ERIC Number: EJ1403529
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0313-5373
EISSN: EISSN-1835-517X
Four ESOL Graduate Students' Hybrid Learning through a Reflective Project: A Qualitative Case Study
Park, Ho-Ryong
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v48 n2 p37-54 2023
This is a qualitative case study to investigate English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) graduate students' learning experiences when completing a reflective project. Four graduate students in the United States participated in this study and completed the project to share their linguistic and cultural stories in a traditional paper-based essay format and in a multimedia format. The data consisted of a reflection paper, digital storytelling (DST), a project report, an oral presentation, and an interview, which were analysed through content analysis. The findings included participants' learning of (a) language and culture, (b) language teaching, (c) language teachers' responsibilities, and (d) technology. These showed that ESOL graduate students' dialogues with preceding, current, and future utterances indicated their hybrid learning experiences through traditional and technology-mediated reflective tasks. The author discussed the influences of dialogues within their hybrid learning. In addition, pedagogical implications of a combined project between a reflection paper and DST and the instructional elements of DST that teachers need to consider were suggested.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Graduate Students, Teacher Education Programs, Language Teachers, Story Telling, Student Attitudes, Student Experience, Cultural Awareness, Essays, Technology Uses in Education, Blended Learning, Foreign Students, Journal Writing, Student Projects, Dialogs (Language)
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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