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Perspectives on Linguistic Documentation from Sociolinguistic Research on Dialects
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Tagliamonte, Sali A. – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2017
The goal of the paper is to demonstrate how sociolinguistic research can be applied to endangered language documentation field linguistics. It first provides an overview of the techniques and practices of sociolinguistic fieldwork and the ensuring corpus compilation methods. The discussion is framed with examples from research projects focused on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociolinguistics, Language Research, Dialects
General Language Proficiency (GLP): Reflections on the "Issues Revisited" from the Perspective of a UK Examination Board
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Taylor, Lynda – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2014
Looking back to the language testing world of the 1980s in the United Kingdom, we need to be aware that how we perceive or remember ourselves to have been then--whether as individual language testing academics or as corporate language testing organisations--will be shaped by multiple influences. Although we may have been present at and shared in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Testing
Early Language Learning: Complexity and Mixed Methods
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Enever, Janet, Ed.; Lindgren, Eva, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2017
This is the first collection of research studies to explore the potential for mixed methods to shed light on foreign or second language learning by young learners in instructed contexts. It brings together recent studies undertaken in Cameroon, China, Croatia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), French
Academic Literacies and Systemic Functional Linguistics: How Do They Relate?
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Coffin, Caroline; Donohue, James P. – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2012
Two approaches to English for Academic Purposes (EAP) research and teaching which have arisen in recent years are systemic functional linguistics (SFL) approaches in Australia and elsewhere (e.g. Hood, 2006; Lee, 2010; Woodward-Kron, 2009) and Academic Literacies approaches in the UK and elsewhere (e.g. Lillis & Scott, 2008; Thesen &…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Epistemology
Researching the Complexity of Classrooms
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Turvey, Anne – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2012
In recent years, it has become fashionable to demand of research that it produces "evidence" that can be turned into easily generalisable findings. Ever more elaborate sets of managerial standards and pre-defined learning outcomes have been imposed, and English teachers are encouraged to see their practice as merely an implementation of…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Teacher Collaboration
"It's a Unique Role!" Perspectives on Tutor Attributes and Expertise in Distance Language Teaching
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Shelley, Monica; White, Cynthia; Baumann, Uwe; Murphy, Linda – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
This article outlines the background to, and progress on, a project based on work carried out at the Open University UK (OUUK). The aim of the project is to articulate the attributes and expertise required by tutors of languages in distance education. A review of the literature on the roles and competencies required for tutors operating at a…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries