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Record Nr.

UNINA9911117317303321

Autore

Kaliampos Joannis

Titolo

EFL Learners’ Task Perceptions and Agency in Blended Learning : An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study on the ‘U.S. Embassy School Election Project’ / / Joannis Kaliampos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tübingen, : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, 2022

ISBN

3-8233-9567-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (490 pages)

Collana

Giessener Beiträge zur Fremdsprachendidaktik

Disciplina

006.7

Soggetti

Computer-assisted language learning

Task-based language teaching

Learning management systems

Learner agency

Web 2.0

Computer-assisted Language Learning

Electoral System

Blended Learning

Task-Based

computer-Assisted

CALL

U.S. Embassy School Election Projec

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

[1. Auflage]

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction 2 Task-based language learning and teaching 3 Tasks and task perception in CALL 4 Research methodological framework 5 Research context: The U.S. Embassy School Election Project 6 Macro-perspective: quantitative participant surveys 7 Micro-perspective: Critical case analysis 8 Case 1: 'Find titles for the cartoons' 9 Case 2: 'The candidates and their spouses' 10 Case 3: 'The electoral system' 11 Synthesis and implications References Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

How does foreign language learners' agency emerge at the micro-level of classroom activity during the enactment of digitally-enhanced tasks, and how do these learners exercise their agency digitally within and



beyond the classroom? Drawing on research in task-based and computer-assisted language learning, this mixed-methods study uncovers key dimensions of "learner agency" - a newcomer to the field of language teaching methodology and applied linguistics. The analysis centers on three case studies of teenage students' perceptions and handling of digitally-enhanced language learning tasks. These are complemented with a Germany-wide questionnaire survey among participants in the U.S. Embassy School Election Project - an intercultural, blended language learning project that has drawn over 15,000 participants since 2012.