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10월 26일(목)에 있을 Nina Spada (University of Toronto) 교수님의 특강 안내입니다.

Spada교수님은 영어교육 분야에 탁월한 업적을 가지고 있는 세계적인 분으로 특별히 그분의 책인 'How Languages are Learend'는 영어교육을 공부하는 대부분이 읽는 책입니다.

이번 강의 내용은 Classroom research 관련한 부분으로 매우 흥미있는 내용입니다.

시간은 10월 26일 (목) 오전 9시 30분
장소는 교수회관 강연실입니다.

다음은 강의 요약입니다.

Challenges, constraints, and rewards of doing classroom research on second/foreign language learning

Nina Spada   University of Toronto


As every second language (L2) classroom researcher knows doing research in school settings is complex. This is because schools are complex places with participants who have different roles and responsibilities and a wide range of goals, needs and interests that are not necessarily compatible with those of the researcher. Thus, one of the challenges for the L2 classroom researcher is to carry out a program of research that includes a component that has relevance for the teachers, students, and other members of the school community. Equally important is to do so in a manner that maintains scientific relevance and rigor. In this presentation, I will explore some of the epistemological, technical and ethical considerations related to carrying out sustained programs of L2 research in school settings. This will include a discussion of: 1) the ecological validity of research in classrooms versus laboratories; 2) descriptive versus experimental explorations of instruction; 3) the challenges involved in conducting research in classrooms with ‘real’ learners and their teachers; and 4) the necessary conditions for the development of sustained research programs in schools.


Nina Spada 교수님 프로필

Dr. Spada teaches graduate level courses in the Second Language Education Program. Her courses include “Second Language Learning,” “Form-focussed Instruction Corrective Feedback and Second Language Acquisition,” and “Aspects of Second Language Acquisition.”

Dr. Spada's research focuses on relationships between instructional input and learning outcomes. She is particularly interested in the role of form-focused instruction in second language acquisition (SLA). She has carried out large-scale classroom SLA research with children and adults.

Dr. Spada is co-author of the award-winning textbook "How Languages are Learned" published by Oxford University Press. The first edition of the book won first prize in the applied linguistics section of the Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition. The book is used worldwide as a standard text in second language learning and the third edition will be available in 2006.