Promoting Reflection on Language Learning : Lessons from a University Setting / ed. by Neil Curry, Phoebe Lyon, Jo Mynard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Curry, Neil, Editor.

Lyon, Phoebe, Editor.

Mynard, Jo, Editor.

Series:

Second Language Acquisition ; 163

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching (Higher)--Japan.

Language and languages.

Reflective learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book presents the collaborative efforts of a team of academics at a university in Japan to promote learner reflection. It includes studies, practical applications and reflective accounts, and demonstrates how reflection can be effectively integrated into language learning activities with significant benefits to the learners.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Part 1: Setting the Scene

1 Promoting Reflection on Language Learning: Introduction

2 Overview of the Institutional and Educational Context

Part 2: Theoretical Constructs

3 Promoting Reflection on Language Learning: A Brief Summary of the Literature

4 Reflecting through Dialogue

Part 3: Insights from Initial Studies

5 Fostering Learner Development through Reflection: How the Project Started

6 Developing Instruments and Tools to Examine Reflection in Our Context

7 Encouraging Introspection on Speaking Performance in Class: Findings from Student Reflections

Part 4: Intervention Studies

8 Tools and Techniques for Helping Language Learners Manage their Target Language Use in the Classroom

9 A Reflection Intervention: Investigating Effectiveness and Students Perceptions

10 Learner Reflection on Group Work and Leadership Skills

11 Promoting and Evaluating Students Development of Self-Directed Language Learning and Reflective Abilities

12 Understanding the Effectiveness of Reflection on Fluency Writing and Grammar Logs

Part 5: Reflection and Technology

13 Considerations for Promoting Reflection on Language Learning with Technology: Insights from Stakeholders

14 Incorporating Reflective Practices into a Class about Learning English through Video Games

15 Facilitating Student Reflection Using an Online Platform

16 Reflective Practice for Transformative Learning in a MOOC Course

Part 6: Tools and Activities for Promoting Reflection in Practice

17 Promoting Reflective Dialogue through Introductory Self-Directed Learning Courses

18 Training Reflective Learners: Designing, Implementing and Evaluating Reflective Activities in a Self-Study Module

19 Fostering Interactive Reflection on Language Learning through the Use of Advising Tools

Part 7: Retrospective Reflections

20 Reflective Action Logging: Well-Becoming and Learning

21 A Teacher Learns How to Advise

22 Practice What You Teach: Supporting from Student Perspectives

Part 8: Conclusions

23 Conclusions: How Can We Promote Reflection on Language Learning?

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)

ISBN:

1-80041-559-1

OCLC:

1378309794