Foreign Language Research in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Editors

Kees de Bot

Ralph B. Ginsberg

Claire Kramsch

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This volume focuses on priorities for research in language pedagogy. The aim is to give an up-to-date overview of current thinking about important research issues such as the viability of large scale comparisons, the quantitative/qualitative research controversy, new trends in language testing and evaluation, and the role of different learning environments. In their discussions of these issues researchers from the US and from different countries in Europe show to what extent the priorities differ on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

[Studies in Bilingualism, 2] 1991. xi, 275 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.2

Table of Contents

Foreword Richard D. Lambert	ix
Preface Kees de Bot, Claire Kramsch and Ralph B. Ginsberg
I. Priorities in the US and in Europe	1
Foreign Language Instruction and second Language Acquisition Research in the United States Charles A. Ferguson and Thom Huebner	3
Empirical Foreign Language Reaserch in Europe Theo van Els, Kees de Bot and Bert Weltens	21
Measurement and Research Design Ralph B. Ginsberg	35
Focus on Form: A Design Feature in Language Teaching Methodology Mike Long	39
Pros, Cons, and Limits to Quantitative Approaches in Foreign Language Acquisition Research Wallace E. Lambert	53
Ask A Stupid Question…: Testing Language Proficiency in the Context of Research Studies Christine Klein-Braley	73
Item Response Theory and Reduced Redundancy Techniques: Some Notes on Recent Developments in Language Testing Mats Oscarson	95
II. Teaching Environments	113
Introduction to the Section on Teaching Environments Kees de Bot	115
Research on Language Teaching Methodologies: A Review of the Past and an Agenda for the Future Diane Larsen-Freeman	119
Problems in Defining Instructional Methodologies Christopher Brumfit	133
Evaluation of Foreign Language Teaching Projects and Programmes Rosamond Mitchell	145
The Characterization of Teaching and Learning Environments: Problems and Perspectives Dick Allwright	161
III. Learning Environments	175
Introduction to the Section Learning Environments Claire Kramsch	177
Some Ins and Outs of Foreign Language Classroom Research Willis J. Edmondson	181
Linguistic Theory and Foreign Language Learning Environments Suzanne Flynn	197
Culture in Language Learning: A View from the United States Claire Kramsch	217
Implications of Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Research and Practice in Foreign Language Learning Ralph B. Ginsberg	241

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Subjects

Linguistics

Language acquisition

Language teaching

Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 91006804