| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 282 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Author Biographies -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Guide to Book Resources and Activities -- Part I Theoretical Background -- Chapter One Blended Language Learning: Definitions and Research -- 1.1 Blended Learning: Definition of the Term and Rationale for Use -- 1.2 Rationales for Blended Learning in Language Courses -- 1.3 Research Studies on Blended Language Learning -- Chapter Summary -- Part II Route, Process, and Structure |
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Chapter Two The Road Map to Blended Language Learning Adoption: Routes, Rationales, and the Decision-Making Process -- 2.1 Route to Blended Language Learning -- 2.2 Rationales behind Language Course Design and Redesign -- 2.3 The Role of Stakeholders in the Decision-Making Process for BLL Adoption -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter Three The Foundation of Blended Language Learning: The Blend, the Blending Process, and the Blended Path -- Introduction: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? -- 3.1 The Blending Process -- 3.2 Consideration of Theories of Learning, Factors Central to BL, and SLA Principles |
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3.3 The Blended Path -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter Four Course Design and Redesign in Practice: Examples from Colleges and Universities across the World -- 4.1 Examples of Blended Language Learning Courses -- 4.2 Key Considerations for Examples -- Chapter Summary -- Part III The BLL Development Framework -- Chapter Five The Design Phase: Planning and Organizing Blended Language Courses -- Introduction: Where Are We and Where Are We Going? -- 5.1 Carrying Out a Needs Analysis -- 5.2 Program or Course Goals, Teaching Objectives, and Learning Outcomes -- Chapter Summary |
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Chapter Six The Build Phase: Building Activities and Tasks for Blended Language Courses -- 6.1 Organizational Structure of a Blended Language Learning Course -- 6.2 Creating Activities and Tasks for a BLL Course -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter Seven The Teach Phase: Teaching Blended Language Courses -- 7.1 Identifying HLPs for BLL -- 7.2 Proposing HLPs for BLL -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter Eight The Revise Phase: Assessing and Evaluating Blended Language Courses -- 8.1 Authentic, Task-Oriented Performance Assessment -- 8.2 Evaluating Course Effectiveness -- Chapter Summary -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Blended language courses, which combine face-to-face and online instruction, are becoming increasingly popular due to the need for more flexible yet effective learning opportunities. This book recognizes the associated opportunities and challenges for teachers, and provides the rationale, strategies and tools to design blended learning courses or to guide the transition from fully face-to-face or fully online courses to blended instruction. The authors propose a framework based on four phases, Design, Build, Teach and Evaluate, which facilitates a systematic approach to course development. The volume simplifies the connection between theory and practice, by including examples that readers can relate to and immediately implement as they build or teach a course. Including case studies of successful implementations, and effective instructional strategies and techniques, this book is accessible even for teachers without previous experience in course design, whilst also acting as a reference for more experienced language educators |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 24, 2020) |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Methodology
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Blended learning -- Methodology
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Methodology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rubio, Fernando, author
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| ISBN |
9781108355285 |
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1108355285 |
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1108372686 |
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9781108372688 |
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