Exploring the Effects of Teaching Students Dynamic Assessment for Appropriation in Group Learner-Learner English Discussion

In conversational interaction for language learning, dynamic assessment involves an expert’s strategic use of feedback and assessment with the goal of mediating a learner’s autonomous development. Traditionally a trained teacher's tool, dynamic assessment was taught to Japanese university stude...

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Main Author: Andrew G. Brown
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Language:English
Published: Cranmore Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of TESOL Studies
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description In conversational interaction for language learning, dynamic assessment involves an expert’s strategic use of feedback and assessment with the goal of mediating a learner’s autonomous development. Traditionally a trained teacher's tool, dynamic assessment was taught to Japanese university students for use in learner-learner group conversational interaction in pursuit of two main goals: to describe the occurrence rate of learner implemented dynamic assessment and to describe usage in relation to mediation and scaffolding. Quantitative results show that, following instruction, learners did not often use dynamic assessment for the purpose of mediation. Analysis of transcripts suggests that learners used dynamic assessment to scaffold task resolution rather than mediating development. Together these results shed light on the extent to which dynamic assessment can be effectively taught to and appropriated by learners for the purposes of scaffolding and mediation.
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spelling doaj.art-ed830e77a65349c8877ff7614a3293982022-12-21T21:56:01ZengCranmore PublishingInternational Journal of TESOL Studies2632-67792633-68982020-01-012199118https://doi.org/10.46451/ijts.2020.06.07Exploring the Effects of Teaching Students Dynamic Assessment for Appropriation in Group Learner-Learner English DiscussionAndrew G. Brown0Yokohama City University, JapanIn conversational interaction for language learning, dynamic assessment involves an expert’s strategic use of feedback and assessment with the goal of mediating a learner’s autonomous development. Traditionally a trained teacher's tool, dynamic assessment was taught to Japanese university students for use in learner-learner group conversational interaction in pursuit of two main goals: to describe the occurrence rate of learner implemented dynamic assessment and to describe usage in relation to mediation and scaffolding. Quantitative results show that, following instruction, learners did not often use dynamic assessment for the purpose of mediation. Analysis of transcripts suggests that learners used dynamic assessment to scaffold task resolution rather than mediating development. Together these results shed light on the extent to which dynamic assessment can be effectively taught to and appropriated by learners for the purposes of scaffolding and mediation.https://www.tesolunion.org/attachments/files/EODC5FN2Y34YZI3ENTAW9NDM5ENZG1EZDLK4M2ZI4YMNK4MMQ1FMJA0AMMI3FYWZH6NTVLCZGVI9Y2JI9YZLMAZGMXCLJY2COTI0CODQ3DLJAY.pdfsociocultural theorydynamic assessmentclassroom researchscaffoldingmediation
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Exploring the Effects of Teaching Students Dynamic Assessment for Appropriation in Group Learner-Learner English Discussion
International Journal of TESOL Studies
sociocultural theory
dynamic assessment
classroom research
scaffolding
mediation
title Exploring the Effects of Teaching Students Dynamic Assessment for Appropriation in Group Learner-Learner English Discussion
title_full Exploring the Effects of Teaching Students Dynamic Assessment for Appropriation in Group Learner-Learner English Discussion
title_fullStr Exploring the Effects of Teaching Students Dynamic Assessment for Appropriation in Group Learner-Learner English Discussion
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the Effects of Teaching Students Dynamic Assessment for Appropriation in Group Learner-Learner English Discussion
title_short Exploring the Effects of Teaching Students Dynamic Assessment for Appropriation in Group Learner-Learner English Discussion
title_sort exploring the effects of teaching students dynamic assessment for appropriation in group learner learner english discussion
topic sociocultural theory
dynamic assessment
classroom research
scaffolding
mediation
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