BLOG AS A PLATFORM FOR LEARNER-CENTERED APPROACH IN TEACHING BILINGUALS

TitleBLOG AS A PLATFORM FOR LEARNER-CENTERED APPROACH IN TEACHING BILINGUALS
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsRezepova, A, Tshuikina, N
JournalProblems of Education in the 21st Century
Volume41
Start Page130-139
Date PublishedApril/2012
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN1822-7864
Other NumbersICID: 990609
Keywordscompetence of text production, learner-centered approach, web blog
Abstract

The article presents grounds for necessity for implying a learner-oriented course for bilinguals studying in modern Estonian school. Such a course is caused by changes in the State Curriculum. The second supposition is the need in teaching Russian to bilinguals not as a foreign language but as one of native ones, which is not provided by curricula of Estonian-speaking educational institutions, although many of them count more than 10% of students from Russian-speaking families. As a result, bilingual students fairly and without accent speak Russian, however experiencing difficulties in reading and writing texts.
The realization of learner-centered approach for bilinguals via web blogs solves a vast number of organization problems, starting with the timetable settings for students from different classes and ending with individual approach to students’ personal achivements assessment. The article also decribes the course’s structure, which is organized in four cycles with eight lessons in each; contact classes are to be held in the beginning of the course and between the cycles for interim results, as well as in the end of the course for conclusion.

URLhttp://oaji.net/articles/2014/457-1409840493.pdf
DOI10.33225/pec/12.41.130
Original PublicationСЕТЕВОЙ ДНЕВНИК КАК ПЛАТФОРМА ДЛЯ РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ЛИЧНОСТНО-ОРИЕНТИРОВАННОГО ОБУЧЕНИЯ БИЛИНГВОВ
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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