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A Task-Cycling Pedagogy Using Stimulated Refelction and Audio-Conferencing in Foreign Language Learning

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dc.creator Mike Levy
dc.creator Claire Kennedy
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-05-30T13:15:59Z
dc.date.available 2013-05-30T13:15:59Z
dc.date.issued 2013-05-30
dc.identifier http://llt.msu.edu/vol8num2/levy/default.html
dc.identifier http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&genre=article&issn=10943501&date=2004&volume=8&issue=2&spage=50
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/jspui/handle/123456789/5684
dc.description The aim of this paper is to describe a task-cycling pedagogy for language learning using a technique we have called Stimulated Reflection. This pedagogical approach has been developed in the light of the new technology options available, especially those that facilitate audiovisual forms of interaction among language learners and teachers. In this instance, the pedagogy is implemented in the context of introducing students to audio-conferencing (A-C) tools as a support for their ongoing independent learning. The approach is designed to develop a balance for learners between attention to fluency and meaning on one hand, and form and accuracy on the other. The particular focus here is on the learning of Italian as a foreign language, although the ideas and principles are presented with a view to the teaching and learning of any language. The article is in three parts. The first considers appropriate theoretical frameworks for the use of technology-mediated tools in language learning, with a particular emphasis on the focus-on-form literature and task design (Doughty, 2003; Doughty & Williams, 1998; Skehan, 1998). The second part sets out the approach we have taken in the Italian project and discusses specifically the idea of task cycling (Willis, 1996) and Stimulated Reflection. The third part presents extracts of stimulated reflection episodes that serve to illustrate the new pedagogic approach.
dc.publisher University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Cen
dc.source Language Learning & Technology
dc.subject CALL
dc.subject computer-mediated communication
dc.subject second language acquisition
dc.subject behaviour-tracking technologies
dc.title A Task-Cycling Pedagogy Using Stimulated Refelction and Audio-Conferencing in Foreign Language Learning


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