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Promoting Second Language Writing through Technology-Driven Multimodal Text Feedback
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Weimei Li; Xiuwen Chen; Lihe Huang – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Purpose: Despite the increasing use of technology-driven multimodal pedagogies in second-language writing education, there is a dearth of studies investigating the value and design of multimodal text feedback. Based on Chong's (Chong, S. W. 2019. "College Students' Perception of e-Feedback: A Grounded Theory Perspective."…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Writing Instruction, Educational Technology, Feedback (Response)
Singing and Arts Activities in Support of Foreign Language Learning: An Exploratory Study
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Ludke, Karen M. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
Educators have reported that incorporating the arts into the classroom can support foreign language (FL) learning. However, there is very little empirical evidence from the classroom to support this claim. This exploratory, quasi-experimental arts intervention study was conducted with native English speakers aged 12-13 years old as part of their…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, French, Preadolescents, Singing
Pupils' Reflections on the Primary to Secondary School Transition with Reference to Modern Language Learning: A Motivational Self-System Perspective
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Chambers, Gary N. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
Points of transition in life are accepted as times which impact greatly on aspects of the individual's psyche, including motivation to learn. In spite of this, pupils' views are rarely heard in discussions of transition from primary to secondary school in general and in relation to modern languages in particular. This exploratory study…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Elementary School Students
'Speaking French Alive': Learner Perspectives on Their Motivation in Content and Language Integrated Learning in England
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Bower, Kim – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
This article reports part of an empirical research study undertaken in state secondary schools in England in 2012/2013, to investigate the extent to which Content and Integrated Learning (CLIL) promotes pupil motivation in the teaching of modern foreign languages (MFLs). Pupil perspectives of the impact of CLIL on their motivation are presented…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
The Playful Frame: Gamification in a French-as-a-Foreign-Language Class
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Cruaud, Caroline – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
There is increased interest in the use of gamification as an innovative practice in the field of training and education. Based on the use of game mechanics, gamification aims at engaging students in their learning. However, there is not much research on the use of gamification in school settings, especially when it comes to foreign language…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Play
Using Culture beyond Its Borders: The Use of Content-Enriched Instruction and the Effects of Input Enhancement on Learning in High School French Classes
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Grim, Frédérique – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2014
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Standards emphasizes the integration of Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities within teaching. "Content-enriched instruction" aims at teaching linguistic forms within content and eases the implementation of the five Cs. The focus is at beginning levels…
Descriptors: High School Students, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Roles and Scaffolding in Teletandem Interactions: A Study of the Relations between the Sociocultural and the Language Learning Dimensions in a French-Chinese Teletandem
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Cappellini, Marco – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Our paper aims to present students' interactions in a teletandem--that is, tandem through desktop videoconference [Telles, J., ed. 2009. "Teletandem. Um contexto virtual, autônomo, colaborativo para aprendizagem das linguas estrangeiras no século XXI". Campinas, SP: Pontes Editores]--telecollaborative project between third-year…
Descriptors: French, Chinese, Cooperative Learning, Videoconferencing