Collocations and Action Research

2018-02-22
Collocations and Action Research

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  • Author: Joshua Brook Antle
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1350049883
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 280

Collocations and Action Research is a thorough investigation of both the theory and practice behind improving second language learners' vocabulary and fluency through the teaching of multi-word units of language. Taking these collocations as its focus, this book provides a clear and in-depth description of the cognitive processing language learners go through when producing speech in relation to them. Using the findings of a two-year action research study into improving learners' spoken fluency, Joshua Brook Antle also explores the practical sides of collocations, explaining how the research study was constructed and conducted. Orientating the findings within the larger field of second language acquisition, especially within the L2 classroom, the practical applications of the findings are then presented through a series of pedagogical tasks all focusing on collocations and productive fluency. Providing a template for how to conduct an action research study using both qualitative and quantitative research techniques, Collocations and Action Research will appeal to researchers interested in vocabulary and spoken fluency, as well as language instructors wanting to better understand the nature of vocabulary and spoken discourse.

Collocations and Action Research

2018-02-22
Collocations and Action Research

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  • Author: Joshua Brook Antle
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1350049875
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 281

Collocations and Action Research is a thorough investigation of both the theory and practice behind improving second language learners' vocabulary and fluency through the teaching of multi-word units of language. Taking these collocations as its focus, this book provides a clear and in-depth description of the cognitive processing language learners go through when producing speech in relation to them. Using the findings of a two-year action research study into improving learners' spoken fluency, Joshua Brook Antle also explores the practical sides of collocations, explaining how the research study was constructed and conducted. Orientating the findings within the larger field of second language acquisition, especially within the L2 classroom, the practical applications of the findings are then presented through a series of pedagogical tasks all focusing on collocations and productive fluency. Providing a template for how to conduct an action research study using both qualitative and quantitative research techniques, Collocations and Action Research will appeal to researchers interested in vocabulary and spoken fluency, as well as language instructors wanting to better understand the nature of vocabulary and spoken discourse.

Form, Meaning and Function in Collocation

2020-04-03
Form, Meaning and Function in Collocation

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  • Author: Haoda Feng
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000046818
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 182

The issue of differences between translational language and native-speaker language has become a topic of increasing interest in linguistics and Translation Studies (TS). One of the primary tasks in this research area is to employ a corpus approach and analyse collocations with authentic language data by comparing comparable corpora consisting of translated and native-speaker texts. Collocation in linguistics and TS refers to the relationship of co-occurrence between lexical items. The book shows that examining the use of collocations constitutes an integral part in assessing the naturalness of second language (L2) use, and therefore can be a valid measure to make a distinction between translational language and native-speaker language. Nevertheless, the role of collocation has not been given enough attention or discussed systematically in TS and, to date, there are hardly any translation theorists who have clarified the mechanism of collocation in TS, by which translators acquire receptive and productive knowledge of collocations in their L2. In addition, previous research in this area is largely confined to Indo-European languages, resulting in a lack of empirical evidence involving Asian languages. This book therefore attempts to bridge the gap in the literature and constitute an integral part in the research area.

Insight into EFL Teaching and Issues in Asia

2014-03-25
Insight into EFL Teaching and Issues in Asia

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  • Author: Evelyn Doman
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 1443858552
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 210

This collection offers insight into current issues in teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Asia. University and secondary school teachers and researchers from nine different countries share experiences they have encountered in their English-language courses, offering suggestions for incorporating new methodologies and techniques both in and outside the classroom. Not only is this book filled with valuable teaching techniques that the contributors have found successful, but it also introduces new ways of dealing with various social situations in the classroom. This book is unique in that it offers the perspective of teaching English in Asia, where students often don’t get many opportunities to engage with the language in informal settings. This book is geared towards university-level instructors and secondary school teachers teaching EFL in Asia, as well as researchers conducting cross-cultural studies which investigate foreign language learning and acquisition in today’s global society. English language teaching has become a booming industry in this region, and with the professionalization of the field comes abundant opportunities for research and informed practices. This book stands alone in its purpose in generating a current view of the situations which EFL teachers and students in Asia today face. Topics discussed in this volume include action research projects, successful teaching practices, innovative language assistance programs, and issues of autonomy and identity.

