Closed-Captioned English Language Learning

ISBN-13: 9783838338873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 136 str.

James L Rowland

Opis

This dissertation has a two-fold purpose: One is to promote the used of closed-captioned videos for English as a Second Language ( ESL ) instruction. The second is to define, discuss and defend " Quantumtative " research - a personal " search " and " Re-search " methodology which has evolved from a modern day form of action teacher research and anthropological studies. Traditional ESL instruction accepts the idea that a students ability to visualize text, to create mental picture of the letters, and of the whole word is important in comprehension. Closed-captioned videotext, with high audio video correlation allows learner to see the words, hear the word, and contextualize them all at the same time. This alone, and/or when combined with other strategies and methods can result in improved ESL instruction. Quantumtative Search and Re-search is an alternative to quantitative and qualitative methods. It is based on the premise that we live in a quantum world of random interactions rather than a Newtonian world of independent building blocks. Quantumtative Search and Re-search acknowledgments that throughout time homosapiens have searched and re-searched.

O autorze

Married to Gail L Rowland, James L Rowland is graduated from Pullman High School, Pullman, Washington. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Washington State University. Bachelor of Arts in English from Washington State University. Post Graduate work toward Master of Arts in English, from Washington State University.