The Canadian Modern Language Review / La revue canadienne des langues vivantes, 2006
This book offers a collection of 18 papers, most of which were originally presented at the Second... more This book offers a collection of 18 papers, most of which were originally presented at the Second International Conference on Language Teacher Education, held at the University of Minnesota in May 2001. The contents are organized around four major themes, all very relevant to ...
This case study is an exploratory investigation of the learning opportunities provided by a Webba... more This case study is an exploratory investigation of the learning opportunities provided by a Webbased Master of Science program in TESOL. The paper begins with a description of the course and its components. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the potential of the Web for delivering graduate level programs. A secondary purpose is to compare this delivery with both classroombased and traditional distance learning delivery modes. Data for the paper include transcripts from tutorials conducted through a chat line as well as data provided by students in interviews. Patterns in the data were identified through a grounded procedure in which themes and issues emerged from the data through an iteractive process of analysis and tentative category assignment. During the course of the analysis, the following four main themes emerged: the context of learning, the discourse of synchronous interaction, student control of the learning process, and the evolving culture of the virtual classroom. Thes...
A classroom experiment tests the hypothesis that the distance across which readers must integrate... more A classroom experiment tests the hypothesis that the distance across which readers must integrate information is a factor in reading comprehension. Secondary level students found it much more difficult to resolve semantic relationships beyond the sentence than those within the sentence.
This study investigated the effects of strategy training on four key aspects of the learning proc... more This study investigated the effects of strategy training on four key aspects of the learning process, namely student motivation, students' knowledge of strategies, the perceived utility of strategies, and the actual deployment of strategies by students. The study took the form of an experiment in which sixty first-year undergraduate students at the University of Hong Kong were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. Both groups took part in that same language program. In addition, the experimental groups were systematically trained in fifteen learning strategies. Results of the study indicated significant differences in three of the four areas investigated. The experimental groups significantly outperformed the control groups on motivation, knowledge, and perceived utility. There was no significant difference in the area of deployment. Analysis of results on individual strategies revealed that strategy training was neither uniform nor consistent across all strategies. In the concluding section of the paper, the theoretical and pedagogical implications of the study are set out and discussed.
The Canadian Modern Language Review / La revue canadienne des langues vivantes, 2006
This book offers a collection of 18 papers, most of which were originally presented at the Second... more This book offers a collection of 18 papers, most of which were originally presented at the Second International Conference on Language Teacher Education, held at the University of Minnesota in May 2001. The contents are organized around four major themes, all very relevant to ...
This case study is an exploratory investigation of the learning opportunities provided by a Webba... more This case study is an exploratory investigation of the learning opportunities provided by a Webbased Master of Science program in TESOL. The paper begins with a description of the course and its components. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the potential of the Web for delivering graduate level programs. A secondary purpose is to compare this delivery with both classroombased and traditional distance learning delivery modes. Data for the paper include transcripts from tutorials conducted through a chat line as well as data provided by students in interviews. Patterns in the data were identified through a grounded procedure in which themes and issues emerged from the data through an iteractive process of analysis and tentative category assignment. During the course of the analysis, the following four main themes emerged: the context of learning, the discourse of synchronous interaction, student control of the learning process, and the evolving culture of the virtual classroom. Thes...
A classroom experiment tests the hypothesis that the distance across which readers must integrate... more A classroom experiment tests the hypothesis that the distance across which readers must integrate information is a factor in reading comprehension. Secondary level students found it much more difficult to resolve semantic relationships beyond the sentence than those within the sentence.
This study investigated the effects of strategy training on four key aspects of the learning proc... more This study investigated the effects of strategy training on four key aspects of the learning process, namely student motivation, students' knowledge of strategies, the perceived utility of strategies, and the actual deployment of strategies by students. The study took the form of an experiment in which sixty first-year undergraduate students at the University of Hong Kong were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. Both groups took part in that same language program. In addition, the experimental groups were systematically trained in fifteen learning strategies. Results of the study indicated significant differences in three of the four areas investigated. The experimental groups significantly outperformed the control groups on motivation, knowledge, and perceived utility. There was no significant difference in the area of deployment. Analysis of results on individual strategies revealed that strategy training was neither uniform nor consistent across all strategies. In the concluding section of the paper, the theoretical and pedagogical implications of the study are set out and discussed.
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