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Kissling, Elizabeth M.; O'Donnell, Mary E. – Language Awareness, 2015
This study describes how oral language was assessed in an advanced-level college foreign language (FL) conversation course. Learners used the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Proficiency Guidelines to guide self-analyses of their oral production at intervals throughout the course. The intent was to provide opportunities for…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Metalinguistics, Oral Language, Advanced Students
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Ganem-Gutierrez, Gabriela Adela; Harun, Haliza – Language Awareness, 2011
According to Vygotsky, we use tools both to shape and make sense of the world and to exercise control over others and over ourselves. Importantly, the very use of those tools to mediate and regulate our actions has developmental repercussions in our cognitive capabilities. From a sociocultural theory perspective on second language learning, these…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Second Language Learning, Morphemes, Sociocultural Patterns