Transcript ELP Spring 2006 Foundation English (FE)

Task-supported CALL in an English for
Academic Purposes Course
James Sick
Daniel Jackson
Obirin University, Japan
Presented at: EUROCALL 2006
University of Granada, Spain
September 6th, 2006
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Introduction
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Overview of the EAP course
EAP pedagogic corpus
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Discussion
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
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What is a pedagogic corpus?
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
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What is a pedagogic corpus?
• “A corpus consisting of all the language a learner has been
exposed to. For most learners, their pedagogic corpus does not
exist in physical form. If a teacher or researcher does decide to
collect a pedagogic corpus, it can consist of all the course books,
readers etc a learner has used, plus any tapes etc they have
heard.” (Hunston, 2002)
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
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What is the EAP pedagogic corpus?
• A corpus of 12 reading texts used during the spring
semester of the EAP Reading course
• Includes newspaper articles, online news reports and
student questionnaires
• Corpus size is about 12,000 words
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
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How useful is a pedagogic corpus?
• “The best way to exemplify language for learners is to
draw their attention to … texts which are familiar to them.”
(Willis, 2003)
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
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How useful is a pedagogic corpus?
• “The best way to exemplify language for learners is to
draw their attention to … texts which are familiar to them.”
(Willis, 2003)
1. Process
reading text
for meaning
2. Consciousnessraising (C-R)
activities
3. Recycle
language in
writing activities
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
•
How useful is a pedagogic corpus?
• “The best way to exemplify language for learners is to
draw their attention to … texts which are familiar to them.”
(Willis, 2003)
1. Process
reading text
for meaning
2. Consciousnessraising (C-R)
activities
3. Recycle
language in
writing activities
• The corpus is a tool to raise awareness of lexical items in
reading materials that students can recycle in their writing
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
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Example text from the EAP corpus
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
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Example text from the EAP corpus
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
to study hard and think carefully about own future.
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
to study hard and think carefully about own future.
are always idling away.
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
EAP pedagogic corpus
motivate
Furthermore
job
credits
attitude
ensure
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
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“A task-supported approach”
Integrating CMC tasks into the course
Tasks used in the course
Classroom procedures
Student interaction during CMC tasks
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
• What is a task-supported approach?
• “Here tasks are not seen as a means by which
learners acquire new knowledge or restructure
their interlanguages but simply as a means by
which learners can activate their existing
knowledge of the L2 by developing fluency.”
(Ellis, 2003, p. 30)
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
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How do CMC tasks fit into the course?
1. Focus on
lexis in the
EAP reading
course
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2. Tasks designed
to make pedagogic
corpus vocabulary
useful
3. Rehearse
words in a
collaborative,
text-based
environment
“the formality and complexity of language in
electronic discussion suggests that it might be
an excellent medium for pre-writing work”
(Warschauer, 1997, p. 22)
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Decision-making
Jigsaw
Debate
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
• Classroom procedures:
• Students did three CMC tasks in dyads
• Task sheets were distributed at the start of
class
• Teachers provided a brief oral explanation
• Students logged in to the chat
• 20 minutes allocated for each task…
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Computer-mediated communication tasks
Task-supported CALL in an English for Academic Purposes Course
Contact information
James Sick
[email protected]
Daniel Jackson
[email protected]
Thank you