These slides accompany the afternoon presentation and workshop given on 27th January at Masaryk University Language Centre in Brno, Czech Republic.
https://www.cjv.muni.cz/cs/benoit-guibaud-2/
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Teaching practice in LSP and beyond
1. Teaching practice in LSP and beyond
Benoît Guilbaud
b.guilbaud@sussex.ac.uk
@benguilbaud
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Discussions around two case-studies
3. Context
25 final year
undergraduates (C1)
English ⇢ French
translation (L1 ⇢ L2)
September 2011 -
March 2012
Weekly contributions
to discussion forums
18 texts
18 weeks
1 hour / week
contact time
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4. Weekly task
Sharing part of the
homework on the forums
Commenting on one
another’s contributions
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5. The study
Collect student feedback on use of discussion forums for peer-feedback
Measure student engagement with discussion forums
Evaluate impact on performance (contributions / marks)
Evaluate quality of interactions on the forums
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6. Methodology
3 feedback questionnaires assessing
expectations & satisfaction
pre / mid / post-study
quantitative + open questions
Section(2(–(Social(networking(sites(7(for!all!purposes!other!than!translation
2a.$Are$you$a$member$of$one$or$more$social$networking$sites$(Facebook,$Twitter,$Google+,$etc.)?$Which$one(s)?
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2b.$If$you$answered$‘yes’$in$2a,$please$place$one$tick$per$line$in$the$following$table:
When using social
networking sites (not
for translation
purposes)
Never Rarely Sometimes Often
Very
often
Always
Not
applicable /
don’t know
I log in to my existing
member account.
I read other
members’
contributions and
existing discussions.
I post contributions
in response to other
members’ activity.
I engage in longer
discussions (more
than 2 posts) with
other members.
When another
member has a
question, I try and
answer it.
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Preliminary$questionnaire$X$Benoît$Guilbaud$X$2011
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7. Methodology
Collection and analysis of
contributions to OADs (Online
Asynchronous Discussions) using
Murphy’s collaboration model (2004)
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12. “I think it works really well and is easy to access.”
“Working really well - maybe we could
have a similar thing on other modules.”
“It would be useful to have it for other courses.”
“Very useful.”
Feedback
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13. “Not enough students use it for it to be
wholly effective. I think most students just
rely on the contributions of others.”
“It is just down to ourselves to make more of
an effort this term, which I will attempt to do.”
Feedback
“Very useful. No improvements needed.”
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14. Feedback from students who did not find the platform useful
“Make it more easily accessible - link on [VLE]?”
“I have tried to log in a few times but it won’t
work so I gave up out of frustration!”
“No one really uses it so it’s not very useful.
Maybe if you integrate it into the lesson.”
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19. Impact of assessment on number of contributions
Guilbaud, 2012 McNeilly & Zhok, 2012
Level: BA Level: MA
Blended learning Distance learning
Not assessed Assessed (10% of unit)
Feedback mostly positive (92%) Feedback “overwhelmingly positive”
Average no. of contributions
per student per week = 0,27
Average no. of contributions
per student per week ≃1
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25. Murphy’s collaboration model (2004)
A Producing shared artefacts
B Building shared goals and purposes
C Co-constructing shared perspectives and meanings
P Accommodating or reflecting the perspectives of others
I Articulating individual perspectives
S Social presence
Collaboration
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26. A Producing shared artefacts
B Building shared goals and purposes
C Co-constructing shared perspectives and meanings
P Accommodating or reflecting the perspectives of others
I Articulating individual perspectives
S Social presence
Collaboration
Distribution of contributions per category (% of total)
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27. Distribution of contributions per category (% of total)
A Producing shared artefacts 0%
B Building shared goals and purposes 0%
C Co-constructing shared perspectives and meanings 33%
P Accommodating or reflecting the perspectives of others 2%
I Articulating individual perspectives 23%
S Social presence 41%
Collaboration
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28. Distribution of contributions per category (% of total)
A Producing shared artefacts 0%
B Building shared goals and purposes 0%
C Co-constructing shared perspectives and meanings 33%
P Accommodating or reflecting the perspectives of others 2%
