Multiple perspectives on group work in a multilingual context

IF 0.9 Q2 LINGUISTICS Australian Review of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-08-17 DOI:10.1075/aral.21040.sto
N. Storch, Helen Zhao, J. Morton
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Group assignments are widely used in higher education for a range of educational reasons. Although there is a large body of research on the merits of group work and factors that may contribute to successful group work, less is known about students’ and teachers’ perspectives, particularly when groups are composed of students from diverse linguistic backgrounds. The current qualitative study investigated students’ and teachers’ perspectives on group assignments in a Master of Applied Linguistics program offered by a leading research university in Australia. The program has predominantly English as an additional language (EAL) students. Teachers and students in four graduate subjects that involved group assignments were interviewed for their views and reflections. Analysis of the interview data revealed similarities and differences in perspectives in five main areas – group work benefits and challenges, group formation and assessment, and the need for pre-implementation training. The findings highlight the need for teachers to promote open discussion about the purposes and merits of group work, both pedagogical and social.
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多语言背景下小组工作的多重视角
由于各种教育原因,小组作业在高等教育中被广泛使用。尽管有大量关于小组工作的优点和可能有助于小组工作成功的因素的研究,但对学生和教师的观点知之甚少,尤其是当小组由来自不同语言背景的学生组成时。目前的定性研究调查了澳大利亚一所顶尖研究型大学提供的应用语言学硕士课程中学生和教师对小组作业的看法。该项目主要有英语作为附加语言(EAL)的学生。四门涉及小组作业的研究生科目的教师和学生接受了采访,了解他们的观点和思考。对访谈数据的分析显示,在五个主要领域——小组工作的好处和挑战、小组的组建和评估,以及实施前培训的必要性——观点上存在异同。研究结果强调,教师需要促进对小组工作的目的和优点的公开讨论,包括教学和社会方面的讨论。
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期刊介绍: The Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL) is the preeminent journal of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA). ARAL is a peer reviewed journal that promotes scholarly discussion and contemporary understandings of language-related matters with a view to impacting on real-world problems and debates. The journal publishes empirical and theoretical research on language/s in educational, professional, institutional and community settings. ARAL welcomes national and international submissions presenting research related to any of the major sub-disciplines of Applied Linguistics as well as transdisciplinary studies. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: · Analysis of discourse and interaction · Assessment and evaluation · Bi/multilingualism and bi/multilingual education · Corpus linguistics · Cognitive linguistics · Language, culture and identity · Language maintenance and revitalization · Language planning and policy · Language teaching and learning, including specific languages and TESOL · Pragmatics · Research design and methodology · Second language acquisition · Sociolinguistics · Language and technology · Translating and interpreting.
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