Children learning Mongolian as an additional language through the implementation of a task-based approach

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7155409
AutoresRhonda Oliver (0000-0001-6233-8750, Curtin University , Kent St., Bentley , Perth , Western Australia , Australia, autor correspondente), Tetiana Bogachenko (0000-0001-8655-2727, Curtin University , Kent St., Bentley , Perth , Western Australia , Australia), Sender Dovchin (0000-0003-4327-7096, Curtin University , Kent St., Bentley , Perth , Western Australia , Australia)
Ano2025
Volume63
Fascículo3
Páginas1715-1738
Data de publicação2025-09-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0019-042X • E-ISSN: 1613-4141
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/iral-2024-0157
OpenAlexW4403312205
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas30

This study was undertaken at a Mongolian community language school which aims to support Mongolian heritage children to learn their home language and culture. The learners were aged 4–15 years with diverse abilities in the Mongolian language. Informed by both purpose-developed Needs and Interest Analyses, a task-based language teaching (TBLT) program was developed and implemented over a six-month period. To evaluate the usefulness of this, two methods were utilised. Firstly, learners’ task-based interactions were recorded regularly, transcribed and qualitatively analysed. Secondly, stakeholder feedback was elicited via interviews. The findings showed that the learners interacted in ways facilitative of second language acquisition (i.e., they received abundant input, used a variety of interactive strategies, provided peer scaffolding, and modified their output according to the feedback). They also engaged in translanguaging to support their understanding and meaning making. Stakeholder feedback pointed to some challenges, but also many positive outcomes

Natural language processing · Systems engineering · Task (project management) · Computer Science · Educational Methods and Analysis · Engineering · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Second Language Learning and Teaching