Teacher-student collaborative assessment(TSCA)aims to address the challenges of responding to students’work in the Production-Oriented Approach:low efficiency and poor effectiveness.As part of a bigger project carrie...Teacher-student collaborative assessment(TSCA)aims to address the challenges of responding to students’work in the Production-Oriented Approach:low efficiency and poor effectiveness.As part of a bigger project carried out in a Chinese university over a period of three years,the present study explored how the teacher prepared and implemented TSCA in class,especially with a focus on how she determined the assessing objective and worked collaboratively with her students in class to achieve it,using the students’written and translated texts as examples.By adopting the dialectical research(DR)method,this paper collected qualitative data such as teaching plans,classroom recordings,and reflective journals of the teacher-researcher(the author),along with students’written drafts and translated texts.TSCA theory and classroom practice have been refined simultaneously by means of putting theory into practice and reflecting upon it.The optimized pre-class and in-class procedures may shed some light on applying TSCA to L2 classrooms.展开更多
Teaching theories provide important guidance for language teaching materials development,but there is little research on how textbook writers apply teaching theories in the actual writing process.This study analyzes t...Teaching theories provide important guidance for language teaching materials development,but there is little research on how textbook writers apply teaching theories in the actual writing process.This study analyzes the process of compiling iEnglish,a series of textbooks based on the Production-Oriented Approach(POA)and proposes an Integrated Model of Teaching Theory and Action Research for textbook writing.By elaborating the roles of teaching theory and action research at different stages of textbook writing and the interaction between theory and practice during the process,the study concludes that the Integrated Model can promote both textbook improvement and theory refinement.展开更多
Recent calls for promoting students＇ critical thinking （CT） abilities leave second language （L2） teachers wondering how to integrate CT into their existing agenda. Framed by Paul and Elder＇s （2001） CT model, t...Recent calls for promoting students＇ critical thinking （CT） abilities leave second language （L2） teachers wondering how to integrate CT into their existing agenda. Framed by Paul and Elder＇s （2001） CT model, the study explores how CT could be effectively taught in L2 writing as a way to improve students＇ CT skills and L2 writing performance. In this study, an infusion approach was developed and implemented in actual classroom teaching. Mixed methods were employed to investigate： （1） the effectiveness of the infusion approach on improving students＇ CT and L2 writing scores; （2） the relationship between students＇ CT and L2 writing scores; and （3） the effects of the infusion approach on students＇ learning of CT and L2 writing. The results of the statistical analyses indicate that the infusion approach has effectively improved students＇ CT and L2 writing scores and that there was a significant positive relationship （r=0.893, p〈0.01） between students＇ CT and L2 writing scores. The results of the post-study interview illustrate that the infusion approach has beneficial effects on students＇ learning of CT and L2 writing by bridging the abstract CT theories and interactive writing activities and by integrating the instruction and practice of CT into those of L2 writing.展开更多
文摘Teacher-student collaborative assessment(TSCA)aims to address the challenges of responding to students’work in the Production-Oriented Approach:low efficiency and poor effectiveness.As part of a bigger project carried out in a Chinese university over a period of three years,the present study explored how the teacher prepared and implemented TSCA in class,especially with a focus on how she determined the assessing objective and worked collaboratively with her students in class to achieve it,using the students’written and translated texts as examples.By adopting the dialectical research(DR)method,this paper collected qualitative data such as teaching plans,classroom recordings,and reflective journals of the teacher-researcher(the author),along with students’written drafts and translated texts.TSCA theory and classroom practice have been refined simultaneously by means of putting theory into practice and reflecting upon it.The optimized pre-class and in-class procedures may shed some light on applying TSCA to L2 classrooms.
文摘Teaching theories provide important guidance for language teaching materials development,but there is little research on how textbook writers apply teaching theories in the actual writing process.This study analyzes the process of compiling iEnglish,a series of textbooks based on the Production-Oriented Approach(POA)and proposes an Integrated Model of Teaching Theory and Action Research for textbook writing.By elaborating the roles of teaching theory and action research at different stages of textbook writing and the interaction between theory and practice during the process,the study concludes that the Integrated Model can promote both textbook improvement and theory refinement.
文摘Recent calls for promoting students＇ critical thinking （CT） abilities leave second language （L2） teachers wondering how to integrate CT into their existing agenda. Framed by Paul and Elder＇s （2001） CT model, the study explores how CT could be effectively taught in L2 writing as a way to improve students＇ CT skills and L2 writing performance. In this study, an infusion approach was developed and implemented in actual classroom teaching. Mixed methods were employed to investigate： （1） the effectiveness of the infusion approach on improving students＇ CT and L2 writing scores; （2） the relationship between students＇ CT and L2 writing scores; and （3） the effects of the infusion approach on students＇ learning of CT and L2 writing. The results of the statistical analyses indicate that the infusion approach has effectively improved students＇ CT and L2 writing scores and that there was a significant positive relationship （r=0.893, p〈0.01） between students＇ CT and L2 writing scores. The results of the post-study interview illustrate that the infusion approach has beneficial effects on students＇ learning of CT and L2 writing by bridging the abstract CT theories and interactive writing activities and by integrating the instruction and practice of CT into those of L2 writing.
