JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION最新文献

{"title":"Sur les traces de Richard Kern: Acknowledging the pivotal role of technologies in language education","authors":"Nicolas Guichon","doi":"10.1111/modl.12931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12931","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42049,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION","volume":"122 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140903307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Has artificial intelligence rendered language teaching obsolete?","authors":"Zoe Handley","doi":"10.1111/modl.12929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12929","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42049,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140903298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Twenty‐first century technologies and language education: Charting a path forward","authors":"Richard Kern","doi":"10.1111/modl.12924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12924","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42049,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION","volume":"42 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140895762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the associations among task complexity, task motivation, task engagement, and linguistic complexity in L2 writing","authors":"Mahmoud Abdi Tabari, Bronson Hui","doi":"10.1111/modl.12921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12921","url":null,"abstract":"The interactions among cognitive, affective, and linguistic factors have received scant attention in task‐based writing research. To address this gap, this study aims to examine the relationships among task complexity, task motivation, task engagement, and syntactic complexity in second language (L2) writing. One hundred L2 learners enrolled in an English‐as‐a‐second‐language (ESL) writing course at a university in the United States performed simple and complex versions of an argumentative writing task at a 1‐week interval. After each task performance, participants completed questionnaires examining their task motivation. Task engagement was measured through time on task and length of production. The essays were analyzed using specific syntactic complexity measures. The results showed that the participants dedicated more time to the complex task and displayed higher motivation levels in two orientations (identified and intention). Furthermore, they produced fewer words when faced with a complex task. Additionally, task complexity influenced only one dimension of syntactic complexity. Finally, time on task predicted two dimensions of syntactic complexity (mean length of T‐unit and mean number of complex nominals per clause). These results emphasize the need to consider cognitive, affective, and linguistic factors in task‐based writing research. By doing so, educators can develop writing tasks that effectively engage ESL learners, enhance their motivation, and promote their linguistic growth.","PeriodicalId":42049,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION","volume":"45 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140818103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The issue: New technologies and language education","authors":"Kristin J. Davin","doi":"10.1111/modl.12925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12925","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42049,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION","volume":"100 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140642988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding the factors supporting language teachers’ sustained motivation until retirement","authors":"Åsta Haukås","doi":"10.1111/modl.12920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12920","url":null,"abstract":"While many language teachers leave the profession early, others thrive and teach until retirement. Understanding how these teachers maintain their passion can help identify the support needed for their personal and professional growth. However, research on the factors behind their sustained happiness in the teaching profession is limited. The main objective of this qualitative study was to explore the beliefs and career stories of three recently retired German language teachers in Norway, recognized for their long‐term motivation and effective teaching over several decades. Data were generated from in‐depth semistructured interviews and analyzed through the lens of self‐determination theory. The analysis revealed that the teachers shared several key characteristics. First, they enjoyed a high degree of autonomy related to the choice of subject content and teaching approaches. Second, they perceived themselves as highly competent in the subject and expressed a passion for it. Third, they cherished being with students and managed to establish good relationships with them. The findings suggest that teachers should be aware of their basic psychological needs and reflect on how they can be fulfilled. Furthermore, school administrators should foster trust in teachers as autonomous professionals and actively support their competency development and relationships with students and colleagues.","PeriodicalId":42049,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140635977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"NFMLTA/MLJ Roundtable Conference Grant","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/modl.12926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.12926","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42049,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION","volume":"77 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140557285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Notes on Contributors","authors":"","doi":"10.1353/mml.2022.a924160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mml.2022.a924160","url":null,"abstract":"<span><span>In lieu of</span> an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:</span>\u0000<p> <ul> <li><!-- html_title --> Notes on Contributors <!-- /html_title --></li> </ul> <p>KASSIE JO BARON received her PhD in English at the University of Iowa. Her dissertation, \"Manufacturing the Mill Girl: Working-Class White Women's Bodies in New England Factory Literature, 1830–1860,\" examines literary representations of female textile operatives' bodies during the first industrial revolution.</p> <p>JAMIE CHEN is an international graduate student and English PhD candidate at the University of Iowa. Her research interests include twentieth- and twenty-first-century Anglophone novels, cosmopolitan readership, and the novel as aesthetic and material form. She is especially drawn to the political potential of unintended readers, unexpected textual circulation, and individual readerly affect that does not conform to conventional models of pleasure or disgust. Besides studying narrative structure, she is also pursuing a certificate with the Center of the Book to support her work with manuscripts and small letterpress publications.