Francis John Troyan, Loretta Fernández, Zhenjie Weng, Daniel Scott Ferguson, Yuseva Ariyani Iswandari, Sarah Avdakov
{"title":"Toward humanizing SFL praxis: Coconstructing language teachers' understandings of their intersectional identities via language use","authors":"Francis John Troyan, Loretta Fernández, Zhenjie Weng, Daniel Scott Ferguson, Yuseva Ariyani Iswandari, Sarah Avdakov","doi":"10.1111/flan.12720","DOIUrl":"10.1111/flan.12720","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Contextualized within our <i>Projects in Humanization</i> in language teacher education and part of our on-going collaborative self-study of our language teacher educator practices, we used multiple case study to examine multimodal representations of cultural and linguistic identities curated by three language teachers—Daniel, Yuseva, and Sarah—and humanizing dialog to engage them in reflection on those identities. The central task, the <i>Language Use Profile</i>—part of the foundations course in our language teacher education programs—guided language teachers in developing their understandings of their bi-/multilingual language use, language ideologies, and systemic functional linguistics (SFL). In all three cases, examination of language use served as a window for the language teachers to observe their intersectionality or, in some cases, to become aware of it. Each language teacher took up the assignment in different ways, with the task as the context for reflection on language use and identities journeys such as <i>translanguaging to survive</i>, <i>negotiating my identity</i> and being a <i>white woman who learned Spanish</i>. SFL metalanguage served as a tool for the language teachers to make sense of their multidimensional language use. Our findings point to the potential of the <i>Language Use Profile</i> as a means for guiding language teachers in the identity work that is central in humanizing language teacher education.</p>","PeriodicalId":47560,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals","volume":"56 4","pages":"888-911"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/flan.12720","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44876852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who considers becoming a world language teacher? Comparing students who would with those who won't","authors":"William S. Davis, Bo Liu, Josephine Kim","doi":"10.1111/flan.12718","DOIUrl":"10.1111/flan.12718","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Given the ongoing shortage of world language teachers in the United States, growing attention has developed toward recruiting new teachers at the secondary and postsecondary levels. This mixed methods study examined why some university noneducation students involved in language study at a large public institution indicated they would consider becoming a teacher (<i>N</i> = 116) while others would not (<i>N</i> = 129). Analyses indicated that those who would consider the profession were significantly more motivated for language study and had perceived experiencing significantly more instances of communicative and authentic pedagogy, as well as feelings of autonomy, community, and capability in their current language course than their counterparts who would not consider the profession. While passion for languages, teaching, and social contribution were factors that drew students to the profession, those who would not consider world language teaching were primarily dissuaded by a lack of passion for languages and teaching and perceptions of their own inadequate language proficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":47560,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals","volume":"56 4","pages":"927-949"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41379700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Beverly J. Buchanan, John S. Pirone, Kimberly K. Pudans-Smith, Brian W. Leffler, Brad S. Cohen, Paul K. Simmons, Pauline M. Ballentine, Tabitha Venable, Karen Soza
{"title":"American sign language level 1 assessment: What is out there?","authors":"Beverly J. Buchanan, John S. Pirone, Kimberly K. Pudans-Smith, Brian W. Leffler, Brad S. Cohen, Paul K. Simmons, Pauline M. Ballentine, Tabitha Venable, Karen Soza","doi":"10.1111/flan.12717","DOIUrl":"10.1111/flan.12717","url":null,"abstract":"<p>American Sign Language (ASL) education is a relatively new field. Thus, further research is necessary, especially regarding developing assessment tools. The goal of this study was to determine the types of assessment tools ASL level 1 teachers use in the classroom and how those teachers measure students' language progression. This study is critical because no standard ASL level 1 assessment tool measures students' skill levels to advance to the next level. The survey was created to build a better understanding of what tools ASL instructors use to assess their students' language performance. Data were collected from 93 ASL level 1 teachers. The results demonstrated a need for additional training for ASL teachers to improve their knowledge of language assessments and skills in using assessment tools, especially to support ASL students' language progress and proficiency. The results of this study provide suggestions for future assessment tools to increase the effectiveness of ASL programs across the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":47560,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals","volume":"56 4","pages":"912-926"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/flan.12717","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48444239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sociolinguistic awareness in L2 Arabic: A study of learners' code use repertoires","authors":"Lama Nassif, Shawna Shapiro","doi":"10.1111/flan.12715","DOIUrl":"10.1111/flan.12715","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Code use, including codeswitching and/or style-shifting, is an important but undertaught aspect of L2 sociolinguistic competence, and an important aspect of L2 learners' translanguaging repertoires. This study examines code use in Arabic—a diglossic language with distinct social uses for the prestige variety (Modern Standard Arabic, MSA) and Colloquial Arabic (CA). The study involved 10 participants who were third-year, L2 learners of Arabic in a multidialectal program, and focused on the questions: (1) What types of metasociolinguistic awareness are evident among advanced learners of Arabic who have had multidialectal training? (2) To what extent is this awareness reflected in their productions? Data collection included a language learning history survey, spoken and written productions in Arabic, and an English interview. Findings show that participants had a complex awareness of MSA-CA use that could be further expanded through instruction, suggesting that the trajectory of sociolinguistic competence development is complex, nonlinear, and influenced by instructional, social, and idiolectal factors. This study has important scholarly and pedagogical implications, and is linked to the rapidly growing body of scholarship on translanguaging practices and pedagogies.</p>","PeriodicalId":47560,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals","volume":"56 4","pages":"1013-1034"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42722281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teachers' perspectives on pedagogy in short-term language study abroad","authors":"Brett Fischer, Danielle Viens","doi":"10.1111/flan.12710","DOIUrl":"10.1111/flan.12710","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Study abroad (SA) in North America is changing in two ways: short-term trips are becoming more popular, and more students are traveling in teacher-facilitated groups. These changes raise questions about how teaching methods can help to improve outcomes in short stays abroad, particularly in the case of language learners. To better understand teachers' perspectives on pedagogy, we conducted a series of group and individual interviews with 18 college teachers who facilitate short-term language SA. The results of a constructivist grounded theory analysis showed that teachers believed pedagogy in short-term SA could be improved by integrating the SA program into the at-home curriculum, by targeting both measurable and process-based objectives, by adopting a variety of teaching strategies including experiential teaching, and by integrating interactions between students and locals in different ways.</p>","PeriodicalId":47560,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals","volume":"56 4","pages":"972-992"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42103196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ran Zhao, Matthew D. Coss, Henry Ruan, Bailu Li, Jing Ma
