Overview

This book is the first substantive scholarly book on project-based and cross-curricular language learning using digital technologies. The book includes new empirical research on project-based language learning utilizing CALL technologies and conceptual and theoretical chapters that address new methodological approaches for researching project-based and cross-curricular language learning in digitally-mediated learning environments. This dual focus distinguishes the volume from previous books on project-based learning in which digital technologies have not been the main focus. CALL research involving a variety of languages is also offered. The book is timely in that, inspired by OECD reports and curriculum reforms in several countries, a repositioning and re-evaluation of foreign language education in school-based education has been taking place in which foreign language learning is taught in a multi-disciplinary approach involving an emphasis on collaborative literacies, including problem-solving, civic engagement, social justice and telecollaboration. In this mix, language learning, particularly driven by developments in CLIL (content and integrated language learning), is being taught as one of several disciplines in a way that firmly emphasizes communication and creativity rather than a traditional functional approach.

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Author:   Michael Thomas ,  Kasumi Yamazaki
Publisher:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781800500242

ISBN 10:   1800500246
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   17 March 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Projects, Pandemics and the Re-positioning of Digital Language Learning Michael Thomas and Kasumi Yamazaki PART I Project-Based Language Learning and Virtual Exchange 2. Project-Based Language Learning, Virtual Exchange and 3D Virtual Environments: A Critical Review of the Research Silvia Benini and Michael Thomas 3. Business English Telecollaboration in PBL in Indonesian and Saudi Arabian Contexts Imelda V. Bangun and Adel Alfaifi 4. Project-Based Language Learning as a Method to Create, Edit and Publish Online Learning Materials in Australian Primary Schools Thushara Ari PART II Project-Based Language Learning in Pedagogical Contexts 5. Project-Based Learning in Online Synchronous Writing Classrooms: Enhancing EFL Learners’ Awareness of the Ethics of Writing Fatemeh Nami 6. Incorporating Digital Projects into an Advanced Japanese Course: Effectiveness and Implementation Kai Xie 7. Project-Based Learning for Content and Language Integrated Learning and Pluriliteracies: Some Examples from Italian Schools Letizia Cinganotto 8. Project-Based Learning via ePortfolios: Integrating Web 2.0 Tools into Higher Education World Language Classes Rebecca L. Chism and Evan W. Faidley Part III Project-Based Language Learning and Social Justice 9. Transcultural Language Learning with Cinema, Social Justice and Teletandem Martha Guadalupe Hernández Alvarado and Anton T. Brinckwirth 10. Stories, Communities, Voices: Revitalizing Language Learning through Digital Media within a Project-Based Pedagogical Framework Jim Anderson and Vicky Macleroy 11. Epilogue: Critical Project-Based Learning and Moving Forwards in the Post-Pandemic University Michael Thomas Index

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Michael Thomas is Professor of Education at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Kasumi Yamazaki is Associate Professor of Japanese in the Department of World Languages & Cultures, University of Toledo, USA

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