JALT CALL JournalPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.29140/jaltcall.v19n3.1011
Barbara Muszyńska, Cristina A. Huertas Abril
{"title":"Student voice in distance foreign language course design and its practical implications in higher education","authors":"Barbara Muszyńska, Cristina A. Huertas Abril","doi":"10.29140/jaltcall.v19n3.1011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29140/jaltcall.v19n3.1011","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this research is to analyze whether university students would be willing to engage in distance foreign language (FL) course design, and if the knowledge of their preferences could be used to present guidelines for course designers. Student engagement is seen as crucial to graduates’ achievement in HE, especially in online courses, yet there are no studies examining student voice in distance FL course design or curriculum delivery in the context of HE in Poland and very few international ones. The study identified five dimensions and feedback as the basic constructs to analyze students’ preferences about learning design of distance foreign language courses. The research study design is quantitative with descriptive and correlational methods. Data were gathered from HE students (n = 626) studying in Poland. The results show statistically significant differences regarding students’ gender, age, and academic level. The findings suggest that the learning paths in a FL distance course in HE should be created by taking into account the language skills students want to practice, gender identity, educational stage, learning communities, and age. The latter can influence students’ willingness to co-design the course, the course content, and the type of interactions.","PeriodicalId":37946,"journal":{"name":"JALT CALL Journal","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134890582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FACTORS AFFECTING SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS IN SABILUL HUDA ISLAMIC PRIMARY SCHOOL","authors":"Fatiha Nuur Fath","doi":"10.15575/call.v4i2.19264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15575/call.v4i2.19264","url":null,"abstract":"There are several aspects that influence the acquisition of English by third-grade children during online schooling. Respectfully, this research is eager to prove the psychological and social aspects that affect second language acquisition. This study uses qualitative descriptive method and the researcher as a participant observer. The data in this study are third-grade students of Sabilul Huda Islamic Primary school while online schooling. The data are collected through interviews, observation method, and documentation. Then, theory of second language acquisition is involved in analyzing data to answer the research problems. In the final result, several factors that impact third-grade students to acquire English verbs are psychological and social aspects; this influences online learning during the covid-19 pandemic. The process of learning and teaching English also influences the acquisition of English in third-grade students during online schooling. Learning English material appropriately and can be understood by third-grade students is a supporting factor for them to acquire English verbs. Keywords: second language acquisition, psychological and social factors","PeriodicalId":37946,"journal":{"name":"JALT CALL Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83071104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"WEALTH AND POWER IN THE NOVEL PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN","authors":"R. Sarah","doi":"10.15575/call.v4i2.14767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15575/call.v4i2.14767","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of social class becomes a unique object which would be discovered in the novel Pride and Prejudice. The study aimed to determine the influence of social class on British society and represent the reflection of social class in British society in the novel. A method used in this research was qualitative descriptive. Data that were collected were in the form of narration and dialogue in the novel Pride and Prejudice. Furthermore, this study used the Marxist concept (1995:25) to analyse the data. The findings of this research were the discovery of the impact of social class on British society in the novel Pride and Prejudice, namely Pride and Prejudice as the title in the novel and the invention of the forms of social class which can be found in the novel Pride and Prejudice, such as status, wealth, and power. Keywords: Marxist Theory, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, social class","PeriodicalId":37946,"journal":{"name":"JALT CALL Journal","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89881925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FLOUTING MAXIM IN EMMA WATSON’S “BEING 30 AND HAPPILY SINGLE” BRITISH VOGUE INTERVIEW","authors":"Y. Rahayu, Dewi Kustanti, Erfan Muhamad Fauzi","doi":"10.15575/call.v4i2.16998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15575/call.v4i2.16998","url":null,"abstract":"This study was done to find out more about how a person talks. Conversations between two or more people are usually inseparable from mistakes, uncooperative actions and often exceed expectations. Therefore, an observation in an interview between Paris Lee and Emma Watson is intended to examine the flouting maxim in the speeches made. This research uses qualitative methods with Grice’s supporting theories cooperative principle and flouting maxim. Several data are included in the flouting maxim, namely four data flouting maxim of quantity, three data flouting maxim of quality, four data flouting maxim of manner, and two data flouting maxim relation. From the data analysis, it can be known that the flouting maxim arises when one of the participants, Watson and Paris, insert implied meaning into their speech until they were not cooperative during the interview. Keywords: flouting maxim, cooperative principle, utterance, conversation, interview","PeriodicalId":37946,"journal":{"name":"JALT CALL Journal","volume":"49 3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83216676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mia Ananda Derasta, Yuyun Nurulaen, Dian Nurrachman
