Addressing the student

IF 0.6 Q3 LINGUISTICS

Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-12-22 DOI:10.51751/dujal11105

N. Sangers, J. Evers-Vermeul, H. Hoeken

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Abstract

Voice elements are those elements of educational texts that authors use to interact with students, such as questions, evaluations, or direct address forms (“you”). These elements are intended to enhance students’ engagement and comprehension, but we know little about the extent to which they are used in present-day educational texts. Using a corpus of Dutch biology, geography, and history texts for grade 5 and grade 8 (N=1055), this study shows that voice elements are barely differentiated over grade levels. Conversely, voice elements are generally diversified over school subjects, as they are less frequent in history texts, which convey readily imaginable and relatable content, compared to biology and geography texts, which discuss less relatable content for which students need to exert more effort to connect it to their own world. This finding suggests that authors of educational texts have intuitions about the conditions under which voice elements are a desirable attribute.

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向学生致辞

语音元素是作者用来与学生互动的教育文本元素，如问题、评价或直接称呼形式(“你”)。这些元素旨在提高学生的参与度和理解力，但我们对它们在当今教育文本中的使用程度知之甚少。本研究使用荷兰五年级和八年级的生物、地理和历史文本语料库(N=1055)，表明语音元素在年级水平上几乎没有区别。相反，声音元素在学校科目中通常是多样化的，因为它们在历史文本中较少出现，而历史文本传达的是容易想象和相关的内容，而生物和地理文本讨论的内容不太相关，学生需要付出更多努力将其与自己的世界联系起来。这一发现表明，教育文本的作者对声音元素是理想属性的条件有直觉。

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Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics LINGUISTICS-

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期刊介绍： The Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics (DuJAL) focuses on promoting Dutch and Belgian work in applied linguistics among an international audience, but also welcomes contributions from other countries. It caters for both the academic society in the field and for language and communication experts working in other contexts, such as institutions involved in language policy, teacher training, curriculum development, assessment, and educational and communication consultancy. DuJAL is the digital continuation of Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen, which had been the journal of Anéla, the Dutch Association of Applied Linguistics, for forty years. Like its predecessor, DuJAL wants to offer a platform to young researchers in applied linguistics, i.e. PhD candidates and MA students. In order to maintain a high standard all submissions are subjected to a ‘double blind’ review by at least one external reviewer and two of the editors. Contributions may be written in Dutch, English, German or French.