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Teachers' contributions to the culture of language classrooms : the case of Spanish as a foreign language
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Lacorte, Manel |
| Copyright Year | 1999 |
| Abstract | This investigation explores the ways in which teachers contribute to the development of the language classroom culture, defined as "a dynamic system of patterns created, changed and maintained by the participants in accordance with their pedagogic and social status, expectations and responsibilities". It draws its data from classrooms of Spanish as a foreign language, and seeks to analyse: • Characteristics of the social and institutional context of the teachers and their classrooms. • Teachers' views on language teaching and learning, their classrooms and their own teaching. • Verbal and nonverbal means employed by the teachers in their instruction, and more specifically during the transitions between the instructional stages that make up their lessons. • Relationships between the views of the teachers and linguistic and nonlinguistic features of their behavior in the classroom. The courses involved in the study were conducted by five different teachers during 1997-1998 in four high schools three public and one private and a private liberal arts college, all located in Central Pennsylvania, USA. The methods/instruments for the collection of data were • Background description of the social and institutional context of the teachers and their classrooms. 8 Three rounds of semi-structured interviews with each teacher. The last interview included stimulated recall. 8 On-site observation of (a) the physical organization of the classroom, (b) the non-verbal features of the interaction between teachers and students, and (c) the non-pedagogic events taking place during the instruction. 8 Retrospective analysis (tape and real-time records) of the verbal interaction between teachers and students. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/29211/LacorteM_2000_v1redux.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