{"title":"SIGNS IN DAUD KIM'S STATEMENTS ON HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL: THE CORRECTIONS OF MISTAKEN ISLAMIC UNDERSTANDING","authors":"Mia Ananda Derasta, Yuyun Nurulaen, Dian Nurrachman","doi":"10.15575/call.v4i2.15329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15575/call.v4i2.15329","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The study aimed to examine icons, indices, and symbols in Daud's speech connected to misconceptions about Islam through the semiosis method. Semiotics can be used in a variety of contexts. therefore, it is crucial to conduct study in this area to prevent misconceptions about Islam. The study has two issues: (1) the semiotic indicators in Daud Kim's vlog that are connected to misinterpretations of Islamophobic messaging (2) Daud Kim's vlog discusses misinterpreting messages about Islam's semiosis process. In order to reply to and examine the problems, Peirce's theory of triadic relation was used which illustrates the relationship between the represent, object, and interpretation in semiotics. The description of the semiosis process and how it relates to how the indicators should be interpreted were made evident in this study using the qualitative technique. The research's semiosis process: Every statement—verbal or nonverbal—began as a representamen, progressed to an object as the first point at that statement, and—from the relationship between representamen and object—became the interpretant in the end. As a consequence, the study discovered that Daud's statement can be strengthened by the semiosis process in order to avoid and clarify the mistaken message about Islam. It is possible to understand as far as feasible, the essence of the Islamic message through representation, object, and interpreter. Keywords: semiosis, Daud Kim, icon, index, and symbol","PeriodicalId":37946,"journal":{"name":"JALT CALL Journal","volume":"184 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74167127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JALT CALL JournalPub Date : 2022-12-28DOI: 10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.775
G. Hoang
{"title":"Feedback precision and learners’ responses: A study into ETS Criterion automated corrective feedback in EFL writing classrooms","authors":"G. Hoang","doi":"10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.775","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the implementation of Criterion , an automated writing evaluation system developed by ETS, as a source of diagnostic feedback on learners’ linguistic performance in a Vietnamese EFL writing classroom. Thirty-eight second-year English majors had access to Criterion for a five-month period. Data include Criterion error tags on students’ essays from multiple practice sessions, recorded think-aloud protocols as students engaged with the feedback for revisions, and first and revised drafts students submitted to Criterion . The main findings indicate Criterion ’s satisfactory precision and capacity to trigger vari-ous engagement strategies among learners, but reservations remain due to students’ modest response accuracy and lack of substantive revisions to their texts. Important implications for formative feedback practices in EFL writing classrooms and the adaptation of Criterion ’s technical capacities are accordingly presented.","PeriodicalId":37946,"journal":{"name":"JALT CALL Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49245268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JALT CALL JournalPub Date : 2022-12-28DOI: 10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.764
Shawn Andersson
{"title":"Japan university EFL students’ experience, attitudes, and perceived effectiveness of watching gameplay for language-learning purposes","authors":"Shawn Andersson","doi":"10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.764","url":null,"abstract":"Digital game-based language learning (DGBLL) is a field that promotes language learning by combining game entertainment and mechanics inducive to learning. Researchers have proposed evidence of various language-learning benefits, yet downsides persist, such as negative stigmas, a lack of participation of non-gam-ers, and potential adverse consequences from splitting one’s attention between controlling the gameplay and learning language. Recently, watching gameplay popularity has seen exponential growth, yet the potential for language-learning applications has not been considered. Soliciting stakeholders’ experience, attitudes, and perceived effectiveness is a critical determiner of user adoption for new technologies and predicting implementation success. This study first addresses the merit of watching gameplay as a pedagogical method through an overview of the available literature, concentrating on areas of insufficiency and opportunity. It then investigates students’ experience and perceptions to consider feasibility from a practical standpoint through a survey of 139 university students in Japan. The main findings include a higher proportion of watchers than players, including a higher percentage of females, and positive responses regarding ease of use, learning opportunities, and preference, especially for learners who play or watch games. But learners also expressed a need for scaffolding support while voicing limitations in the perceived quality and practicality of the learned language.","PeriodicalId":37946,"journal":{"name":"JALT CALL Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47163836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JALT CALL JournalPub Date : 2022-12-28DOI: 10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.548
Judith Buendgens-Kosten
{"title":"Digital games and the development of plurilingual competence","authors":"Judith Buendgens-Kosten","doi":"10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.548","url":null,"abstract":"The potential of games to support language learning and acquisition – be it in the digital wilds or in the foreign language classroom – has often been discussed. In this article, I will look at digital games from an explicitly plurilingual perspective. I describe five existing games that demonstrate a plurilingual out - look ( Romanica, MElang-E, BabelAR, LoCALL, World of Languages ), focusing on their potential regarding modelling plurilingual competencies, fostering language awareness, and encouraging transformational play. I finish with a discussion of overall trends that can be observed across the five games and ramifications regarding pedagogy and future research.","PeriodicalId":37946,"journal":{"name":"JALT CALL Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49605278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JALT CALL JournalPub Date : 2022-12-28DOI: 10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.654
Bao Nguyen
{"title":"The role of technology and technology training in language teachers’ professional development in the private sector","authors":"Bao Nguyen","doi":"10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29140/jaltcall.v18n3.654","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37946,"journal":{"name":"JALT CALL Journal","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47904416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}