Beyond the Language Classroom: Researching MOOCs and Other Innovations
Author: Qian, Kan, Ed.
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Books
Subjects: Large Group Instruction,Online Courses,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Foreign Countries,Second Language Learning,Teaching Methods,Computer Oriented Programs,Video Technology,Homework,Informal Education,International Programs,Higher Education,Language Proficiency,English (Second Language),Reading Instruction,Writing Instruction,Social Development,Grade 5,Chinese,Graduate Study,Student Attitudes,Open Universities,Telecommunications,Handheld Devices,Rural Areas,Access to Education,Indo European Languages

With the rise of the internet and new communication technologies, language learning has moved beyond the classroom walls. This volume presents a range of important studies on innovative ways for learning languages outside the classroom. Chapters discuss MOOCs in the UK, Belgium, China, and Italy for studying a range of languages, research on new apps, flipped classroom modes, and approaches to informal learning in a range of international settings. In these ways, the volume offers a significant contribution to understanding how learning beyond the language classroom will transform language education in the decades to come. The following chapters are presented here: (1) Introduction to &quot;Beyond the language classroom: researching MOOCs and other innovations&quot; (Kan, Qian, Stephen Bax); (2) Internationalization of higher education and the use of MOOCs to improve second language proficiency: the MOVE-ME project (Donatella Troncarelli and Andrea Villarini ); (3) Researching into a MOOC embedded flipped classroom model for college English Reading and Writing course (Zhang Xinying); (4) The MOOC-CLIL project: using MOOCs to increase language, and social and online learning skills for 5th grade K-12 students (Inge de Waard and Kathy Demeulenaere); (5) Dualism-based design of the Introductory Chinese MOOC &quot;Kit de contact en langue chinoise&quot; (Jue Wang-Szilas and Joël Bellassen); (6) The Move-Me project: reflecting on xMOOC and cMOOC structure and pedagogical implementation (Laura McLoughlin and Francesca Magnoni); (7) Integrating a MOOC into the postgraduate ELT curriculum: reflecting on students' beliefs with a MOOC blend (Marina Orsini-Jones, Barbara Conde Gafaro, and Shooq Altamimi); (8) MOOCs for language learning--opportunities and challenges: the case of the Open University Italian Beginners' MOOCs (Anna Motzo and Anna Proudfoot); (9) An exploration of the use of mobile applications to support the learning of Chinese characters employed by students of Chinese as a foreign language (Amanda Mason and Zhang Wenxin); (10) English at your fingertips: learning initiatives for rural areas (Lilit Bekaryan, Zaruhi Soghomonyan, and Arusyak Harutyunyan); (11) The language exchange programme: plugging the gap in formal learning (Tita Beaven, Mara Fuertes Gutiérrez, and Anna Motzo); and (12) Informal learning activities for learners of English and for learners of Dutch (Anne Van Marsenille). Individual chapters provide references. [Funding provided by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.]