Language Studies
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Exploring the roles and facilitation strategies of online peer moderators
(Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS), 2019)Whilst peer facilitation is deemed to be a beneficial alterative strategy in an asynchronous online discussion, a review of the literature indicates that previous studies have primarily focused on the instructor as the ... -
Te Mātārere o te reo : a foresight report on the future state of Te Reo Māori in the Waikato-Tainui Rohe to 2038. Report to Te Mātāwai.
(Te Mata Punenga o Te Kotahi, University of Waikato, 2019)Kōrero whakataki = Introduction -- Research methodology = Ngā tukunga rangahau -- Taupori o te reo Māori = Demographic impacts on te reo Māori in the Waikato-Tainui rohe -- Te aukaha o te iwi = Waikato-Tainui tribal ... -
What metaphors tell us about the market: reconciling linguistics, cognition and pragmatics in order to understand the impact of metaphor use on society
(2018-06-27)In the last 25 years, traditional approaches to the treatment of metaphor have been increasingly questioned on both theoretical and experimental grounds and, as a result, Metaphorology has become a flourishing academic ... -
Son et lumière : re-enchantment and environmental obligation in Michael Symmons Roberts' 'Drysalter'
(2018-09-28)A particular Western secularisation and disenchantment narrative proposes that the post Enlightenment promotion of rationalism, science and technology entails the abandonment of “the great enchanted garden” (Weber, The ... -
Creating opportunities for confident and curious learners : the importance of multilingual teachers in ECE learning environments
(2018-11-03)Why expose our young learners to a second language? Can develop cognitive ability. Opportunities in a globalized world Maintenance of a heritage language for migrants In New Zealand 150+ languages spoken Canada Aus ... -
Educational affordances of an asynchronous online discussion forum for language learners
(2018-11)Information and communications technologies offer unprecedented opportunities for innovation in educational practice. Among all the educational technological tools, online discussion forums represent one of the most ... -
The evolution of learner autonomy in online environments : a case study in a New Zealand context
(Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS), Chiba, Japan, 2018-03)With the advent of technologies, language learners are faced with unprecedented opportunities and a wide range of alternatives to engage with in their self-directed learning. However, a review of the literature indicates ... -
Keepin' It Reo in a digital learning space
(2018-04)Te mihinga komene (presenter) Nō whea ahau? Nō whea koe? Te paerewa - te tiriti o waitangi partnership Ko wai tō ingoa? Tohutō - macrons Kīwaha - expression, saying Te reo hangarau - DT [digi tech] terms E rima a ... -
The Internet of Things : and its implications for learning beyond the classroom
(2017-07)It is estimated that by 2020 there will be over 50 billion connected devices. This will go beyond cellphones and computers, to include objects such as cars, household appliances, and – as the technology improves – clothes, ... -
Is there a housing crisis in New Zealand or is it only a metaphor? Results of a critical metaphor analysis
(Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, 2017-11-29)This paper reports on a corpus-based study of metaphor use in the discourse of the Auckland housing topic in News and Commentary sections of The New Zealand Herald over the months of July to September 2016, the time of ... -
Reflections on the 2017 Rio AILA (Applied Linguistic) Conference through an Antipodean Lens: practical Implications for advisors
(Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of Aotearoa New Zealand (ATLAANZ), 2017)This article will offer some feedback and subsequent reflection on the week long Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee (AILA) Congress 2017 held in Rio during July, and in particular, on the full day ... -
Self-access centre and autonomous learning management : where are we now and where are we going?
(Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS), 2017-06)As mentioned in the foreword to this journal special issue, in 2016, the editors helped organise the 7th Independent Learning Association Conference which was held in Wuhan in November, with lectures from keynotes and other ... -
Teaching and learning academic writing: Narratives of future destinations.
(2014)Focus: Qualitative project relating content and form of AW portfolios to: Student ‘destinations’, ‘disciplinary communities’ and ‘imagined communities’ The need of more specificity in creating ‘disciplinary identities’ ... -
Teaching grammar creatively
(English Australia, 2016-09)Creativity - what? why? how? Why encourage creativity in grammar teaching? Three ways we can help -
The nature of language learners' beliefs : a half-told story
(15-06-02)Substantial amount of research regarding L2 learners’ beliefs has been conducted in recent years. However, not enough attention has been paid to investigating the nature of learners’ beliefs; hence our understanding of the ... -
Changes in two migrant learners’ beliefs, learning strategy use and language achievements in a New Zealand context
(Elsevier, 2015-07-04)Substantial amount of research regarding L2 learners’ beliefs has been conducted in recent years. However, less attention has been paid to the interactions among the three constructs: learners’ beliefs, learning strategies ... -
Understanding English teaching and learning context in China
(Longbridge Publishing Company, 2012-09)The recent economic boom has seen the number of English language learners escalating in China. The Chinese enthusiasm for learning English has generated a growing interest from the West to teach in China. There is a need ... -
Connecting 'across the ditch' and beyond!
(2014)Take charge of your own professional development. By using the Internet, you can decide when, where and how to keep up-to-date with all the latest developments in teaching ESOL or community languages. This workshop will ... -
Intentionalism, Intentionality and Reporting Beliefs
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2009)The dominant view of twentieth century analytic philosophy has been that all thinking is always in a language; that languages are vehicles of thought. In recent decades, however, the opposite view, that languages merely ... -
Letters to the editor: Results of corpus analysis
(Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand, 2013)In this paper, which is part of a wider study on corpus nexus genre approach to teaching writing to advanced EAL learners, we aim to show how corpora can provide teachers and learners with information about dominant lexical ...
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