Blended Unified Design (BUD)

Technology-Assisted ESL Acquisition and Development for Nontraditional Learners - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3223-1.ch008 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 188-210

Author(s):

Seda Khadimally

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Language Learning ◽

Second Language Learning ◽

Educational Leaders ◽

Instructional Designers ◽

Design Development ◽

Assessment And Evaluation ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

Evaluation Of Instruction ◽

Unified Design

Blended unified design (BUD) is a new instructional design (ID) model created with the purpose of positively influencing second language learning/teaching environments, with an emphasis on English as a second language (ESL) learning and teaching settings. Another purpose with the construct of this innovative ID model is to introduce it to second language educators, instructional designers, scholars, educational leaders, and all other critical players who are engaged in the design, development, delivery, assessment, and evaluation of instruction.

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Open education and second language learning and teaching: The rise of a new knowledge ecology, Edited by Carl S.Blyth and Joshua J.Thoms, Bristol; Blue Bridge Summit: Multilingual Matters. 2021, v+271 pp, ISBN: 9781800410985, $39.95 (Paperback)

International Journal of Applied Linguistics ◽

10.1111/ijal.12366 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mei Li ◽

Xuesong Andy Gao

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Language Learning ◽

Second Language Learning ◽

Open Education ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

New Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Ecology

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Correction for: Vanhove, Jan. 2015. Analyzing randomized controlled inter-ventions: Three notes for applied linguists. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 5(1), 135-152.

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching ◽

10.14746/ssllt.2016.6.2.12 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 359-361

Author(s):

Jan Vanhove

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Language Learning ◽

Second Language Learning ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

Randomized Controlled

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Why should a Business English Teacher be a Constructivist Teacher?

Glottodidactica An International Journal of Applied Linguistics ◽

10.14746/gl.2008.34.9 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. 87-92

Author(s):

Joanna Lempart

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Language Learning ◽

Second Language Learning ◽

English For Specific Purposes ◽

English Teacher ◽

Constructivist Approach ◽

Business English ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

Teaching Business ◽

The Difference

The article provides some considerations related to the issue of learning and teaching Business English in Poland. It explains the difference between Business English, General English and English for Specific Purposes. The main aim of it is to present the characteristics of the Constructivist Business English Teachers. In order to this the constructivist approach to second language learning and teaching is briefly presented and a few. valuable suggestions are provided on how to it can be employed in Business English teaching.

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