Argumentation and Debate in Foreign Language Instruction

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1、ArgumentationandDebateinForeignLanguageInstruction:ACasefortheTraditionalClassroomFacilitatingAdvanced-LevelLanguageUptakeN.ANTHONYBROWNBrighamYoungUniversityDepartmentofGermanStudiesandSlavicLanguages3093JosephF.SmithBuildingProvo,UT84602-6713Email:tony_brown@byu.eduInrespons

2、etoagrowingdemandforhighlyproficientspeakersofforeignlanguages,bothfromprivateandgovernmentsectors,anaddedemphasishasbeenplacedonimmersion-typeprogramsthatofferextensivecontacttimeinatargetlanguage.Althoughtimeinatargetlanguagecertainlyplaysavaluableandneededrole,thisresearchde

3、monstratesthatinnovativecurriculardesignanddevelopmentintheuniversityforeignlanguageclassroomcanequalifnotexceeduptakethatoccursinextendedimmersionenvironments.Athoroughdescriptionoftheresearchdesignisprovided,includingtheapplicationof“memorybox”items,laboratoryself-recordings

4、,listening,reading,andwrittenexercises,andin-classpracticuminthetargetlanguageinvolvingBritishparliamentary-styledebateandModelUnitedNations.Preliminaryfindingsbasedoncertifiedpre-andpost-OralProficiencyInterviewandWrittenProficiencyTestratingssuggestthatsuchanapproachyieldssignifi

5、cantgain.Vygotsky’s(1978)ideaoftheZoneofProximalDevelopmentservesasausefulframeworkforexplainingahighpercentageofgainattheAdvanced-high/Superiorthresholdinoralproficiency,whereasnative-speakerwrittencorrectiverecastsfollowedbyrevisionandresubmissionofwrittenassignmentsofferause

6、fulparadigmforfacilitatingthresholdgainacrossarangeofproficiencylevelsforallparticipantsinvolved.THECORRELATIONBETWEENFOREIGNInteragencyLanguageRoundtable(ILR)scaleorlanguageuptakeandcontacttimehasreceivedtheequivalentofSuperiorlevelaccordingtothesignificantattentioninrecentyear

7、s.Consider,forAmericanCouncilontheTeachingofForeignexample,thelaunchingoftheNationalFlagshipLanguages(ACTFL)ProficiencyScale.EnrollingLanguageProgram,whichreflectsaresponseonstudentsinuniversityforeignlanguagecurriculathepartoftheU.S.governmenttourgentmat-inpreparationforsending

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