Lessons about learning: Comparing learner experiences with language research
Lessons about learning: Comparing learner experiences with language research
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关于学习的教训：将学习者的经验与语言研究进行比较
DOI：
10.1177/1362168810388726
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
L. Rowland
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作者：
L. Rowland
本文讲述了一群英语学习者在澳大利亚一所大学为期五周的强化学术准备课程中如何将他们的语言学习经历与英语语言教学 (ELT) 研究结果进行比较和对比。它以这样一个事实为出发点：与教师和研究人员不同，学习者很少（如果有的话）被鼓励将语言研究视为一种潜在的有价值的资源。采用探索性实践方法（Allwright，2003、2005；Allwright & Hanks，2009），全班在常规英语课上检查并讨论了三篇语言教学期刊文章的结构和内容。学生们将自己的语言学习经历与文章中的研究进行比较，帮助我们认识到我们班学习者的三个重要特征：（1）他们对自己的英语语言学习个人知识感到自豪，（2）他们在语言学习过程中对自己作为个体的理解，以及（3）他们明显关心他们的更广泛的生活如何影响他们的学习方法。最重要的是，从教学的角度来看，我见证了我的学生通过参与语言研究过程和产品的经历，凭借自己的能力发展成为反思性的、批判性的语言专家。
This is an account of how one class of English language learners compared and contrasted their language learning experiences with English language teaching (ELT) research findings during a five-week Intensive Academic Preparation course at an Australian university. It takes as its starting point the fact that learners, unlike teachers and researchers, are rarely, if ever, encouraged to view language research as a potentially valuable resource. Using an exploratory practice approach (Allwright, 2003, 2005; Allwright & Hanks, 2009), the class examined and discussed both the structure and the content of three language teaching journal articles during regular English lessons. The comparisons the students made between their own language learning experiences and the research in the articles helped us to recognize three important characteristics of the learners in our class: (1) their pride in their personal knowledge of English language learning, (2) their understanding of themselves as individuals within the language learning process, and (3) their obvious concern with how their wider lives impact upon their learning approaches. Most importantly from a pedagogical standpoint, I witnessed my students develop as reflective, critical language experts in their own right through this experience of engaging with both the processes and the products of language research.