On the Role Played by Project-Based Learning in Teacher Training Online

María Ángeles Escobar Álvarez,Silvia Sánchez Calderón

doi:10.32861/ellr.73.47.58

Abstract

This work investigates the perceptions on the role played by Project-Based Learning (PBL) in English as a second language (L2 English) participants who are receiving teacher training online. The participants in this study were enrolled in the Psycholinguistic Analysis of English Acquisition module at xxx-removed for blind review. They were given the choice of two projects: (a) an L2 English learner linguistic profile and (b) a grammatical structure analysis and its L2 English teaching application. The participants’ opinions about PBL were then collected in a questionnaire that included the following variables: motivation and attitude towards L2 English learning before and after the project, perception of the development of English language proficiency skills, content acquisition, and other issues related to PBL such as L2 learning reflection; and, autonomy and real language use. They reported having learned by doing and, as a consequence, believed that they had learned autonomously because they were responsible for their own learning. Likewise, they claimed PBL facilitated critical thinking, creativity, language awareness, and professional development through the project completion. They also showed a positive attitude towards the integration of the four language skills and the building of content knowledge by gathering and planning information using authentic resources.

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The start of 2020 witnessed an outbreak of Covid-19 but its origin still remains a mystery
Through careful deliberation, the paper below will list the themes of the given sentences one after another (Here T1 stands for the theme of the first sentence and so on): T1: Dr Li T2: The 34-year-old T3: On 30 December T4: Four days later T5: In the letter T6: He T7: Local authorities T8: In his Weibo post T9: He T10: A wave of anger and grief T11: The top two trending hashtags T12: Both hashtags T13: When the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Take sentence 1, 2, 6, 9 for example, they all refers to Li Wenliang who is the topic of this news, which contributes to the clear logic of the whole passage

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The start of 2020 witnessed an outbreak of Covid-19 but its origin still remains a mystery. In the first few months of 2020, the pandemic shook the China as well as the entire world. World economic growth was weak, international economic and trade frictions intensified, and downward pressure on the Chinese economy grew. Struggling against the new coronavirus, numerous ordinary people are fighting day and night to against the death. There are nameless heroes died from Covid-19, their recording deeds will be immortal. Many countries kept an close eye on China to follow the trends. Li Wenliang, one of the first to raise the alarm about a new coronavirus, died of it on February 7th, aged 33, has been remembered by the people. This paper will take Li Wenliang's BBC report as a case study. The news background itself is fairly concrete and clear, there is few researchers who use the theory of theme and rheme and the patterns of thematic progression to fully understand and gather the under-structure of this news report text itself

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