Second Language Classrooms : Research on Teaching and Learning /
Craig Chaudron.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988.
- xvii, 221 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge Applied Linguistics .
- Cambridge applied linguistics series. .
Available in print and electronic formats.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-213) and index.
"This important new book provides a critical overview of recent classroom-centered research and its implications for the teaching and learning of languages. Chaudron synthesizes and evaluates crucial research about the way student and teacher behaviours affect language learning and discusses research methods. Second Language Classrooms will be of vital interest to researchers, language teachers, and curriculum specialists, as well as readers with a general interest in education, linguistics, sociology, or psychology." (Book Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Frontmatter List of tables and figures Series editors' preface Preface 1 Major issues in second language classroom research The value of second language instruction The context of second language instruction Major issues Learning from instruction Teacher talk Learner behaviour Interaction in the classroom Methodological problems Overview of the book 2 Classroom research methods Four traditions in research General methodological issues Quantitative and qualitative approaches Classroom observation and instrumentation Dimensions of analysis Reliability and validity of research instruments The traditions in perspective The psychometric approach The interaction analysis approach The discourse analysis approach The ethnographic approach Conclusion 3 Teacher talk in second language classrooms Amount and types of teacher talk Functional distribution of teacher talk Modifications in teacher speech Modifications of speech rate, prosody, phonology Modifications of vocabulary Modifications of syntax Modifications of discourse Summary of modifications Elaborated descriptions of teacher discourse Explanations Conclusion 4 Learner behavior in second language classrooms Language production Learner production and situational factors Summary Input generation Age and initiating Social contexts and functions of initiation Cultural factors and initiation Interaction between learners Classroom organization Task type Summary Learner strategies Summary Conclusion 5 Teacher and student interaction in second language Differential allocation of teacher speech to learners Choice of language Functional allocation of language choice Summary Questioning behaviour Type of question Modification of questions Questioning patterns Questions in interaction Summary Feedback Conclusion 6 Learning outcomes Teacher input and learner comprehension/production Rate of speech Syntactic complexity and repetition Frequency of input Summary Formal language instruction Focus on form Explicit grammar instruction Summary Learner behaviour and learning outcomes Learner production Learner initiation and interaction Learning strategies Summary Classroom interaction and learning outcomes Speech addressed to learners Language of input Questions and learner production Feedback and learning outcomes Summary Conclusion 7 Direction for research and teaching Methodological issues Observation instruments Design Statistics and reporting Theory and second language classrooms Implications for research and teaching Presage variables Context variables Process variables The value of second language instruction References Index
052132775X (pbk) 9781139524469 (ebook)
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Language and languages--Study and teaching. Second language acquisition. Methodology.