Extended Wait-time and Its Effect in ESL Class

• 영문명: Extended Wait-time and Its Effect in ESL Class
• 발행기관: 한국외국어교육학회
• 저자명: Kilryoung Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『Foreign Languages Education』Vol.11 No.1, 27~44쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.02.01

영문 초록

The present research combines two important factors, cultural influence on SLA and wait-time. The research investigates how multi-ethnic students react differently to extended wait-time as an instructional strategy in the ESL classroom. Some research has been conducted on production as influenced by manipulated wait-time. However, no research has attempted to investigate the comparison of production after manipulated wait-time by ethnicity of students in the ESL classroom. It was hypothesized that when given extended wait-time, all students would increase students’ oral production. Especially, Asian students would increase the number of words to a higher degree than Non-Asians do. A multi-ethnic ESL classes were observed for quantitative findings, and their students and teachers were interviewed for qualitative one. It was found that oral production increased when the wait-time was increased. Unexpectedly, however, non-Asians produced more words to a higher degree than Asians did, as wait-time increased. It was interesting to find from the interview that there was a difference in students’ attitude towards wait-time. Some thought wait-time could cause more anxiety rather than comfort. This research will be significant in that the result could contribute to the improvement of teaching English in multi-ethnic classrooms.

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Abstract

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Theoretical Background

Ⅲ. Methodology

Ⅳ. Results and Discussions

Ⅴ. Conclusion

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