REDEFINING PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN ENGLISH CLASS

Taking a Leap of Faith: Redefining Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Through Project-Based Learning

learner autonomy in a computer-assisted project-based efl reading classroom

آموزش برمبنای ذخیره اطلاعات ، دانشجویان را به عنوان افرادی غیر متفکر وغیرقابل کنترل می پندارد . در همین راستا ، خواندن در سیستم آموزشی برمبنای ذخیره اطلاعات ، مهارتی پنداشته می شود که می توان آن را با یاد گرفتن انفعالی وجداگانه تعدادی از مهارتهای جزیی فراگرفت . درآن سو خواندن در سیستم آموزشی برمبنای طرح مسآله ،به عنوان رفتاری نقادانه تلقی می شود که از طریق آن می توان دنیای فرای کلمات را کشف کرد...

Redefining conceptions of grammar in English education in Asia: SFL in practice

This  case  study  analyzes  how  a  Taiwanese  EFL  teacher  participating  in  a  U.S.  based MATESOL program made sense of systemic functional linguistics (SFL) and genre based pedagogy  in  designing  and  reflecting  on  literacy  instruction  for  EFL  learners  in  Taiwan. Using  longitudinal  ethnographic  methods,  the  findings  indicate  that  this  teacher’s conceptualization  of  g...

Concordance-Based Data-Driven Learning Activities and Learning English Phrasal Verbs in EFL Classrooms

In spite of the highly beneficial applications of corpus linguistics in language pedagogy, it has not found its way into mainstream EFL. The major reasons seem to be the teachers’ lack of training and the unavailability of resources, especially computers in language classes. Phrasal verbs have been shown to be a problematic area of learning English as a foreign language due to their semantic op...

Beliefs about learning and learning strategies of Chinese English for international business (EIB) students in project-based learning instruction

This study examined students’ beliefs and strategies in project-based learning among International Business students in China and the relationships among these measures and their contribution to academic performance. In-depth interviews with 25 second-year students focused on their project learning experience examining their epistemology and strategy use. Analysis of interview data identified d...