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Merschel, Lisa; Munné, Joan – L2 Journal, 2022
Many researchers and educators have studied the use of Machine Translation (MT) in the L2 classroom, yet little data exists on World Language 6-12th grade educators' perceptions of MT. This study inquires into the ways that middle school and high school L2 educators perceive MT and how educators are adapting their assignments in light of its use.…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Bian, Yongwei – L2 Journal, 2022
This is an action research report about the making of three dialogic learners, Cindy, Yori, and Leo at an arts-oriented university in China. It draws inspiration from Gao's dialogical communicator (2014), which is constructed on Bakhtin's dialogic theory (1981). These students, with their struggles and efforts, will hopefully become open-minded…
Descriptors: Action Research, Dialogs (Language), Educational Theories, English (Second Language)
Shufflebarger, Amanda – L2 Journal, 2021
This study draws upon Mindful L2 Teacher Education (Johnson & Golombek, 2016) to explore how volunteer community tutors of adult English as a Second Language (ESL) conceptualize and enact their roles as creative teachers. Through three case studies, I explore community language teachers' preunderstandings, contradictions, and growth points.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Volunteers
Kim, Minsook – L2 Journal, 2021
We language educators are constant learners of teaching, not only of up-to-date pedagogy and technology but also the social context of target and native culture within which teaching occurs. Beyond my formal education, integral to my knowledge base are the range of student populations I have served and the variety of language teaching contexts I…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Popular Culture, Context Effect
Baggett, Hannah Carson – L2 Journal, 2020
Critical pedagogical work hinges upon teachers' critical consciousness about students' identities that constitute 'diversity' and how they are situated within systems of oppression and privilege. In this study, survey data were collected from practicing world language teachers' (WLTs) to explore their beliefs about the extent to which dimensions…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Glynn, Cassandra; Spenader, Allison – L2 Journal, 2020
This interpretive multiple-case study examines the practices and perspectives of four mid-level and secondary world language teachers in diverse teaching contexts as they design and implement critical content-based instruction units in their classes. Knowing that content can be defined as either cultural or academic content (Spenader, Wesely,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Change, Video Technology
Heidenfeldt, William – L2 Journal, 2020
In this article, I examine two focal students of L2 French whose curiosity and embodied learning inspired me to rethink my teaching about personal gender expression and grammatical gender and to develop curricular innovations that would open up pathways for self-expression in the L2 French classroom.
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Grammar
Kim, Soo Hyon; Saenkhum, Tanita – L2 Journal, 2019
Little research has been conducted on the professional identities of L2 writing scholars despite the increasing number of researchers, teachers, and graduate students identifying themselves as L2 writing specialists. While the (re)construction of L2 writing scholars' professional identities have real consequences for their career, the challenges…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Wu, Xi; Tarc, Paul – L2 Journal, 2016
This paper engages the perspectives of teachers working in an English language department of a vocational college in China. It takes a transdisciplinary approach, applying constructs from the fields of comparative education, postcolonial theories in education, and critical applied linguistics to a case study of English language teaching; while the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Liu, Haiqin; Dervin, Fred – L2 Journal, 2016
With the current rise of China as a political, cultural, and economic superpower, Chinese as a foreign and second language has gained popularity worldwide. Finland is also responding to this global wave, as is reflected by the increasing number of Chinese courses in formal and informal settings in the Nordic country. Yet not all actors involved in…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Czerwionka, Lori; Gorokhovsky, Bridget – L2 Journal, 2015
This case study developed a collaborative approach to the selection of a Spanish language textbook. The collaborative process consisted of six steps, detailed in this article: team building, generating evaluation criteria, formulating a meaningful rubric, selecting prospective textbooks, calculating rubric results, and reflectively reviewing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Textbook Selection, Spanish, Second Language Instruction
Hsu, Shuliang – L2 Journal, 2014
Teaching Chinese as a second language in Taiwan vs. in the United States. How are they different? What are the challenges to teachers? This article will bring to you interesting findings from the perspective of a native speaking Chinese teacher.
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Cross Cultural Studies
Barahona, Byron A. – L2 Journal, 2014
This article discusses the perilous legitimacy and professional vulnerability of the foreign-born Spanish instructor in the U.S. First, it examines the academic goals of language and in particular Spanish departments regarding the development of language proficiency, the study of cultural values of the Spanish-speaking world, and the place of…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers