Monthly Archives: March 2019
Csizér, K., and Dörnyei, Z. (2005) Language learners’ motivational profiles and their motivated learning behavior. Language Learning, 55, 613–59.
Csizér and Dörnyei’s article described learner’s motivational profiles through the cluster statistical procedure. Distributing questionnaires, their study applied the cluster method which is mainly used in differentiating learners’ profiles. The analysis helped in identifying “within a given sample certain subgroups—or clusters—of … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography for Alfred Smith’s “Using video and newspaper texts to provide topic schemata in the composition class” (1996)
Annotated bibliography by Cara Bailey Smith, Alfred N. (1996). Using video and newspaper texts to provide topic schemata in the composition class. The French Review, 70(2), 167-179. In this article, Smith presents a method for using authentic materials of varied … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography for Prestopnik’s “Games, Stories and Language: Motivating Second Language Acquisition with Play” (2016)
Prestopnik, N. (2016). Games, Stories and Language: Motivating Second Language Acquisition with Play. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v7i3.20051 In this article, Prestopnik explains several digital game-design strategies for motivating the L2 Spanish language learner. In order to … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography for Al-Seghayer’s “Factors that facilitate or hinder the use of computer-assisted reading in the L2 reading classroom” (2016)
Al-Seghayer, Khalid. (2016). Factors that facilitate or hinder the use of computer-assisted reading in the L2 reading classroom. The Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 16(2), pp. 64-80. This article focuses on the multiple determinants that influence the use of … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography for Vandergiff’s et al. “Authentic models and usage norms? Gender marking in first-year textbooks” (2008)
Vandergriff, I. et al. (Fall 2008). Authentic models and usage norms? Gender marking in first-year textbooks. Die Unterrichtspraxis, 41(2), 144-150. This article presents how gender is marked in first-year textbooks used in the German as a foreign language classroom. First, … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography Entry for De Saint Léger’s “Structure strategy instruction in adult L2 reading: A way toward increased autonomy?” (2012)
Entry By Cara Bailey De Saint Léger, D. (2012). Structure strategy instruction in adult L2 reading: A way toward increased autonomy? The French Review, 86(2), 333-356. This paper explores the benefits of developing structured reading strategies in adult L2 learners. … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography on Selinker’s Interlanguage (1972)
Selinker, L. (1972) Interlanguage. International Review of Applied Linguistics, 10, 219–31. In his article on interlanguage, Selinker focused on the relevant factor found in the acquisition of the second language through a comparison of three linguistic systems, the student’s mother … Continue reading
Annotated Bibliography Entry for Butler’s “The use of computer games as foreign language learning tasks for digital natives” (2015)
Butler, Y. (2015). The use of computer games as foreign language learning tasks for digital natives. System, 54, 91–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2014.10.010 In this article, Butler discusses the necessary play and learning elements for effective implementation of digital games in a foreign language classroom … Continue reading