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The Use and Status of Language in Brunei Darussalam : A Kingdom of Unexpected Linguistic Diversity
Noor Azam, Haji-Othman [Herausgeber]; McLellan, James [Herausgeber]; Deterding, David [Herausgeber]. - Puchong, Selangor D.E. : Springer Singapore, 2016
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Bidayuh as a subject at pre-school and primary levels : moves towards a greater role for a Borneo indigenous language in the Malaysian education system
In: Education in languages of lesser power (Amsterdam, 2015), p. 131-152
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Orienting to pedagogical innovation: A case study of Vietnamese teachers' beliefs and practices regarding Task-based Language Teaching
Nguyen, Gia Viet. - : University of Waikato, 2013
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World Englishes and/or English as a Lingua Franca
Kirkpatrick, Andy; McLellan, James. - : Routledge, 2012
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Moving towards normalising CALL: A case study from Timor-Leste
Field, Jennifer. - : University of Waikato, 2012
Abstract: It is now widely understood that teachers are the main decision makers in the classroom, so when an innovation is introduced into a teaching and learning setting it seems that teachers‟ beliefs and attitudes may be a major determinant in the success or otherwise of that investment. This case study examines the process of a Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) application being introduced into a university setting. Bax (2003) posited that a new technology is „normalised‟ when it is invisible and fully integrated, just as pens and books have been, into everyday classroom use. To gain further insights into the process of an innovatory CALL application moving „towards normalisation‟ (Chambers & Bax 2006), the present study solicited university teachers‟ opinions and impressions towards the innovation over a period of five months. The innovation is a software application developed in the Computer Science Department at the University of Waikato (http://flax.nzdl.org/greenstone3/flax). The Flexible Language Acquisition Device (FLAX) uses digitalised libraries to provide language learning tasks for students, both texts and tasks being written by teachers or more able students. The English Department at the National University of Timor-Leste (UNTL) was the setting selected for the study, as the researcher had spent fourteen months there as a volunteer teacher in 2005-6. The case study is framed within a wider (2006-2011) collaborative curriculum project between UNTL and the University of Waikato. It was decided to collect oral, rather than written, data in order to align with the oral traditions of Timor-Leste. Thus, oral reflective journals captured participants‟ perceptions in audio-recorded discussions with a peer over three occasions. Focus groups of participants reflected on key issues at entry and exit points, and the researcher wrote her own daily reflective journal. The findings showed that the participants moved from a position of excitement tinged with concern to a position of confidence and readiness to implement FLAX during the reseacher‟s visit, indicating a positive move towards normalisation. A powerful insight gained by the researcher was that teachers were able to co-construct a range of ways of using the programme with their students in terms of autonomous learning, peer scaffolding and the importance of the affective domain in language learning. These findings reinforced the notion that the introduction of technologies is a social construct, not just a technological one (Bax, 2011). A further lens of investigation of the innovation was provided by Activity Theory, (Engeström 1987), which showed that the process of curricular normalisation is influenced by activity outside the classrom, and may strengthen or reduce the object of activity, in this case improved learning outcomes. The implications of the case study may have resonance in relatable settings. It seems that encouraging a collaborative approach may enable teachers to envision and ideate new ways to teach and learn, and incorporate new technologies into their own settings. This study may also have implications for external change agents as they contemplate assisting learning communities to normalise curriculum innovation.
Keyword: CALL; digital libraries; English language teaching; normalisation; reflective journals; teacher cognition; Timor-Leste
URL: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/6440
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Different or similar: patterns of lexical cohesion in Chinese non-narrative text and their applications in the study of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language-A corpus-based contrastive study
Li, Shouji. - : University of Waikato, 2012
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Text, discourse and society : functional and pragmatic approaches to language in use
Azirah Hashim [Herausgeber]; David, Maya Khemlani [Herausgeber]; McLellan, James [Herausgeber]. - 2011
DNB Subject Category Language
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Text, discourse and society. Functional and pragmatic approaches to language in use
Hashim, Azirah; David, Maya Khemlani; McLellan, James. - Frankfurt am Main/Berlin/Bern/Bruxelles/New York/Oxford/Wien : Peter Lang, 2011
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Text, discourse and society : functional and pragmatic approaches to language in use
Pillai, Stefanie; Azirah Hashim (Hrsg.); Mahmud Hasan Khan. - Frankfurt am Main [u.a.] : Lang, 2011
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Form-focused instruction: A case study of Vietnamese teachers’ beliefs and practices
Le, Van Canh. - : University of Waikato, 2011
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Teaching content, learning language: Socializing ESL students into classroom practices
In: Research outputs pre 2011 (2009)
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Timor leste collaborative project: a short report
Amaral, Marcos Antonio; Field, Jenny; McLellan, James. - : Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, 2009
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Malay-English language alternation in two Brunei Darussalam on-line discussion forums
McLellan, James A. H.. - : Curtin University, 2005
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Methodological and analytical issues in language maintenance and language shift studies
Nambiar, Mohana (Mitarb.); McLellan, James (Mitarb.); Maya Khemlani David (Hrsg.). - Frankfurt am Main [u.a.] : Lang, 2002
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UB Frankfurt Linguistik
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Bilingualism through the classroom : strategies and practices
Jones, Gary M. (Hrsg.); Swain, Merrill (Mitarb.); Johnson, Robert Keith (Mitarb.)...
In: Journal of multilingual & multicultural development. - Colchester : Routledge 17 (1996) 2-4, 87-320
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