Developing a Badge System for a Community ESL Class Based on the Canadian Language Benchmarks

Autor/inn/en	McCollum, Robb Mark; Reed, Elena Tornar
Titel	Developing a Badge System for a Community ESL Class Based on the Canadian Language Benchmarks
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 23 (2020) 2, S.228-236 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1481-868X
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Multilingualism; Grouping (Instructional Purposes); Teaching Methods; Student Centered Learning; Benchmarking; Learning Motivation; Student Evaluation; Feedback (Response); Foreign Countries; Adult Education; Immigrants; Check Lists; Language Teachers; Canada; Utah + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Grouping; Gruppenbildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Ausland; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Checkliste; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Kanada
Abstract	Teaching multilingual, multilevel language classes presents many challenges including helping students learn level-appropriate language. This learner-centred approach is complicated in a multilevel classroom where the teacher cannot always focus on each student's needs. As a result, learner motivation and attendance are frequent problems. This article details the adaptation of the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) into a badge system to help learners in a community English as a Second Language (ESL) program set and track personalized language learning goals. The authors explain the purposes of badges, including motivation and assessment, and describe how to create a CLB-based badge system for curriculum and assessment purposes. The authors also share feedback from students and instructors in the community ESL program about the badge-based curriculum. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics / Association Canadienne de Linguistique Appliquée. Departement de langues, linguistique et traduction, Pavillon de Koninck, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada. Web site: http://www.aclacaal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01