Building a Classroom Discourse Community in University Spanish Courses: What High-Achieving Language Teachers Do

Autor/in	Borden, Rebecca
Titel	Building a Classroom Discourse Community in University Spanish Courses: What High-Achieving Language Teachers Do
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 55 (2022) 2, S.586-609 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
DOI	10.1111/flan.12614
Schlagwörter	Classroom Communication; College Second Language Programs; Spanish; High Achievement; Language Teachers; College Faculty; Reading Achievement; Writing Achievement; Teacher Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassengespräch; Spanisch; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Fakultät; Leseleistung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to uncover how high-achieving university Spanish instructors engage in the core practice of building a classroom discourse community at a doctoral-level university in the southwestern United States. The second goal of this study was to determine whether student performance on reading and writing assessments was impacted by a focus on oral communication. Findings indicated that high-achieving university Spanish instructors employed the use of personalized contexts for interaction and purposefully conceptualized planning and enacting of communicative tasks, although specific approaches in creating a classroom discourse community varied by the instructor. Despite the focus on oral communication in the participants' classes, student performance in courses taught by high-achieving instructors was significantly higher in reading and writing assessments than the performance of students in courses taught by other instructors in the same course and language program. Findings support the notion that high-leverage teaching practices have a palpable, practical impact on student learning. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01