</p> <p>PAUL DEVLIN is an associate professor of English at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the book review editor of <em>African American Review</em>. He is the editor of <em>Ralph Ellison in Context</em> (2021) and other books.</p> <p>ANDREW FLECK is an associate professor of English at the University of Texas at El Paso. His research focuses on early modern English engagement with the Dutch and on the history of science. His work has appeared in <em>JMEMS, SEL, MARDiE, JBS</em>, and <em>Studies in Philology</em>. His monograph, <em>English National Identity and the Image of the Dutch: From the Armada to the Glorious Revolution</em>, was published early in 2024 by Palgrave.</p> <p>JACK O'BRIANT is a PhD candidate in English at Loyola University Chicago. His research focuses on the role of religion in modern and contemporary literature and culture, and he is currently working on a dissertation investigating manifestations of religion in the contemporary American migrant novel from the early 1990s to the present day.</p> <p>MARIYA SHYMCHYSHYN is chair of the Department of Literary Theory and World Literature at Kyiv National Linguistics University (Ukraine). She holds a PhD in World Literature and Literary Theory and an MA in Comparative Literature. During 2003–2004 she was a Junior Faculty Development Program Fellow at Iowa State University. She did research for \"Urban Space and Identity\" at Loyola University (Chicago) as a Fulbright Scholar during 2013–2014. She has taught at various Ukrainian universities. Dr. Shymchyshyn is the author of three books (<em>Lesiya Ukrainka's Ouevre in the Anglophone World</em>, Ternopil, 2003; <em>The Harlem Renaissance (History, Theory, Poetics and the African-American Identity)</em>, Ternopil, 2010; <em>Geographies of Identity in 21st-Century Literature</em>, Kyiv, 2020). She is a c","PeriodicalId":42049,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION","volume":"107 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140571265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Immigrant as a Blogger in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah","authors":"Mariya Shymchyshyn","doi":"10.1353/mml.2022.a924155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mml.2022.a924155","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abstract:</p><p>The preliminary part of this article outlines the changes that immigrants face in today's era of global mobility and how these changes correlate with the aesthetics of migratory fiction. Then I discuss the identity of a Nigerian immigrant, Ifemelu, in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's <i>Americanah</i> and the reasons that led to her dissatisfaction with identitarian politics in the United States and prompted her to start a blog about racism. The article concentrates on the monetization of race through Ifemelu's blog posts and the movement from politicizing race to its capitalization. I assess the grounds for her shift from political blogging in the United States to writing a historical and cultural blog after returning to Nigeria. Her blogging in America became a way of capitalizing on race while in Nigeria, suggesting that cultural and historical blogging is a way to build a new, collective, decolonized identity. Decolonization as an act of refusal must be turned into the act of assertion, an act of refoundation.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":42049,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140571465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Wild Intelligence: Poets' Libraries and the Politics of Knowledge in Postwar America by Mary Catherine Kinniburgh (review)","authors":"Weishun Lu","doi":"10.1353/mml.2022.a924159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/mml.2022.a924159","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;In lieu of&lt;/span&gt; an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:&lt;/span&gt;\u0000&lt;p&gt; &lt;span&gt;Reviewed by:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;!-- html_title --&gt; &lt;em&gt;Wild Intelligence: Poets' Libraries and the Politics of Knowledge in Postwar America&lt;/em&gt; by Mary Catherine Kinniburgh &lt;!-- /html_title --&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; Weishun Lu &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;em&gt;Wild Intelligence: Poets' Libraries and the Politics of Knowledge in Postwar America&lt;/em&gt;. Mary Catherine Kinniburgh. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2022. vii + 192 pp. &lt;p&gt;By examining the evolving libraries and book collections of minor and radical poets in postwar America, M. C. Kinniburgh shows how writers at the social and political margins develop a shelf of one's own and create alternative possibilities of knowledge creation outside of elite institutions. The title &lt;em&gt;Wild Intelligence&lt;/em&gt; is fitting in describing this phenomenon given that the book \"traces a different history of information management that is structured not by the needs of government or institutional organizations but by the idea that a life of poetry is an act of political and spiritual survival\" (6). The metaphor \"wild\" describes the need for some poets to explore extra-governmental and ungovernable ways of seeking knowledge. \"Intelligence\" inspires a broadened definition of knowledge—that is, knowledge is not simply the sum of the information available but a result of human curation, classification, and manipulation. Importantly, Kinniburgh's book develops the concept of poetics of information, which shifts our assumptions about the basic unit of poetry and the timeline of poetic composition. Under her new framework, poetry is not a product but a practice, and this practice begins long before the moment a poet lays down their first word on the page. By implication, poetry is an epistemological tool for contemporary poets such as Charles Olson and &lt;strong&gt;[End Page 177]&lt;/strong&gt; Audre Lorde, who figure prominently in this book: if we seek to study such writers' poetics thoroughly, Kinniburgh argues, we ought to pay attention to when, where, and how they gather, organize, and transform information throughout their creative process.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Departing from close reading, which is typical in poetry studies, Kinniburgh adopts the methods of a book historian and resists the tradition of treating \"the book rather than the library [as] the unit of analysis\" (12). Each chapter of the book focuses on a poet's \"library.\" The quotation marks are necessary here because almost all of these collections are ever-evolving (both during the poet's lifetime and after their death) and because these collections are not just physical, but also conceptual.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The first chapter examines the Maud/Olson Library (MOL), a collection resulting from Ralph Maud's attempt to recreate Charles Olson's library. One of the most fascinating qualities of MOL is that it is a special collection with \"the gesture of open stacks\" (38). This collection's manner of taking u","PeriodicalId":42049,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140571466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}