英语翻译Second Language Classroom Research.ERIC Digest.Second (o

英语翻译
Second Language Classroom Research.ERIC Digest.
Second (or foreign) language classroom research is research that is carried out in the language classroom for the purpose of answering important questions about the learning and teaching of foreign languages.This kind of research derives its data from either genuine foreign language classrooms (classrooms specifically constituted for the purposes of foreign language learning and teaching) or in experimental laboratory settings that are set up for the purpose of research.These experimental settings are sometimes established to replicate or recreate what happens in language classrooms,although more often than not laboratory settings make no pretense at such replication.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE AIMS AND ISSUES IN CLASSROOM RESEARCH?
Classroom research can focus on teachers or on learners,or on the interaction between teachers and learners.Teacher-focused research examines such factors as the classroom decision-making processes of teachers,and what is referred to as teacher talk.Teacher talk encompasses the kinds of questions that teachers ask,the amount and type of talking that teachers do,the type of error correction and feedback that teachers provide,and the speech modifications teachers make when talking to second language learners.
Research that focuses on the learner looks at,for example,the developmental aspects of learner language,the learning styles and strategies used by different learners,the type of language prompted by various types of materials and pedagogic tasks,the classroom interaction that takes place between learners,and the effect of this interaction on learner language development.
A great deal of second language classroom research is carried out within the subdiscipline of applied linguistics known as Second Language Acquisition (SLA).The ultimate goal of SLA research is to describe and to predict the stages that learners pass through in acquiring a second language,and to identify the processes through which learners acquire the target language.The purpose of classroom-oriented research is to identify the pedagogic variables that may facilitate or impede acquisition.The variables may relate to the learner,the teacher,the instructional treatment/environment or some form of interaction among these factors.