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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 397 673 FL 023 998 TITLE FLES News , DOCUMENT RESUME ED 397 673 FL 023 998 TITLE FLES News, Volume 8. INSTITUTION National Network for Early Language Learning. PUB DATE 95 NOTE 60p. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) Tests/Evaluation Instruments (160) JOURNAL CIT FLES News; v8 n1-3 1994-95 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Standards; Class Activities; *Classroom Research; Classroom Techniques; Conferences; Elementary Education; *FLES; *Heritage Education; Immersion Programs; Instructional Materials; Language Maintenance; Language Teachers; Longitudinal Studies; Newsletters; Practicums; Professional Associations; *Professional Development; Questionnaires; Second Language Instruction; Songs; Teacher Associations; *Teacher Education; Videotape Recordings IDENTIFIERS *Hawaii ABSTRACT Volume 8 of the newslettter for teachers of foreign language in elementary schools (FLES) features these articles: "The Teacher's Voice: Action Research in Your Classroom" (Anna Uhl Chamot); "Teacher Preparation: Using Videotapes in a Teaching Practicum" (Gisela Ernst, Kerri J. Richard); and "Hawaiian Language Immersion: Lessons from a Six-Year Study" (Helen B. Slaughter, Morris K. Lai). The second number also contains a planning form for classroom research and a questionnaire for newsletter recipients concerning national foreign language standards for grades K-4. Professional notes and announcements, legislative notes, fellowship announcements, conference calendars, and reviews of Instructional materials are also included in each issue. (MSE) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** OF EDUCniI0i.. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND U.S. DEPARTMENTRasoarch and Intprovornent 01140 ol Educational DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL RESOURCES INFORMATION EDUCATIONAL CENTER (ERIC) HAS BEEN GRANTED BY reproduced as document has been or organization 'lit!hiseceived trom the person _ originating it. have been madeto CI Minor changes quality. improve reproduction opinions stated inthis RESOURCES Points of view or TO THE EDUCATIONAL document do notnecessarily represent INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) or policy official OERI position LES NEWS FOR EARLY LANGUAGELEARNING en NATIONAL NETWORK Fall 1994 Volume 8, Number 1 The Teacher'sVoice: Action Researchin Your Classroom second language acquisition research. For example, ateacher might Anna Uhl Chamot students in National Foreign Language Resource Center conduct observations of her class and interview or test knowledge. The Georgetown UniversitylCenter for AppliedLinguistics order to identify areas of difficulty or gaps in their address the areas Washingtott, DC teacher could then design instructional activities to identified, and after a period of instruction again interview or testthe children to see whst impact the instruction had.This type of Elementary school foreign language teachers oftenhave questions classroom research would involve both descriptive andquantitative about how children learn languages andabout what the most effective methods.For descriptions of types of classroom research, see approaches are to working with children in thelanguage classroom. Johnson (1992; 1993) and t 'unan (1992). Frequently they reflect on their own teaching,analyze their students' responses, identify problems or puzzlesthat need solutions,experiment Asking a Research Question with different techniques, and evaluate theresults of different The pl anning stage of research begins with identifying aquestion approaches. If you are this kind of teacher, you maybe interested in to investigate. Keeping a journal about one'sreflections on teaching conducting research in your own classroom.Research involves and learning as a first step in finding a research questionhas been identifying a question you would like to find an answer to,collecting recommended by a number of researchers (Hatch & Lazsraton,1991; and analyzing data that may answer the question,and interpreting the Johnson & Men, 1992; Nunan, 1992; Richards & Lockhart,1994). A results. Action research is research conducteilby teachers, often journal can record puzzling class episodes, comments by children that (though not always) in collaboration with others,and which frequently reveal their insights into language learning, observationsby other leads to changes in the instructional context(Nunan, 1992). teachers about what does and does not work, and topics encountered The purpose of this article is to describe someof the types of while reading that suggest further exploration. Keeping a journal not research that elementary school foreign languageteachers can conduct only records ideas and impressions that might obherwise beforgotten, with their students. but it is also helpful in exploring ideas and developinginsights through the writing process itself (Richards & Lockhart,1994). Types of Research Journal entries should be made several times a week in order to Research can be categorized in a number of ways,though tho tmpture at least part of the day-to-day interactionof classroom moat usual way is to distinguish betweenquantitative research, which processes and teacher knowledge. Ey refularlyreviewing the joumal, seeks to answer a question throughexperimentation and statistic*: draw conclosions teachers can discover a particular area t z topic that recurs and that analyses, and qualitative research, which seeks to incites curiosity for investigation. }loans identified a particular from careful observation end descziption ofthe phenomena observed. kyle, the next step is to develop a question that will guide exploration Each has advantages and di5advantages. Theresults of quantitative ne ra 1 i zabl e than qualitativeresearch of it. research are thought to be .nomsk Two criteria should be kept in mind when considering possible because more objective means of acquiring data havebeen used. On research questions: the question should be important, not trivial; and the other hand, qualitative research is thought tobe superior to the cpstion should be answerable (Nunan, 1992). Forexample, an quantitative methods in capturing the complexityof language (and rather than important question in a foreign language immersion class would be, other) learning because of its focus on naturally occurring "What attitudes do my students have towards the target culture?" An experimentally elicited phenomena. It is probably a goodidea to view rn unimportant question for a language classroom would be, "What these two :ypes of research as a continuum,ranging from carefully studies (Larsen- weekend sports do my students participate in?" unless, of course, ci controlled experinunts to individual, introspective case language! Both of these possible and probably an option is a sport conducted in the target Freeman & Long, 1991). In addition, it is interview:, and qualitative methods in questions are answerable through surveys, structured jadvisable to employ both quantitative and observation. Examples of questions that are difficult Ulm*impossible (Coallsmed oft page 6) 2 BEST COPYAVAILABLE Page 2 NNELL Annual Meeting Notes from the President You are invited to attend the NNELL Annual Meeting at the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) As we progress through another academic year, we conference in Atlanta, GA, Saturday, November 19, from 10:00 to anticipate and plan for new projects, and we assess the 11:15 a.m. in Salon D of the Atlanta Hilton and Towers. achievements snd the challenges of the past. My goals for Also plan to attend the NNELL-sponsored Swap ShorBreakfast. Sunday, November 20 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. in Ballroom B of the MELT- these past 12 months were to provide more individuals with active roles in the organization, and to increase the Atlanta Hilton and Towers. The $10 fee for the breakfast should be participation of college and university faculty in the paid at registration. organization. We now have ten additional board members who are overseeing important projects in the organization. Eath was directed to formulate &committee in order to involve members natknwide who are interested in becoming active in NNELL. Thei:ommittee chairs and their members are listed in this issue of FLE S News. If you are interested in filling any of the vacant riositions, please contact me immediately. You FIESt NSW is a newsletter for educatots inteauted in providing quality Naga language hatruction fcr child:en. me nowskner podded infamation on clansman can look ferward to reading progrers reports of the commiuees activities, tescauou, seeddng =chock, recent amuck, and tyooming conferences. FLES in Attire issues. News provides a means of during infoonadoe, ideas, and cancans among turbos, Prior to this year, the officers and board members met sdninisnatars, nuearchers, and abets who ate iturveced in the leeching of foreign languages to young &Uteri. once annually at ACTFL This year we held the first regional FLESNewt is published three times a year (fall, Mow and swing) by the National board meetings at the Southern Conference on Language Nemo* for Early Language Learning (NNEIL): &Igor Marcia Roembusdt, Depart- Teaching, the Central States Conference, and the Northeast mars of Foceign Languages and Literatuns, 300 Pearson Halt Iowa State University, Conference. We also "mer via teleconference calls. This Amea,IA 50011. KNELLesecutivecomeducemembers atm PresiskatAudreytkirtint Boynton. Radix Language Education,
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