The effects of captioned video on processing and vocabulary learning under different genres

Presentació a: EuroSLA 201

Replantejament del sistema d'avaluació de Gramàtica descriptiva de l'anglès I

Des del GID-Gramàtica i lingüística anglesa hem estat treballant darrerament en la millora dels exercicis dissenyats en anteriors projectes i en la creació de nous materials didàctics per a l’assignatura de Gramàtica descriptiva de l’anglès II i Lexicologia i morfologia anglesa, tant des de la perspectiva de l'alumnat (fitxes d’exercicis) com des de la del professorat (eines d'avaluació d'aprenentatge i il•lustració de continguts), els quals han esdevingut un eix fonamental de les actuacions d’innovació docent dutes a terme fins ara. Durant el curs acadèmic passat, alguns membres del grup han impartit l’assignatura de Gramàtica descriptiva de l’anglès I i ens hem adonat que l’avaluació d’aquesta assignatura requeria un replantejament urgent, ja que no anava en consonància amb la Gramàtica descriptiva de l’anglès II i no reflectia prou acuradament l’assoliment de continguts per part de l’alumnat

Elaboració d’un glossari sintàctico-semàntic

En projectes anteriors havíem desenvolupat una base de dades de patrons sintàctics, la Clause Pattern DB (CPDB), als quals havíem associat estructures d’arbre i de la qual hem pogut extreure àgilment informació directament relacionada amb els continguts de la matèria. Quant als beneficis pedagògics, cal destacar que aquest recurs docent està contribuint, d'una banda, a la millora i ampliació dels tipus d’exercicis dissenyats en anteriors projectes i, d'una altra, a la creació de materials didàctics, ja sigui des de la perspectiva de l'alumnat (models d’exercicis diversos com per exemple, l’ús de bases de dades, anàlisis sintàctiques amb estructures d’arbre, etc.) com des de la del professorat (eines d'avaluació d'aprenentatge i il•lustració de continguts). Arran d'aquesta innovació, vàrem detectar que l'alumnat de Gramàtica descriptiva I, II i III i Lexicologia i morfologia anglesa (totes quatre assignatures són obligatòries en el grau d’Estudis anglesos) mostrava certes confusions terminològiques, derivades de la manca d’homogeneïtzació terminològica en aquestes assignatures. Érem conscients que aquesta confusió terminològica incidia negativament en l'assimilació de conceptes clau, així com en les anàlisis sintàctiques que l’alumnat ha de produir a les esmentades assignatures. Ens vàrem proposar, doncs, elaborar un glossari terminològic i pilotar-lo a l’aula per determinar la seva incidència en l’aprenentatge de l’alumnat

Elaboració d'un glossari sintàctico-semàntic

En projectes anteriors havíem desenvolupat una base de dades de patrons sintàctics, la Clause Pattern DB (CPDB), als quals havíem associat estructures d’arbre i de la qual hem pogut extreure àgilment informació directament relacionada amb els continguts de la matèria. Quant als beneficis pedagògics, cal destacar que aquest recurs docent està contribuint, d'una banda, a la millora i ampliació dels tipus d’exercicis dissenyats en anteriors projectes i, d'una altra, a la creació de materials didàctics, ja sigui des de la perspectiva de l'alumnat (models d’exercicis diversos com per exemple, l’ús de bases de dades, anàlisis sintàctiques amb estructures d’arbre, etc.) com des de la del professorat (eines d'avaluació d'aprenentatge i il•lustració de continguts). Arran d'aquesta innovació, detectàrem que l'alumnat de Gramàtica descriptiva I, II i III i Lexicologia i morfologia anglesa (totes quatre assignatures són obligatòries en el grau d’Estudis anglesos) mostrava certes confusions terminològiques, derivades de la manca d’homogeneïtzació terminològica en aquestes assignatures. Érem conscients que aquesta confusió terminològica incidia negativament en l'assimilació de conceptes clau, així com en les anàlisis sintàctiques que l’alumnat ha de produir a les esmentades assignatures. Ens vàrem proposar, doncs, elaborar un glossari terminològic i pilotar-lo a l’aula per determinar la seva incidència en l’aprenentatge de l’alumnat

