Learner-generated content and engagement in second language task performance

Lambert, Craig and Philp, Jenefer Jane and Nakamura, Sachiko (2017) Learner-generated content and engagement in second language task performance. Language Teaching Research, 21 (6). pp. 665-680. ISSN 1362-1688

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Abstract

This study investigates the benefits of designing second language (L2) learning tasks to operate on learner-generated content (related to actual content in their lives and experiences) as opposed to teacher-generated content typical of current approaches to L2 task design (fictitious ideas and events created to provide an opportunity for meaningful language use). Thirty-two Japanese learners completed parallel versions of narrative tasks, which operated on learner-generated content and teacher-generated content respectively. Learner engagement in L2 use was measured in terms of behavioral, cognitive, and social components: behavioral engagement was measured in terms of effort and persistence in task completion; cognitive engagement in terms of attention to elaborating and clarifying content; and social engagement in terms of participants’ affiliation in the discourse. Results indicate that tasks operating on learner-generated as opposed to teacher-generated content had positive effects on all aspects of engagement in L2 use during task performance. Furthermore, participants’ affective responses to the respective conditions as reflected in a post-performance questionnaire corroborated the results for performance. This indicates that learners were also more emotionally engaged in the performance of the tasks in the learner-generated content condition than they were in those in the teacher-generated content condition.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Language Teaching Research
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The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Language Teaching Research, 21 (6), 2017, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Language Teaching Research page: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/LTR on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3304
Subjects:
?? affectengagementpersonal investmenttask-based language teaching (tblt)task motivationeducationlinguistics and languagelanguage and linguistics ??
ID Code:
86632
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Deposited On:
17 Dec 2018 14:10
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Yes
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Published
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