Accuracy Matters : Exploring the Accuracy of Advanced Learner English in Czech Tertiary Education.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalová, Simona.

Series:

Cizí jazyky a jejich didaktiky: teorie, empirie, praxe

Cizí jazyky a jejich didaktiky: teorie, empirie, praxe ; v.14

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Brno : Masaryk University, 2022.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

List of abbreviations

1 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

1.1 Learner language

1.2  Implicit and explicit knowledge in language learning and acquisition

1.3  Competence, performance and proficiency

1.3.1 Communicative competence

1.4  The CAF model

1.4.1 Measuring and operationalising accuracy

1.5  Norm in foreign language teaching

1.6  Analysing errors in learner language

1.6.1 Error definition

1.6.2 Error classification

1.6.3 Perspectives on errors in SLA theories

1.7 Summary

2 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

2.1 International journals

2.2 Czech journals

2.3 Summary

3 EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION

3.1 Course aims

3.2 Course format

3.3 Course description and learning resources

3.4 Course content

3.5 Summary

4 METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH

4.1 Research aims

4.2 Research questions

4.3 Research design

4.4 Research participants

4.4.1 Pilot study

4.4.2 Main study

4.5 Research data collection

4.6 Research tools and underlying theoretical concepts

4.6.1 Grammaticality Judgement Test (GJT)

4.6.2 Certainty-Based Marking (CBM)

4.6.3  Corpus-based analysis of samples of spoken and written language

4.6.4 Questionnaires providing contextual information

4.7  Data analysis

4.7.1 Analysing GJT test and CBM

4.7.2 Analysing samples of spoken and written production

4.8 Statistical analysis

4.9 Summary

5 RESEARCH RESULTS AND ANALYSES

5.1 Results in the pilot group

5.1.1 Grammaticality Judgement Test results in the pilot group

5.1.2 Certainty-Based Marking results in the pilot group

5.1.3 Correlations between selected variables in the pilot group

5.2 Results in the experimental group

5.2.1  Grammaticality Judgement Test results in the experimental group.

5.2.2 Certainty-Based Marking in the experimental group

5.2.3  Correlations between selected variables in the experimental group

5.2.4  The accuracy of spoken language in the experimental group

5.2.5  The accuracy of written language in the experimental group

5.3 Results in the control group

5.3.1 Grammaticality Judgement Test results in the control group

5.3.2 Certainty-Based Marking results in the control group

5.3.3  Correlations between selected variables in the control group

5.3.4 The accuracy of spoken language in the control group

5.3.5 The accuracy of written language in the control group

5.4 Comparisons between the experimental and control groups

5.4.1  GJT results comparison in the pilot, experimental and control groups

5.4.2  CBM results comparison in the pilot, experimental and control groups

5.4.3  Comparison of the accuracy of spoken language in the experimental and control groups

5.4.4  Comparison of the accuracy of written language in the experimental and control groups

5.4.5 Analysis of questionnaires providing contextual information

5.5 Corpus-based analysis of learner language

5.5.1 Frequency of error types in the whole corpus

5.5.2 Comparing errors in spoken versus written learner language

5.6 Summary

6 DISCUSSION

6.1  Answering the research questions and interpreting the findings

6.2  Comparing and contrasting the results of the corpus-based analysis to similar studies

6.3 Summary

CONCLUSION

Pedagogical implications

Limitations of the study

Suggestions for further research

Bibliography

RESUMÉ

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

APPENDICES

Appendix 1 The list of international and Czech scholarly journals reviewed in Chapter 2

Appendix 2 Outlines of relevant research areas as published in the literature.

Appendix 3 The list of corpora used in the reviewed research papers

Appendix 4 The complete list of required and optional resources used on the course described in Chapter 3

Appendix 5 Grammaticality Judgement Test- full version

Appendix 6 Questions and visuals used in pre-test and post-test in speaking

Appendix 7 Questions and visuals used in pre-test and post-test in writing

Appendix 8 Questionnaires providing contextual information

Appendix 9 The Louvain error tagging system (Bestgen et al., 2012, p. 130) adapted andc omplemented for this study

INDEX.

Notes:

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OCLC:

1507695933