Learning context effects: Study abroad, formal instruction and international immersion classrooms

This book deals with the effects of three different learning contexts mainly on adult, but also on adolescent, learners’ language acquisition. The three contexts brought together in the monograph include i) a conventional instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) environment, in which learners receive formal instruction in English as a Foreign Language (EFL); ii) a Study Abroad (SA) context, which learners experience during mobility programmes, when the target language is no longer a foreign but a second language learnt in a naturalistic context; iii) the immersion classroom, also known as an integrated content and language (ICL) setting, in which learners are taught content subjects through the medium of the target language—more often than not English, used as the Lingua Franca (ELF). The volume examines how these contexts change language learners’ linguistic performance, and also non-linguistic, that is, it throws light on how motivation, sense of identity, interculturality, international ethos, and affective factors develop. To our knowledge, no publication exists which places the three contexts on focus in this monograph along a continuum, as suggested in Pérez-Vidal (2011, 2014), with SA as ‘the most naturalistic’ context on one extreme, ISLA on the other, and ICL somewhere in between, while framing them all as international classrooms. Concerning target languages, the nine chapters included in the volume analyze English, and one chapter deals with Spanish, as the target language. As for target countries in SA programmes, data include England, Ireland, France, Germany, and Spain in Europe, but also Canada, China, and Australia. While the main bulk of the chapters deal with tertiary level language learners, a language learning population which has received less attention by research thus far, one chapter deals with adolescent learners. Carmen Pérez-Vidal, Sonia López, Jennifer Ament and Dakota Thomas-Wilhelm all served on the organizing committee for the EUROSLA workshop held at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, in May 2016. It is from this workshop that this monograph was inspire

Learning context effects: Study abroad, formal instruction and international immersion classrooms

This book deals with the effects of three different learning contexts mainly on adult, but also on adolescent, learners’ language acquisition. The three contexts brought together in the monograph include i) a conventional instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) environment, in which learners receive formal instruction in English as a Foreign Language (EFL); ii) a Study Abroad (SA) context, which learners experience during mobility programmes, when the target language is no longer a foreign but a second language learnt in a naturalistic context; iii) the immersion classroom, also known as an integrated content and language (ICL) setting, in which learners are taught content subjects through the medium of the target language—more often than not English, used as the Lingua Franca (ELF). The volume examines how these contexts change language learners’ linguistic performance, and also non-linguistic, that is, it throws light on how motivation, sense of identity, interculturality, international ethos, and affective factors develop. To our knowledge, no publication exists which places the three contexts on focus in this monograph along a continuum, as suggested in Pérez-Vidal (2011, 2014), with SA as ‘the most naturalistic’ context on one extreme, ISLA on the other, and ICL somewhere in between, while framing them all as international classrooms. Concerning target languages, the nine chapters included in the volume analyze English, and one chapter deals with Spanish, as the target language. As for target countries in SA programmes, data include England, Ireland, France, Germany, and Spain in Europe, but also Canada, China, and Australia. While the main bulk of the chapters deal with tertiary level language learners, a language learning population which has received less attention by research thus far, one chapter deals with adolescent learners. Carmen Pérez-Vidal, Sonia López, Jennifer Ament and Dakota Thomas-Wilhelm all served on the organizing committee for the EUROSLA workshop held at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, in May 2016. It is from this workshop that this monograph was inspire

Learning context effects: Study abroad, formal instruction and international immersion classrooms

