Distributed Language Learning in 3D Virtual Environments
Proposal Abstract: In language teaching, the hidden agenda of cultural values as they are dynamically co-constructed in situated conversations is usually replaced by teaching rules and conventions, in which sense values, meanings and communicative strategies are treated as static phenomena. This form-based learning and teaching implies the language bias (Linell, 2005) or the code view … Continue reading
Participatory Research of Bilingual and Biliterate Practice for Immigrant Students
Abstract: It has been suggested that biliterate and bilingual education can contribute to students’ linguistic and cultural flexibility, which is likely to be an asset in a world that makes increasing use of multilingual and multimodal communication (Hornberger, 2007; Huang, 1995; Kenner, 2003). Immigrant children, with their access to their first language, are expected to … Continue reading
