Supporting Young Learners in Speaking English
Tasks and Digital Technologies in Foreign Language Learning in Primary School
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Beschreibung
How can technology-enhanced tasks be used to support oral communication in heterogeneous English as a Foreign Language (EFL) primary classrooms? This study explores pre-service and in-service teachers’ cognitions on the use of technology-enhanced foreign language learning tasks. The study investigates aspects of such tasks with a relevant impact on the development of learners’ oral communicative competence, criteria considered relevant for the design of such tasks for heterogeneous groups, and helpful support for creating and implementing such tasks.
How can technology-enhanced tasks be used to support oral communication in heterogeneous English as a Foreign Language (EFL) primary classrooms? This study explores pre-service and in-service teachers’ cognitions on the use of technologyenhanced foreign language learning tasks in the young learners’ classroom. The study investigates the aspects of technology-enhanced tasks that participants consider as having a relevant impact on the development of learners’ oral communicative competence, the criteria participants consider relevant for the design of such tasks in ways that cater for the needs of heterogeneous groups, and the support participants consider helpful in order to create and implement such tasks.
Data were collected by carrying out three small-scale technology-enhanced projects in EFL primary school classrooms in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg. The findings suggest that technology-enhanced tasks are well suited to supporting heterogeneous groups of primary school children in speaking English.
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Andreas Kullick
Andreas Kullick has taught at primary and secondary schools and has also worked as a teacher trainer in English language teaching. He holds a PhD from the University of Education in Schwäbisch Gmünd and has been a Senior Lecturer in English Language Teaching at the University of Augsburg since February 2024.
Themen in »Supporting Young Learners in Speaking English«
Englischunterricht Grundschule Sprechen Digitale Medien Heterogenität Thematic analysis Thematische Analyse Teacher cognition communicative competence Lernaufgaben TBLT task-based language teaching TSLLT task-supported language learning and teaching CALL