How to Actively Engage Our Students in the Language Classes: (Series in Education)

In a world that moves at a speed that only a few years ago seemed impossible to achieve, our students are used to having the universe at their fingertips and breathing technology. As educators in the 21st century, we need to understand its impact on society, especially on our students’ learning experience, and find a way to make it work to our, and most importantly, their advantage. This edited volume presents some inspiring research in second language acquisition, focusing on active learning, cooperative and collaborative approach, and other innovative strategies to engage the students and promote learning.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Chapter 1 Incorporating Last Week Tonight into an ESL/EFL Active Learning Classroom Jon Bakos Indiana State University Chapter 2 Online Teaching of Chinese as a Second Language in an Extended COVID-19 Situation: How to Engage Students in Active Learning Valentina Ornaghi Italian Institute of Oriental Studies (ISO), University “La Sapienza” Ching-Yi Amy Juan University of Milan Chapter 3 Traveling from Italian to Chinese: An Interdisciplinary Course Design Silvia Tiboni-Craft Wake Forest University Qiaona Yu Wake Forest University Chapter 4 Bringing Culture into Language Classrooms: Creative Puppetry and the Teaching of Chinese as a Foreign Language Jasmine Yu-Hsing Chen Utah State University Chapter 5 Documentary Filmmaking: A Digital and Innovative Language Teaching Method Eda Basak Hancı-Azizoglu Mediterranean University Maha Alawdat Academic College of Education and Ort Abu Rabe’a Multidisciplinary School Chapter 6 Animated Cartoons to Promote 'Real Language' Learning: Attitudes of Undergraduate Students of Italian Stefano Maranzana Southern Methodist University in Dallas Chapter 7 A Pedagogical Model for Integrating Interdisciplinary Approaches in Second Language Acquisition Elena De Costa Carroll University Chapter 8 Domesticating the Virtual Wild: Implementing Online Informal Language Learning in the Formal Language Classroom Iwona B. Lech University of Illionois Chapter 9 The Kubo Project: Content- Language-Technology Integration through Literature Kim Yong-Taek Georgia Institute of Technology Shin Seung-hwan University of Pittsburgh Lee Mina Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Monterey Yi Hyunkyu Columbia University Chapter 10 Assimilation of Web 2.0 Tools in a Language Classroom for Authentic Novel Learning Experience in India Divekar Neha Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International University, Pune List of Acronyms List of Contributors