Proceedings of The 5th MAC 2015

2015-10-14
Proceedings of The 5th MAC 2015

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  • Author: group of authors
  • Publisher: MAC Prague consulting
  • ISBN: 8088085098
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 363

The 5th Multidisciplinary Academic Conference in Prague 2015, Czech Republic (The 5th MAC 2015)

Action Research, Innovation and Change

2013-12-17
Action Research, Innovation and Change

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  • Author: Thomas Stern
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317916077
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 232

Action research continues to see a growth in interest both internationally and across disciplines. This book demonstrates the diversity in settings and focus for action research and provides a guide to its core aspiration: to achieve principled change. Written by authors from a range of countries and range of disciplines (including education, health care, palliative care, social work and community development), this book answers these key questions: How can action research be used to achieve principled change? How has action research been applied in various disciplines and in different countries? What can be learnt about the conduct of action research from these diverse settings? By means of detailed case studies of successful projects and discussions that challenge and raise theoretical questions, this book explores some of the contemporary cutting edge applications and conceptualisations of action research. Action research paves the way for the empowerment of people involved in social action, and the examples of successful change processes that are the core of this book will prove inspirational and provide practical advice. Written by a range of leading international researchers in the field, this book will define the future for action research for years to come.

Action Research Methods

2012-06-18
Action Research Methods

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  • Author: S. Klein
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 1137046635
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 226

In Action Research Methods, the authors acknowledge that the methodology component is where most of the struggle and confusion lies with students in research methods courses. The overall aim is to assist master's level education students with practical and theoretically grounded approaches to the action research process.

Action Research: A Methodology For Change And Development

2005-12-01
Action Research: A Methodology For Change And Development

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  • Author: Somekh, Bridget
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
  • ISBN: 0335216587
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 238

This book presents a fresh view of action research as a methodology uniquely suited to researching the processes of innovation and change. Drawing on twenty-five years’ experience of leading or facilitating action research projects, Bridget Somekh argues that action research can be a powerful systematic intervention, which goes beyond describing, analyzing and theorizing practices to reconstruct and transform those practices. The book examines action research into change in a range of educational settings, such as schools and classrooms, university departments, and a national evaluation of technology in schools. The opening chapter presents eight methodological principles and discusses key methodological issues. The focus then turns to action research in broader contexts such as ‘southern’ countries, health, business and management, and community development. Each chapter thereafter takes a specific research project as its starting point and critically reviews its design, relationships, knowledge outcomes, political engagement and impact. Action Researchis important reading for postgraduate students and practitioner researchers in education, health and management, as well as those in government agencies and charities who wish to research and evaluate change and development initiatives. It is also valuable for pre-service and in-service training of professionals such as teachers, nurses and managers.

Structural and Functional Properties of Collocations in English

2004
Structural and Functional Properties of Collocations in English

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  • Author: Sabine Bartsch
  • Publisher: Gunter Narr Verlag
  • ISBN: 9783823358930
  • Category : Collocation (Linguistics)
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 248

Action Research as a Living Practice

1997
Action Research as a Living Practice

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  • Author: Terrance R. Carson
  • Publisher: New York : P. Lang
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 404

This book aims to enlarge understandings of educational action research. Drawing from complexity theory, deep ecology, Eastern philosophy, hermeneutics, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, postmodernism, and literary theory, the essays in this collection show how participation in educational action research practices requires more of the researcher than the application of research methods. Each essay demonstrates how action research is a lived practice that asks the researcher to not only investigate the subject at hand but, as well, to provide some account of the way in which the investigation both shapes and is shaped by the investigator.