{"title":"Examining secondary–postsecondary articulation of Chinese language programs: A survey of US college placement procedures","authors":"Ran Zhao, Matthew D. Coss, Henry Ruan, Bailu Li, Jing Ma","doi":"10.1111/flan.12709","DOIUrl":"10.1111/flan.12709","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study reports the results of a national survey of the types and uses of assessments for matriculating secondary students into college Chinese language programs. In addition to providing an overview of college placement procedures obtained from 35 college Chinese programs, the survey also probed into the rationales behind the varied placement procedures across different colleges and universities, the range of commonly used standardized tests and related policies and perceptions, and the perceived effectiveness of such practices by 125 secondary and 74 postsecondary instructors. Our analysis identifies both practices that hinder high school students' smooth transition to college and practices that facilitate the transition and achieve optimal placement in postsecondary Chinese programs. Based on analyses of convergent and divergent practices and perspectives, we recommend a series of principles and strategies for more effective secondary-postsecondary articulation of Chinese language programs in the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":47560,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals","volume":"56 3","pages":"690-719"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/flan.12709","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42652446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"French pronunciation instruction using the PACE model","authors":"Céline Rose, Adam F. McBride","doi":"10.1111/flan.12711","DOIUrl":"10.1111/flan.12711","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As an overwhelming amount of research has demonstrated that educator preparation programs do not adequately prepare instructors to teach pronunciation, this study aims to help teachers of foreign languages to implement and improve pronunciation instruction (PI) in their classroom by adapting PACE (Presentation, Attention, Co-construction, and Extension), the commonly used model for grammar instruction. The present study explores the efficacy of this model in improving learners' ability (1) to associate target phonemes with the appropriate phonological context and (2) to produce target phonemes distinctly in a spontaneous speech task. Data suggest that a modified PACE model for PI can be effective in both intermediate- and advanced-level courses. The possibility of adapting an existing and well-known method for teaching grammar would allow teachers to implement and/or improve their PI with minimal additional training.</p>","PeriodicalId":47560,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals","volume":"56 3","pages":"532-551"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44646287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristen Michelson, Mourad Abdennebi, Chuck Michelson
{"title":"Text-centered “talk” in foreign language classrooms: Comparing the affordances of face-to-face and digital social annotated reading","authors":"Kristen Michelson, Mourad Abdennebi, Chuck Michelson","doi":"10.1111/flan.12712","DOIUrl":"10.1111/flan.12712","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This quasi-experimental study compares text-centered dialogs between two groups of intermediate second language (L2) French learners: traditional face-to-face (FTF) discussion groups; and groups who annotated and discussed texts through the digital social annotated reading (DSAR) platform, <i>Hypothes.is</i>. All participants read the same articles, with discussions guided by the same reading questions. Participants' dialogs in both conditions were coded based on types of discursive moves, then analyzed through a framework of social, textual, and linguistic affordances. Findings revealed that social affordances emerged significantly more frequently than other affordances among FTF groups while textual affordances emerged significantly more frequently than other affordances among DSAR groups. Findings support the benefits of DSAR tools for more anchored discussions over traditional FTF classroom discussions, with the caution that DSAR tools alone do not necessarily promote deep discussion of foreign language texts. Beyond pedagogical implications, this study suggests an expansion of theoretical frameworks of affordances in future DSAR research.</p>","PeriodicalId":47560,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals","volume":"56 3","pages":"600-626"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46741640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The associations between foreign language anxiety and the effectiveness of immediate and delayed corrective feedback","authors":"Mengxia Fu, Shaofeng Li","doi":"10.1111/flan.12708","DOIUrl":"10.1111/flan.12708","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article reports on a study exploring the associations between foreign language anxiety and the effectiveness of immediate and delayed corrective feedback (CF) in the acquisition of the English past tense. One hundred and two middle school English as a foreign language (EFL) learners responded to the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale for the purpose of gauging their foreign language anxiety. They were then assigned to three conditions: Immediate CF, Delayed CF, and Task Only. The three groups performed six communicative tasks in three treatment sessions, two in each session, which aimed to elicit the learners' use of the English past tense. The Immediate and Delayed CF groups received CF treatments during task performance in the first and final treatment sessions, respectively, and the Task Only group performed the learning tasks without receiving any CF treatment. The results showed that anxiety was a significant predictor of Delayed CF but not Immediate CF and Task Only. Drawing on attentional control theory, we interpret the results as suggesting that the debilitative impact of anxiety on L2 learning is triggered by a heavier processing burden delayed CF imposes on learners' cognitive resources.</p>","PeriodicalId":47560,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals","volume":"57 1","pages":"201-228"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44072419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Issue Information - Ed Board, ACTFL Officers Page","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/flan.12622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12622","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47560,"journal":{"name":"Foreign Language Annals","volume":"56 2","pages":"233-234"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2023-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/flan.12622","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50151075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}