From frustration to fascination: Discourse analysis as writing feedback for multilingual learners

IF 1.6 2区 文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Chris K. Chang-Bacon , Joelle M. Pedersen
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Abstract

Language difference is often framed through a deficit lens, especially for multilingual student writers. Compounding this issue, teacher candidates (TCs) rarely receive sustained guidance on how to give effective writing feedback. As a result, many TCs perceive the primary purpose of writing feedback to be surface-level error correction. To address this challenge, our study explored how TCs (n = 42) across two universities engaged with a writing feedback approach grounded in discourse analysis principles. We examined participants’ feedback on writing authored by adolescent multilingual learners before and after exploring discourse analysis as a feedback method. Findings suggested a shift from a corrective to an observational focus, linguistic curiosity rather than evaluation, and ascribing intentionality to students’ language choices. These findings demonstrate the potential of discourse analysis as a tool in writing feedback to frame language difference as an asset, toward disrupting deficit-oriented views of linguistic diversity in multilingual writing and classrooms.

从沮丧到着迷:语篇分析作为多语言学习者的写作反馈
语言差异通常是通过缺陷的视角来描述的,特别是对于多语种的学生作家来说。使这个问题更加复杂的是,教师候选人(tc)很少得到关于如何给出有效的写作反馈的持续指导。因此,许多技术人员认为编写反馈的主要目的是表面错误纠正。为了应对这一挑战,我们的研究探讨了两所大学的tc (n = 42)如何采用基于话语分析原则的写作反馈方法。我们研究了参与者在探索话语分析作为反馈方法之前和之后对青少年多语言学习者写作的反馈。研究结果表明,从纠正到观察焦点的转变,语言好奇心而不是评价,并归因于学生的语言选择的意向性。这些发现表明,话语分析作为一种写作反馈工具的潜力,可以将语言差异视为一种资产,从而打破多语写作和课堂中以语言多样性为导向的缺陷观。
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CiteScore
2.80
自引率
12.50%
发文量
87
期刊介绍: Linguistics and Education encourages submissions that apply theory and method from all areas of linguistics to the study of education. Areas of linguistic study include, but are not limited to: text/corpus linguistics, sociolinguistics, functional grammar, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, conversational analysis, linguistic anthropology/ethnography, language acquisition, language socialization, narrative studies, gesture/ sign /visual forms of communication, cognitive linguistics, literacy studies, language policy, and language ideology.
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