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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465058803321

Titolo

Technology-mediated TBLT : researching technology and tasks / / edited by Marta Gónzalez-Lloret, University of Hawai'i at Manoa ; Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-272-7019-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Collana

Task-Based Language Teaching: Issues, Research and Practice (TBLT) ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

418.0078/5

Soggetti

Language and languages - Computer-assisted instruction

Language and languages - Study and teaching - Methodology

Task analysis in education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 needsPropelling 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 CMCThe 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 questionsMethod; 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

Sommario/riassunto

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 instruction and task-based language teaching (TBLT), the online TBLT course is described in some depth and the technology-mediated pedagogic tasks and associated PBAs are presented. The findings from these tasks and assessments are then reported, followed by a discussion of what the outcomes data reveale



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779464803321

Autore

McAnany Emile G

Titolo

Saving the world [[electronic resource] ] : a brief history of communication for development and social change / / Emile G. McAnany

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012

ISBN

0-252-09387-9

1-283-99350-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

History of communication

Disciplina

338.9001/4

Soggetti

Communication in economic development - History

Communication in rural development - History

Communication in social action - History

Mass media - Social aspects - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157-168]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Communication in the lives of the globe -- Saving the world : beginning of communication for development -- Globalization, discourse and development communication : Unesco as prime mover -- Communication for development : does it work? -- Rethinking the paradigm : the dependency phase -- Another paradigm : participatory communication -- Paradigm for a new millennium : social entrepreneurship -- Past, present and future : an agenda for 2015 and beyond -- The future : some final thoughts.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the pioneering works of Daniel Lerner, Everett Rogers, and Wilbur Schramm as well as his own personal experiences in the field, McAnany builds a new, historically cognizant paradigm of communication for development and social change for the future that supplements technology with social entrepreneurship.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785631603321

Autore

Ewers Traute <1960->

Titolo

The origin of American Black English : be-forms in the HOODOO texts / / Traute Ewers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996

ISBN

3-11-082362-4

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 pages)

Collana

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 15

Classificazione

HF 991

Disciplina

427/.973/08996073

Soggetti

Black English

English language - United States - Foreign elements - African

English language - Variation - United States

African languages - Influence on English

African Americans - Languages

Hoodoo (Cult)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The HOODOO texts as corpus -- 3. Invariant be -- 4. Be1-forms: conjugated, contracted and zero forms -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix I. List of informants -- Appendix II. Tagging system -- Appendix III. List of invariant be-forms -- Notes -- References -- Index