French as a Second Language Teaching: Identifying Methods that Improve Adult Learners’ Competencies
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The literature review presented in this section shed light on innovative methods and materials that can be used to teach FSL. The concepts introduced under this section illustrate the need to change the teaching approaches as enshrined in the term "innovation." Similarly, it is evident that these changes could be the examples provided in the literature. Nonetheless, this paper will confirm whether these teaching methodologies can be viable and practical for implementation within the study context CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY Introduction In order to obtain straightforward answers to my research questions, I gravitated this study largely towards applying a qualitative approach where data was accumulated by interviewing French professors at a university in Ontario. The primary goal of the interviews was to gain a 21 complete understanding of the extent to which adult learners consider the FSL program as a platform for them to improve their foreign language skills. Finding out instructors’ opinions on this topic and asking them to elaborate on their given perspectives were some of the methods used for this research. This study used semi-structured interviews as an essential means of collecting data. According to Kallio et al. (2016), “the semi-structured interview is often perceived as an easy data collection method” (p.6). They further state that “the goal of the qualitative researcher is to gain a rich understanding of the study phenomenon” (p.5) The interviews were first conducted in English then sent back to the interviewees for approval before they were used in the research. What can be safely said is that the use of interviews carries several advantages compared to other tools. Of all the strengths associated with semi-structured interviews, the most significant is that by asking follow-up questions, the interviewer can have a better understanding of the topic explored. Due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, interviews were conducted using Microsoft Teams without physically contacting the participants. This study also used a qualitative analysis method as the primary way of examining the data. As Dey (2003) claims, qualitative analysis involves “describing, connecting and classifying data” (p. 32).” Dey also claims that “qualitative data deals with meanings” (ibid, p. 30). For this reason, the objective of the research was an in- depth investigation into the meanings formulated by adult learners involved in the FSL program. This in turn made it possible to put the participants’ answers in context and later connect them to the research questions, established theories, and previous research. Download 0.77 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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