Beyond the Language Classroom: Researching MOOCs and Other Innovations

• Published in: Research-publishing.net
• Main Authors: Qian, Kan, Ed, Bax, Stephen, Ed
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Research-publishing 2017
• Subjects: Access to Education; Chinese; Computer Oriented Programs; Educational Technology; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Grade 5; Graduate Study; Handheld Devices; Higher Education; Homework; Indo European Languages; Informal Education; International Programs; Language Proficiency; Large Group Instruction; Online Courses; Open Universities; Reading Instruction; Rural Areas; Second Language Learning; Social Development; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Technology Uses in Education; Telecommunications; Video Technology; Writing Instruction; United Kingdom; Italy; Belgium; China
• ISBN: 9781908416520; 1908416521

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 "Beyond the language classroom: researching MOOCs and other innovations" (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 "Kit de contact en langue chinoise" (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.]