Interaction and Knowledge Construction in Online English Teaching - A Learning Analytics Perspective

Within a Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning context, this book investigates how teachers and learners interacted and articulated their understanding of English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP)-related knowledge in a synchronous EFL classroom.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Interaction in second language synchronous computer-mediated communication 3. Knowledge construction in online learning contexts 4. Teaching and learning in English for Research Publication Purposes courses 5. An integrated framework for English for Research Publication Purposes knowledge construction in synchronous computer-mediated communication 6. Research methodology 7. Using social network analysis to analyze interaction in an English for Research Publication Purposes classroom 8. Using epistemic network analysis to analyze knowledge construction in an English for Research Publication Purposes classroom 9. Using lag sequential analysis to analyze knowledge construction sequence in an English for Research Publication Purposes classroom 10. Conclusion

About the author

Yining Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Tsinghua University, China. Her research interests include online language teaching and learning, individual differences in language learning, and learning analytics in language teaching and learning.

Summary

Within a Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learning context, this book investigates how teachers and learners interacted and articulated their understanding of English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP)-related knowledge in a synchronous EFL classroom.

Product details

• Authors: Yining Zhang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032562209
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256220-9
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: China Perspectives
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Linguistics, English, EDUCATION / Language Experience Approach, EDUCATION / Distance, Open & Online Education, Teaching of a specific subject, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), ELT: English for specific purposes, Open learning, home learning, distance education, ELT: Exams and tests of English for specific purposes, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Academic & Scholarly, Language learning for specific purposes, Open learning, distance education