Problem-based Language Learning and Teaching

✍ Scribed by Loghman Ansarian, Mei Lin Teoh

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 77
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book investigates how problem-based learning can be implemented in language classes and how it can bring about a change in language learners' understanding of the foreign language. Based on empirical evidence, it provides readers with the theoretical background of this interdisciplinary approach in education, discusses the challenges that language teachers might encounter while implementing this approach in language classes, and offers procedures for employing the method. It also clarifies the difference between collaborative learning and problem-based learning in which certain dynamics are at work. It is of interest to researchers and instructors in cognitive learning, task-based language teaching, and content-focused courses.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Introduction (Loghman Ansarian, Teoh Mei Lin)....Pages 1-14
Problem-Based Language Learning (Loghman Ansarian, Teoh Mei Lin)....Pages 15-24
Models in Problem-Based Learning (Loghman Ansarian, Teoh Mei Lin)....Pages 25-38
Challenges of Implementing PBL in Language Classes (Loghman Ansarian, Teoh Mei Lin)....Pages 39-51
A Review of PBL in Language Classes (Loghman Ansarian, Teoh Mei Lin)....Pages 53-64
Back Matter ....Pages 65-67

✦ Subjects

Education; Learning and Instruction; Language Education; Language Teaching