New Canadian Modern Language Review Ahead of Print articles available online!
“As a Person, I Feel I’ve Changed Pretty Immensely”: Sojourners’ Aspirations and Self-Perceived Achievements
Mareike Müller
This article explores the interplay between learners’ linguistic and personal objectives as well as evaluations of their achievements in study-abroad contexts, an area that has thus far remained widely unexplored given the prevalence of product-oriented, outcomes-based research. The study draws on the case of one Canadian student of German who studied abroad at a German university for one year. To adopt an emic perspective, the data gained from a learning history questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, and e-journals were analyzed and interpreted within the framework of narrative analysis. The results show not only that learners’ sojourn objectives may be complex, dynamic, and contradictory in nature but also that they need to be examined beyond their face value, as they are entangled with learners’ negotiations of desirable subject positions and attempts to integrate their sojourn experiences, successes, and frustrations in a coherent and positive life narrative.
Two Expatriate English Instructors in China: Their Experiences, and Perspectives of Local Students and Teachers
Ling Shi
This study explores how two expat English writing instructors in Chinese universities teach and reflect on their role, as well as how their students, colleagues, and administrators perceive the role and teaching of the two expats. Findings illustrate that both expats worked hard to teach the English academic writing style they were familiar with. One (Allan) did so by adopting a “Chinese style” of lecturing and the other (Barbra) did so by focusing on process-oriented writing activities. Students, however, complained about a lack of interaction in Allan’s classes and a planned curriculum in Barbra’s classes. The Chinese professors believed that the expat teachers, without knowing students’ needs for a combination of systematic knowledge learning and interactive classroom teaching, are disadvantaged over the local Chinese teachers. The study, by illustrating how the local and expat participants are “otherized,” suggests that the two parties should exchange views to discuss better practice and to avoid stereotyping.
La place de l’art dramatique dans un cours de français oral de 2e année universitaire
Catherine Black
Depuis les années 70, des chercheurs en didactique des langues vantent les mérites de l’art dramatique dans l’enseignement des langues, car elle motive, encourage la confiance en soi et facilite la communication ainsi que la coopération chez l’apprenant tout en faisant appel à sa créativité et au développement de son imagination. Cet article décrit un cours de français oral de 2e année universitaire utilisant l’art dramatique. L’article montre comment le cours est organisé et évalué. Il offre aussi de nombreuses ressources aux enseignants de FLE ou FLS qui seraient tentés d’utiliser cette approche.
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