Developing Content and Form: Encouraging Evidence from Italian Content-Based Instruction

Autor/in	Rodgers, Daryl M.
Titel	Developing Content and Form: Encouraging Evidence from Italian Content-Based Instruction
Quelle	In: Modern Language Journal, 90 (2006) 3, S.373-386 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-7902
DOI	10.1111/j.1540-4781.2006.00430.x
Schlagwörter	Italian; Second Language Learning; Second Languages; Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Language Processing; Language Skills; Geography; Improvement; Higher Education; Knowledge Level; Skill Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Italienisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Second language; Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sprachverarbeitung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Geografie; Qualitätssteigerung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Wissensbasis; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung
Abstract	Swain (1985) pointed out the need for increased modified output in the classroom in order to encourage learners to engage in more syntactic processing and, thus, make more form-meaning connections. Research in content-based instruction (CBI) ( Musumeci, 1996; Pica, 2002) has revealed few occasions of pushed modified output from learners. Therefore, one questions whether CBI classes are effective in promoting and developing not only content knowledge, but also form-function abilities, specifically in the expressive skills. Second language (L2) learners from a 3rd semester university-level content-based geography course (N = 43) completed 2 (or 3) production tasks at the beginning and end of the regular semester. The findings revealed that learners made significant improvements in both content knowledge and functional linguistic abilities. However, it is possible that that latter still has room for improvement. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10