This book deals with the effects of three different learning contexts mainly on adult, but also on adolescent, learners’ language acquisition. The three contexts brought together in the monograph include i) a conventional instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) environment, in which learners receive formal instruction in English as a Foreign Language (EFL); ii) a Study Abroad (SA) context, which learners experience during mobility programmes, when the target language is no longer a foreign but a second language learnt in a naturalistic context; iii) the immersion classroom, also known as an integrated content and language (ICL) setting, in which learners are taught content subjects through the medium of the target language—more often than not English, used as the Lingua Franca (ELF). The volume examines how these contexts change language learners’ linguistic performance, and also non-linguistic, that is, it throws light on how motivation, sense of identity, interculturality, international ethos, and affective factors develop. To our knowledge, no publication exists which places the three contexts on focus in this monograph along a continuum, as suggested in Pérez-Vidal (2011, 2014), with SA as ‘the most naturalistic’ context on one extreme, ISLA on the other, and ICL somewhere in between, while framing them all as international classrooms. Concerning target languages, the nine chapters included in the volume analyze English, and one chapter deals with Spanish, as the target language. As for target countries in SA programmes, data include England, Ireland, France, Germany, and Spain in Europe, but also Canada, China, and Australia. While the main bulk of the chapters deal with tertiary level language learners, a language learning population which has received less attention by research thus far, one chapter deals with adolescent learners. Carmen Pérez-Vidal, Sonia López, Jennifer Ament and Dakota Thomas-Wilhelm all served on the organizing committee for the EUROSLA workshop held at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, in May 2016. It is from this workshop that this monograph was inspire

Learning context effects: Study abroad, formal instruction and international immersion classrooms

This book deals with the effects of three different learning contexts mainly on adult, but also on adolescent, learners’ language acquisition. The three contexts brought together in the monograph include i) a conventional instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) environment, in which learners receive formal instruction in English as a Foreign Language (EFL); ii) a Study Abroad (SA) context, which learners experience during mobility programmes, when the target language is no longer a foreign but a second language learnt in a naturalistic context; iii) the immersion classroom, also known as an integrated content and language (ICL) setting, in which learners are taught content subjects through the medium of the target language—more often than not English, used as the Lingua Franca (ELF). The volume examines how these contexts change language learners’ linguistic performance, and also non-linguistic, that is, it throws light on how motivation, sense of identity, interculturality, international ethos, and affective factors develop. To our knowledge, no publication exists which places the three contexts on focus in this monograph along a continuum, as suggested in Pérez-Vidal (2011, 2014), with SA as ‘the most naturalistic’ context on one extreme, ISLA on the other, and ICL somewhere in between, while framing them all as international classrooms. Concerning target languages, the nine chapters included in the volume analyze English, and one chapter deals with Spanish, as the target language. As for target countries in SA programmes, data include England, Ireland, France, Germany, and Spain in Europe, but also Canada, China, and Australia. While the main bulk of the chapters deal with tertiary level language learners, a language learning population which has received less attention by research thus far, one chapter deals with adolescent learners. Carmen Pérez-Vidal, Sonia López, Jennifer Ament and Dakota Thomas-Wilhelm all served on the organizing committee for the EUROSLA workshop held at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, in May 2016. It is from this workshop that this monograph was inspire

Learning context effects: Study abroad, formal instruction and international immersion classrooms

This book deals with the effects of three different learning contexts mainly on adult, but also on adolescent, learners’ language acquisition. The three contexts brought together in the monograph include i) a conventional instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) environment, in which learners receive formal instruction in English as a Foreign Language (EFL); ii) a Study Abroad (SA) context, which learners experience during mobility programmes, when the target language is no longer a foreign but a second language learnt in a naturalistic context; iii) the immersion classroom, also known as an integrated content and language (ICL) setting, in which learners are taught content subjects through the medium of the target language—more often than not English, used as the Lingua Franca (ELF). The volume examines how these contexts change language learners’ linguistic performance, and also non-linguistic, that is, it throws light on how motivation, sense of identity, interculturality, international ethos, and affective factors develop. To our knowledge, no publication exists which places the three contexts on focus in this monograph along a continuum, as suggested in Pérez-Vidal (2011, 2014), with SA as ‘the most naturalistic’ context on one extreme, ISLA on the other, and ICL somewhere in between, while framing them all as international classrooms. Concerning target languages, the nine chapters included in the volume analyze English, and one chapter deals with Spanish, as the target language. As for target countries in SA programmes, data include England, Ireland, France, Germany, and Spain in Europe, but also Canada, China, and Australia. While the main bulk of the chapters deal with tertiary level language learners, a language learning population which has received less attention by research thus far, one chapter deals with adolescent learners. Carmen Pérez-Vidal, Sonia López, Jennifer Ament and Dakota Thomas-Wilhelm all served on the organizing committee for the EUROSLA workshop held at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, in May 2016. It is from this workshop that this monograph was inspire