I Articulating individual perspectives 23%
S Social presence 41%
Collaboration
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29. Distribution of contributions per category (% of total)
A Producing shared artefacts 0%
B Building shared goals and purposes 0%
C Co-constructing shared perspectives and meanings 33%
P Accommodating or reflecting the perspectives of others 2%
I Articulating individual perspectives 23%
S Social presence 41%
Collaboration
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30. A Producing shared artefacts 0%
B Building shared goals and purposes 0%
C Co-constructing shared perspectives and meanings 33%
P Accommodating or reflecting the perspectives of others 2%
I Articulating individual perspectives 23%
S Social presence 41%
Collaboration
Distribution of contributions per category (% of total)
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31. Articulating individual perspectives (I)
A
Summarising or reporting on content without reference to
the perspectives of others (S)
5%B
C
P
Statement of personal opinion or beliefs making no reference
to perspectives of others (O)
18%I
S
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32. Accommodating or reflecting the perspectives of others (P)
A
Coordinating perspectives (C) 1%
B
Introducing new perspectives (N) 0%
C
P Indirectly disagreeing with challenging statements made by
another participant (I)
1%
I
Directly disagreeing with challenging statements made by
another participant (D)
1%
S
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33. Co-constructing shared perspectives and meanings (C)
A Sharing advice (S) 0%
Responding to questions (R) 11%B
Provoking thought and discussion (P) 0%C
P Soliciting feedback (F) 9%
Posing rhetorical questions (Q) 0%
I
Asking for clarification/ elaboration (A) 10%
S Sharing information and resources (I) 4%
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34. Co-constructing shared perspectives and meanings (C)
A Sharing advice (S) 0%
Responding to questions (R) 11%B
Provoking thought and discussion (P) 0%C
P Soliciting feedback (F) 9%
Posing rhetorical questions (Q) 0%
I
Asking for clarification/ elaboration (A) 10%
S Sharing information and resources (I) 4%
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35. Co-constructing shared perspectives and meanings (C)
A Sharing advice (S) 0%
Responding to questions (R) 11%B
Provoking thought and discussion (P) 0%C
P Soliciting feedback (F) 9%
Posing rhetorical questions (Q) 0%
I
Asking for clarification/ elaboration (A) 10%
S Sharing information and resources (I) 4%
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36. Co-constructing shared perspectives and meanings (C)
A Sharing advice (S) 0%
Responding to questions (R) 11%B
Provoking thought and discussion (P) 0%C
P Soliciting feedback (F) 9%
Posing rhetorical questions (Q) 0%
I
Asking for clarification/ elaboration (A) 10%
S Sharing information and resources (I) 4%
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38. Identified issues
Lack of a common goal
Little acknowledgement of perspectives of others
Near-absence of disagreements
50% of questions left unanswered
Near-absence of source referencing & sharing
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39. Suggested criteria for evaluating
online collaboration
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!Work in progress
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Input and social presence
Critical thinking and reflective practice
Contribution to common goal
Answering other users’ questions
Referencing and sharing of sources
Little acknowledgement of perspectives of others
Near-absence of disagreements
Lack of a common goal
50% of questions left unanswered
Near-absence of source referencing & sharing
46. Correlation between contribution and performance difficult to establish
Impact of non-assessment on student engagement
Limitations
Students’ technical ability not to be overestimated
Picture by marc falardeau via flickr.com
47. Extend use of OADs to promote open learning
and beyond...
Promote participation
Train critically-competent and digitally-literate learners
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48. Belshaw, D., 2011. What is digital literacy? A Pragmatic investigation. Doctoral thesis, Durham University.Available at http://
neverendingthesis.com and http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/cgi/latest [accessed 28th March 2012].
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Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, 6-8 July 2011, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.
McNeilly, E. & Zhok,A., 2012.The Online Discussion Board forTranslation - An Undergraduate MFL Perspective for the
Study of Italian and Russian. In: LLAS: 7th e-learning symposium. University of Southampton, 26-27 January 2012.
Mott, John., 2011. The End In Mind. www.jonmott.com [blog].
Murphy, E., 2004. Recognising and promoting collaboration in an online asynchronous discussion. In: British Journal of
Educational Technology, 35(4) pp.421–431.
