’ Attitudes towards the Use of Technologies in Language Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 477-485
Author(s):  
Georgi Dzhumayov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
The World ◽  
Students Attitudes

The current study aims to examine attitudes towards the use of technologies in learning a (foreign) language. The study also aims to find out how much time students spend online, what the purposes are for their using The World Wide Web and whether they believe that computer and mobile technologies can help them learn a foreign language.

Stealth Language Teaching: A Preschool Foreign Language Pilot Program

2008 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-53
Author(s):  
Anna CohenMiller
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
Professional Experience ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Montessori Education ◽  
Early Learners ◽  
Private Preschool

In 2003, I worked at the Deacon Park Preschool1, non-profit private preschool in Atlanta, Georgia, to create a foreign language-learning environment that used second language (L2) as a medium for the curriculum instead of as a separate subject matter. With a background in Montessori education, through first hand experience as a student as well as professional experience as a Montessori teacher, I was interested in the possibility of creating a Montessori inspired content-based environment where early learners (ages ranging from months to 5 years old) could be exposed to Spanish as a natural part of their day.

scholarly journals MOBILE ASSISTED LANGUAGE LEARNING: INCREASING STUDENTS’ READING INTEREST TROUGH E-BOOK

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Faradilla Fatich Narulita Mahendra
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Reading Habits ◽  
Online Application ◽  
Mobile Assisted Language Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Pedagogical Implication ◽  
Theory Of Reading ◽  
Reading Interest

The purpose of this article is to review theories and previous studies about the potential offered by e-Book to increase students’ interest in reading. In Indonesian context, where English serves as a foreign language, the problem is the students tend to have low reading habits. According to PISA, by the level of literacy in Indonesia ranks the second lowest from 61 countries. Another fact shows that Indonesia is the country with the fourth largest active smartphone users in the world after China, India and America.one of the alternative ways to deal with this problem is that students must be directed to read text on the screen through online application like e-Books. This article then will discuss deeper about the theory of reading and e-Book, the reason why using e-Book as media of learning reading and how to use e-Book in reading class. Some previous research highlighting the effect of e-Book on the students’ reading interest and how e-Book can increase students’ reading interest will be the next discussion. This paper finally presents conclusion and pedagogical implication as the closing remarks.

scholarly journals On The Convenience of Teaching Languages Based on the Foreign Language Assessment System and the CEFR System

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 839-844
Author(s):  
Yormatova Gulnoz Qayumovna
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Assessment ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
World Today ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common

Abstract: Through this article, we have discussed how and when and where the CEFR system, the most convenient and knowledge-based language learning system in the world today, was created and improved. Keywords: The Common European Framework, comprehensive way, knowledge and skills, professionals working, taxonomic nature.

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