Creating Experiential Learning Opportunities for Language Learners: Acting Locally while Thinking Globally

Melanie Bloom; Carolyn Gascoigne

ISBN 10: 1783097302 / ISBN 13: 9781783097302

Published by Multilingual Matters, 2017

About this Item

This book highlights research-based innovations in experiential learning in domestic settings, with a particular spotlight on the US context. It focuses on three experiential learning contexts: community engagement experiences, professional engagement experiences and other unique experiential contexts such as language camps and houses.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating Experiential Learning Opportunities for Language Learners: Acting Locally while Thinking Globally
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783097302
• ISBN 13: 9781783097302
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Brand New

About this title

Synopsis

While much research has been done on experiential learning opportunities in study abroad settings, there are fewer publications devoted to experiential learning in the domestic context. This volume aims to fill that gap by providing a collection of chapters highlighting research-based innovations in experiential learning in domestic settings. The book focuses on three experiential learning contexts: community engagement experiences, professional engagement experiences and other unique experiential contexts such as language camps and houses. The collection focuses on the US context but the research projects and curricular innovations described here can serve as models for educators working in other local contexts and will encourage interested practitioners to explore experiential learning opportunities in their local areas. It will also provide the reader with a better understanding of this growing field of inquiry and should appeal to graduate students and researchers who are interested in experiential language learning.

About the Authors

Melanie Bloom is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA. Her research interests include experiential learning, study abroad, second language writing and the teaching and learning of culture.

Carolyn Gascoigne is Dean of Arts & Humanities at Angelo State University, USA. Her research interests include second language reading and hybrid language instruction.