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Vygotsky, L.S., 1978. Mind in society:The development of higher mental processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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Leicester, United Kingdom.
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49. Any questions or comments?
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51. Group activity 1 (see handout)
In your groups, discuss the following questions and statements:
1. How important is student collaboration and why?
2. In which ways do you currently promote collaboration in your class?
3. Would you use/adapt the proposed model? If so, how?
4. Do you, or do you intend to you assess collaboration? If so, would you
use a setup such as the proposed one? How else would you do it?
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52. Bring your own vocabulary
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Case study #2
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Context
Language for Specific Purposes: medical French - prevalence of lexicon
Y1&2 MBChB undergraduates / two academic years / 71 B2 students
Attempt to increase student engagement, motivation and collaboration
Draw on students’ specialist knowledge and clinical placement experience
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What’s in it for…
•Increasing breadth of vocabulary easily
and systematically
•Active participants in their learning
process
•Collaboratively involved in content
design
•Engage with outward-facing learning &
OER production
•Reduces need for specialist
knowledge
•Keeps students engaged
outside of contact hours
•Increases class motivation
•Saves time
Students Staff
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Google Drive
• Template list created by tutor for
each topic/fortnight
• Each student adds 5 words and
their translations
• Content is checked, curated and
completed by tutor
• Final list imported into web 2.0
vocab app Quizlet
• Students learn/revise list for
formative test the following week
• Summative vocab test in final
exam
Quizlet
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The study
•End-of-semester questionnaire
•53 open and closed questions
•44% respondents
18/06/2013 11:19Survey Results
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1. Please enter your full name (Optional) (NB: all survey results will be anonymised entirely)
Total Respondents 14
(skipped this question) 15
2. Which of the following units were you enrolled on in 2012-13?
Response
Total
Response
Percent
Points Avg
Medical French level 1 7 35% n/a n/a
Medical French level 2 9 45% n/a n/a
Business French
"further" level
4 20% n/a n/a
Total Respondents 20 100%
(skipped this question) 9
3. "I understand that my answers may be used and quoted anonymouly for the purpose of the present research study." Click here
to read more.
Response
Total
Response
Percent
Points Avg
Yes 20 100% n/a n/a
Total Respondents 20
(skipped this question) 9
4. From which devices did you usually access Quizlet? Tick all answers that apply.
Response
Total
Response
Percent
Points Avg
University PC 9 53% n/a n/a
Personal
computer
(including
laptop)
17 100% n/a n/a
Smartphone 5 29% n/a n/a
Tablet 0 0% n/a n/a
Printed lists 1 6% n/a n/a
Other, please
specify
0 0% n/a n/a
Total Respondents 17
(skipped this question) 12
5. From which device did you access Quizlet the most?
Response
Total
Response
Percent
Points Avg
University PC 1 6% n/a n/a
Personal computer
(including laptop)
14 82% n/a n/a
Smartphone 2 12% n/a n/a
Tablet 0 0% n/a n/a
Printed lists 0 0% n/a n/a
Other (as specified
above)
0 0% n/a n/a
Total Respondents 17 100%
(skipped this question) 12
Quizlet survey 2013
Respondents: 29 displayed, 29 total Status: Closed
Launched Date: 05/06/2013 Closed Date: 16/06/2013
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Conclusions
•Experience very positive overall
•High level of student engagement and satisfaction
•Several positive comments in unit satisfaction survey
•Summative test results show very effective learning
•System works best for individual words and short phrases
•Importance of thorough curation of contents by tutor
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Comments
•“Provided there is appropriate oversight this is a fantastic resource.”
•“I will definitely continue to use Quizlet in the future. I have also started
using it to help me learn other areas of my medicine degree.”
•“Quizlet has revolutionised the way I learn vocabulary.”
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89. Group activity 2 (see handout)
In your groups, discuss the following questions and statements:
1. What is the place of vocabulary learning in LSP?
2. Can you cite examples of integration of mobile learning in language teaching?
Have you used it yourself?
3. Can you think of ways to expand or improve on the proposed setup?
4. Can you suggest different ways of encouraging the creation of student-
generated materials?
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90. Thank you very much
Benoît Guilbaud
b.guilbaud@sussex.ac.uk
@benguilbaud
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