Exploring a task-based English learning and teaching practice
An integrated approach”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12928646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chunxian Zheng (0000-0002-8527-6684, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Power and Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-7438 • E-ISSN: 1757-7438 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17577438211049131 |
| OpenAlex | W4220689118 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
This ethnographic study attempts to find, reveal, and understand the quality of life in a College English classroom for non-English majors in China, where a task-based language learning and teaching practice is conducted under the guide of the principles of Exploratory Practice, aiming at exploring the viability of the practice in this specific instructional context. It takes the perspective of a practitioner’s and researcher’s, and that of an anthropologist’s, to conduct qualitatively the study of the task process. By inspiring students to free themselves from the rationality of instrumental curriculum, and encouraging them to exercise their agency and creativity, through the joint four-stage activities of the task, the study witnesses a harmonious classroom life, in which the students, in the direction of their teacher, engage actively in the activities, creating not only language learning opportunities, but also social and cultural ones, and critical thinking chances. The study confirms the positive effect of this context-sensitive instructional practice which prioritizes quality of life in the task-based language learning and teaching classroom
Agency (philosophy · College English · Context (archaeology · Creativity · Curriculum · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Quality (philosophy · Rationality · Sociology · Task (project management · Teaching method · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching · Social Psychology
Communities of Practice and Social Learning Systems
Foreign language enjoyment and anxiety
The ecology of language learning
Exploratory Practice
Learning as Changing Participation
Forks and Hope
Integrating research and pedagogy
Tesol Methods
From Teaching Points to Learning Opportunities and beyond
Patterns of Interaction in ESL Pair Work
Situated Learning
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |