Blogging for Academic Purposes with English Language Learners: An Online Fieldwork Initiative

Autor/inn/en	Baecher, Laura; Schieble, Melissa; Rosalia, Christine; Rorimer, Sarah
Titel	Blogging for Academic Purposes with English Language Learners: An Online Fieldwork Initiative
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 13 (2013) 1, S.1-21 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1528-5804
Schlagwörter	Web Sites; Electronic Publishing; Preservice Teacher Education; English Teachers; Preservice Teachers; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; English Instruction; Academic Discourse; Secondary Education; English Language Learners; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Student Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Web-Design; Elektronisches Publizieren; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English langauage lessons; Discourse; Diskurs; Sekundarbereich; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Studienerfahrung
Abstract	This research investigated the use of blogs to promote collaboration between teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) teacher candidates and Adolescent English teacher candidates and to sensitize them to the writing demands placed on secondary English language learners (ELLs). Blogs offered an authentic experience for teacher candidates to interact with each other and with ELLs. Qualitative analysis showed Adolescent English teacher candidates' desired more such fieldwork that would put them into direct contact with ELLs. TESOL candidates reported learning about the demands of high school academic writing through the tasks and the blog responses posted by their Adolescent English counterparts. Affordances and limitations of blogs as a tool in teacher education for ELLs, as well as the need for TESOL and content area teacher candidates to participate in collaborative fieldwork to strengthen instruction for ELLs, are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10