Critical Incidents as a Window into Simple Language Management

Autor/in	Sieglová, Dagmar
Titel	Critical Incidents as a Window into Simple Language Management
Quelle	In: Language Learning in Higher Education, 12 (2022) 1, S.105-127 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2191-611X
DOI	10.1515/cercles-2022-2043
Schlagwörter	Critical Incidents Method; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Learning Strategies; Higher Education; Study Habits; Student Attitudes; Learning Motivation; Language Skills; Personal Autonomy; Language Usage; Personal Narratives; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Linguistic Theory; Study Abroad; Socialization; Travel; Overseas Employment; Czech Republic + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Individuelle Autonomie; Sprachgebrauch; Erlebniserzählung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Ausland; Linguistische Theorie; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Travelling; Reisen; Reise; Auslandstätigkeit; Tschechische Republik
Abstract	Language learning is a life-long process. In a world that connects people across nations through study, work, travel and socializing, new chances and challenges arise, intensifying a need to improve modern foreign language skills. The aim of language education, therefore, should not be limited to providing mere language instruction but it should also involve the development of learner autonomy so that students are equipped with strategies, methods, and approaches for managing their language development over the course of their whole lives. Higher Education Institution (HEI) teaching practices need to react to this reality through their teaching approaches and methodologies. The following study conducted with ŠKODA AUTO University presents an analysis of the current students' simple language management (LM) process, which reveals their language learning attitudes, behaviors and 'acts toward' language. Data were collected between 2017 and 2020 from students' written narratives describing and analyzing critical incidents (CI) that reflect the learning strategies the students adopt, the study styles they use, motivation for learning, as well as the actions they plan and conduct. As a result, these findings form the basis of a deeper understanding of the language teaching process, which in turn enhances language education methodology. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01