The Theory and Practice of Group Discussion with Quality Talk

Chao-Chen Chen, Mei-Lan Lo (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

156 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-16-1408-8 (ISBN)

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This book explores the application of a significant discussion approach, Quality Talk, to English learning in Taiwanese college classrooms. Quality Talk has been found to successfully enhance students' reading comprehension and higher-level thinking in American contexts. It offers an introduction to Quality Talk and demonstrates how it can be implemented in college level English classes. It addresses students’ three levels of English proficiency: elementary, intermediate, and advanced. The respective chapters discuss a range of aspects: students' language proficiency levels, students' own viewpoints on the discussion approach, students' academic backgrounds, teaching materials, and culture-based learning. Readers will gain valuable insights into the Quality Talk approach and how it can be implemented in the classroom.

Chao-Chen Chen is a Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Institute of Library and Information Studies of National Taiwan Normal University. She served as Vice President for Academic Affairs from 2013-2020. Based on her long-term engagement in developing student learning and teacher training, Prof. Chen has become an expert on learning, teaching, and assessment in higher education. She was the President of Taiwan Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, a renowned organization that helps teachers in higher education hone theirs kills in teaching, learning, assessment, and instructional design. Currently, she is the President of the Taiwan Reading Association, a chapter association of the International Literacy Association. Mei-Lan Lo is an Associate Professor at the Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University. She served as Director of the Foreign Language Education Division, Common Core Education Committee at theNational Taiwan Normal University from February 2018 to July 2019, and August 2020 to January 2021. Her research interests include bilingual education, teacher professional development, reading and writing instruction, and English as a medium of instruction.

Chapter 1 From Theoretical Roots to Empirical Outcomes: Setting the Foundation for Quality Talk in Taiwan.- Chapter 2 “Some Questions Are Sophisticated, so I Have to Answer Them in Sophisticated English”: On Quality Talk in Low-Achieving EFL Classes.- Chapter 3 Understanding the Practice of Quality Talk in an English L2 Class Through Exploratory Practice.- Chapter 4 The Influence of Students’ Academic Disciplines on the Use of Questions in Text-Based Group Discussion.- Chapter 5 The Effects of Text and Leadership on the Choice of Question Types in Quality.- Chapter 6 Understanding the Practice of Quality Talk in an English L2 Class Through Exploratory Practice.- Chapter 7 Quality Talk and Content Learning: An Exploration of Students' Background Schemata and Thematic Discussions.- Chapter 8 English-as-a-Foreign Language Learning for Communication Purposes and Enhancement of Critical-Thinking Skills: The Quality Talk Approach.

Erscheinungsdatum	16.08.2021
Reihe/Serie	Learning Sciences for Higher Education
Zusatzinfo	27 Illustrations, color; 11 Illustrations, black and white; VII, 156 p. 38 illus., 27 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
Schlagworte	classroom discourse • Classroom Pedagogies • critical thinking • Discussion Approach Language Learning • higher-order thinking • Reading Comprehension • Students-Centered Discussion • Students-Students Interaction • Teacher-Students Interaction • Text-Based Discussion Approaches
ISBN-10	981-16-1408-3 / 9811614083
ISBN-13	978-981-16-1408-8 / 9789811614088
Zustand	Neuware