Technology-mediated TBLT : Researching Technology and Tasks.
This chapter describes and evaluates an intermediate online, task-based Chinese course through an analysis of learner performance on the course tasks and assessments, including the performance-based assessments (PBAs) developed specifically for the course. After a brief consideration of online instr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2014.
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Colección: | Task-based language teaching ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Technology-mediated TBLT
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC data
- Table of content
- Chapter 1. Towards technology-mediated TBLT
- Introduction
- CALL and TBLT: Potential for synergies
- Towards a new understanding of technology-and-task integration: Technology-mediated TBLT
- Structure of the collection
- Summary of the main chapters
- Limitations and future research
- References
- Chapter 2. The need for needs analysis in technology-mediated TBLT
- Introduction
- Defining and conducting a NA: Needs, wants, desires
- Examples of NA in language teaching
- The central role of NA in TBLT
- Early NAs in technology-mediated education: Tasks, language, and technology needs
- Propelling technology to center stage in NA for technology-mediated TBLT
- What to include in a NA of technology-mediated TBLT
- Tasks
- Tools
- Digital literacies
- Access to technology
- Looking forward to the future: A new model of TBLT and needs analysis
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3. Prior knowledge and second language task production in text chat
- Introduction
- Tasks in computer-mediated contexts
- Task complexity and language production
- Prior knowledge and task-based performance
- The Cognition Hypothesis and CMC
- The present study
- Method
- Participants
- The task
- Procedure
- Data collection
- Coding of complexity, accuracy, and fluency in CMC data
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4. Textbooks, tasks, and technology
- Introduction
- Tasks and TBLT in textbook-bound contexts for L2 learning and teaching
- The action research study
- Online TBLT design: The Story Telling Contest task
- Method
- Participants
- Task design and implementation
- Data collection and analysis
- Results
- Quantitative evidence of student perceptions
- Qualitative evidence from questionnaires.
- Further insights from interviews
- Summary of qualitative perceptions
- Evidence from gap-filling test on narrative tenses
- Discussion
- Limitations and conclusion
- PostScript
- References
- Digital Tools
- Anchor 76
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Chapter 5. Promoting foreign language collaborative writing through the use of Web 2.0 tools and tasks
- Introduction
- Teaching task-based process writing
- Collaboration and social, mediated learning
- Chats and wikis as Web 2.0 social tools for language learning
- The genres of argumentation and exposition
- Our previous research and present research questions
- Method
- Participants
- Procedure and schedule
- The task-based writing module
- Data
- Analysis
- Results
- Composition elements: Effects of social tool and genre
- Synchronous Interactions in Chats: Collaboration and scaffolding
- Accuracy and syntactic complexity of task products
- Discussion
- The role of chats and wikis in task-based collaborative writing
- Insights about writing in two genres
- Accuracy and syntactic complexity of essay products
- A cautionary note on accuracy
- Limitations and conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6. TBLT and synthetic immersive environments
- Introduction
- Tasks, fail states, and quest restarts in synthetic immersive environments
- Croquelandia
- Method
- Participants
- Curricular implementation
- Procedures for data collection
- Procedures for data analysis
- Results
- Total number of quest restarts
- Quest restarts by gameplay context
- Quest restarts by scenario
- Discussion
- Designer intentions versus player actualization
- Playing to learn versus learning to play
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendix A
- Sample Interview Questions
- Chapter 7. Collaborative Tasks for Negotiation of Intercultural Meaning in Virtual Worlds and Video-web Communication.
- Introduction
- Background
- Affordances of networked synchronous communication
- Design principles for intercultural online tasks
- Method
- Research questions and data
- Context of the wider NIFLAR project
- Results
- A look at negotiation of intercultural meaning
- Support for intercultural learning
- Perceptions of Synchronous Online Tasks
- Discussion and conclusion
- References
- Appendix
- Global task descriptions.
- Chapter 8. The third dimension
- Introduction
- 3D virtual worlds for L2 learning: Affordances and limitations
- An overview of the research
- Tasks for L2 learning in 3D virtual worlds
- Sociocultural theory for task development: Theoretical foundations
- SCT-based pedagogical principles for the design of technology-mediated tasks
- SCT for technology-mediated TBLT: A 3D VW task example
- A cultural journey
- Evaluating tasks and activity in 3D VWEs
- Concluding remarks
- References
- Appendix
- A Cultural Journey
- Chapter 9. Lessons from the fandom
- Introduction
- Task-based language teaching and fandom tasks
- FictionAlley.com and threaded games
- Blogs and role playing games
- Wikis and literary lexicons
- Video, translation software, and fan subbing
- Discussion and conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10. Formative, task-based oral assessments in an advanced Chinese-language class
- Introduction
- Learning Chinese as a foreign language through tasks
- Philosophy of tasks in an advanced Chinese language class
- Formative task-based assessments and self-reflection
- The current study
- Method
- Participants
- Student needs
- Task Design
- Task-based formative assessments and self-reflection
- Analysis of ratings
- Results
- Discussion
- A role for formative assessment
- A role for technology
- Looking to the future
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendix A.
- Future Language Use Survey
- Appendix B
- Excerpts from the "Chinese Language School" Pre-task Activity
- Anchor 151
- Appendix C
- Appendix D
- Self-Assessment of Speaking Ability
- Chapter 11. Evaluation of an online, task-based Chinese course
- Introduction
- TBLT as a framework for online language instruction and assessment
- Design of the online, task-based Chinese course
- Research questions
- Method
- Participants
- Data collection
- Results
- Task participation rates
- Performance-based assessments
- STAMP proficiency tests
- Survey data
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- References
- Appendix
- Chapter 12. Afterword
- From innovation to obvious
- An evolution of task qualities
- Challenges for technology-mediated TBLT
- Redefining targeted L2 competence
- Selecting and analyzing real-world tasks
- Preparing learners to create a future
- Developing an evaluation argument
- Concluding thoughts: The innovator's evolving mission
- References
- Index.