Category: Language Learning
L2 Spiral Learning
Is it a line? Is it a wave? Is it a circle? No. It is a spiral. Second Language Learning is a spiral.
“Development, as often happens, proceeds here not in a circle but in a spiral, passing through the same point at each new revolution while advancing to a higher level” (Vygotsky 1978: 56).
Netiquette for Spanish Video Chats
Feel free to use it!
Normalisation of CALL?
L2 Writing Assignments: Add value
“When students perceived they were contributing something of value to the public arena, they put in a great deal of effort in the process and attention to the product, yielding positive results in their learning to write in a second language. When students did not see their work as having any particular social or cultural relevance, they showed little interest in Web-based publishing and the medium itself lent little extra legitimacy or authenticity to their writing assignments.” (Warshauer 1998:64)