Abstracts archive

This paper investigates beliefs of German-Finnish adolescents about Finland and Finnish language in the context of the Finnish Language School. The Results indicated that all participants in the study highlighted the role of the Finnish Language School as a community that expanded the opportunities ...

This paper focusses on in-service teachers in CLIL, bilingual and immersion programs in Australia, and their practices in language learning strategy (LLS) instruction. The paper analyses the catalogue of reported strategy instruction practices for language and content learning, and the teachers’ r...

This presentation provides an overview of indigenous minority languages in Bangladesh. Based on past and present experiences, there is probably room for optimism about the future of these languages. We will discuss factors at national and international levels that may have led to these positive deve...

This study examines influences of individual differences on oral proficiency measured by the CAFL framework. The data set consists of 168 speaking performances of 24 advanced-level learners of Korean as a foreign language (KFL) during task-based activities in two intact classes.

This poster reports on a multi-year, multi-institution project that explored the potential of informal science education to engage dual language learners (DLLs) and their families in multilingual early childhood educational contexts.

This exploratory mixed-methods study investigates the effectiveness of class-based activities to encourage a positive mindset among pre-service primary teachers. Conducted during English for Primary School and Primary School English Teaching Methods classes at a private university in Japan, the resu...

Comparing two instruction-giving (IG) sequences by pre-service primary EFL teachers, the talk seeks to identify reasons for the respective (in)effectiveness of the IG and to derive implications for teacher training such as the crucial role of prior planning, sequencing, precise verbal delivery, orga...

Foreign language departments need to fulfill an educational goal and go beyond the purpose of L2 development. In this presentation I will introduce a curriculum reform that integrates the development of critical thinking skills in the teaching of L2 English speaking, including background, activity d...

Most prospective teachers recognise language education as a necessary part of their subject teaching; however, they need advice on how to integrate content and language in practice. We propose an interdisciplinary and research-based approach to pre-service teacher education, relating the disciplines...

This research presents findings that examine L2 students’development of critical thinking alongside language skills within the context of business education. Quantitative data on student performance in writing and critical thinking will be compared to qualitative data from the instructional team, ...

Foreign language pronunciation learning can be improved at school. German speaking pupils improved their pronunciation of a French vowel phonemic contrast after focused instruction. Pronunciation teaching with a communicative phonologically targeted pedagogy is as efficient as an articulatory pedago...

This paper carries out a cross-European comparison of stakeholder perspectives on catering to diversity within CLIL programs. It reports on a cross-sectional concurrent triangulation mixed methods study with 2,526 teachers, students, and parents in 59 Secondary schools in six European countries (Aus...

The chunkedness of language is assumed to be rooted in the properties of cognitive processing. Yet, we commonly investigate chunking using data aggregated from a population sample. This paper examines the extent to which individuals rely on different cues when processing chunks in natural speech. 

In this session I provide a historical overview of how academic literacy research has examined multilingual speakers’ experiences over the last few decades, and offer the concept of “Individual Networks of Practice” (INoP) as a powerful theoretical and methodological construct to investigate s...

A discussion of findings from a longitudinal mixed-methods study, which employed a framework of student engagement to (a) provide deeper insight into the nature of Informal Second Language Learning among secondary school students in Germany (b) explore the reciprocal relationships between informal l...

In this study, the impact of in- and out-of-class L2 English on implicit and/or automatized and explicit grammar knowledge was explored. 213 Austrian and Swedish ESL learners (age 13-14) performed measures of implicit and/or automatized and explicit knowledge (aural and written TGJT, ONT, EIT, UGJT,...

This presentation reports the results of a study investigating the effects of bilingualism in instructed L2 input processing. The target form was the numeral classifier in Mandarin Chinese. This presentation will be relevant for researchers interested in the effects of monolingualism and bilingualis...

The present study offers a critical look at teachers’ practices and the main challenges they face in the attempt to offer equal opportunities for all students in a multicultural primary school in Spain.

This presentation reports innovative changes in a Chinese college EFL writing curriculum. Following Activity Theory, it analyzes the students’ learning process and factors were identified mediating the process. They were students’ motives, types of class activities, the instructor, the utilizati...

This study reports an experience of integrating local culture in EFL textbooks for Chinese senior high school learners. The main focuses are why Chinese culture should be embedded in the EFL textbooks and how different aspects of Chinese culture have been incorporated in the texts and activities.

Second language teachers design lessons to promote oral language production. One Canadian Bilingual Program has introduced Intensive German weeks in which they study the use of strategies from the Neurolinguistic Approach. Our action research highlights collaborative learning, but also the need for ...

The paper examines Bosnian Herzegovinian pre-service English language teachers’ attitude and understanding of classroom diversity in terms of student structure and background, as well as their preparation to work in the challenging landscape of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

Sociolinguistic theory predicts stylistic variation to be similar within a community (Labov 1972). Data from London and Edinburgh suggest that style-shifting norms from speech to reading are mostly similar in London. In Edinburgh, some speakers do not style-shift, which suggests that different speak...

Phrasal verbs are a subcategory of highly common and informal formulaic language that is important for daily spoken communication. The present longitudinal mixed-method study investigates the out-of-class language contact of over 200 foundation year students in the UK and its relationship with the p...

Textbook publishing has become a very competitive market where decisions are made mostly with financial concerns rather than producing better materials. This study attempts to map the current state of textbook production industry, what has changed in textbook production, and why textbooks are the wa...

This paper illustrates pedagogical materials targeting the development of L2 interactional competence. The teachers who designed these materials were exposed to conversation-analytic concepts and findings to help them identify teachables/learnables. The study has implications for syllabus and curric...

In Germany, the insult" (§185 StGB) can be a criminal offence; however, to define in more detail what is meant by "the insult" pragmatic analyses are needed. Forms, functions and purposes of insulting speech will therefore be described on the basis of personal narratives on insults."

This paper will present a critical view towards formats for multilingual teaching with a focus on how these formats can be transferred into regular classes and how monolingual students can profit from them. We will exemplify this using data from both linguistically homogeneous settings as well as he...

This presentation demonstrates how pre-service language teachers perceived and taught critical thinking during their teaching practicum in different primary schools in Hong Kong. The findings revealed the personal and contextual challenges faced by the participants and how they overcame such challen...

This presentation introduces a universal rubric for teachers to more easily grade speaking, writing, or mixed-skills task performance in the classroom. The tool emphasizes practicality of use while conforming to TBLT assessment principles, has "good enough" validity and inter-rater reliability for t...