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Direct linkYoung, Richard F. – Language Learning, 2008
This chapter suggests further ways that Practice Theory can be applied to understanding language teaching and learning. In particular, the author contends that more work is needed to describe the configuration of discursive resources in practices in foreign language communities in order to design effective pedagogies and assessments. In addition,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Second Language Instruction, Power Structure
Young, Richard F. – Language Learning, 2008
This chapter is framed by the three questions related to learning in Practice Theory posed by Johannes Wagner (2008): (1) What is learned?; (2) Who is learning?; and (3) Who is participating in the learning? These questions are addressed in two learning theories: Language Socialization and Situated Learning theory. In Language Socialization, the…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Socialization, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedMasgoret, Anne-Marie; Gardner, Robert C. – Language Learning, 2003
Examined the magnitude of the contributions that motivation and attitudes make to achievement in the second language in he research conducted by Gardner and associates. Meta-analysis indicates the relationship of second language achievement to the five attitude/motivation variables from Gardner's socioeductional model. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency
