ARTICLE PUBLISHED AT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL APPLIED LINGUISTICS REVIEW (JCR Q1) BY MARTA GRÀCIA, ANA LUISA ADAM-ALCOCER, PAMELA CASTILLO

The article “Exploring the impact of a teacher development programme using a digital application on linguistic interactions in the classroom: a multiple case study” has been published in the journal Applied Linguistics Review (JCR Q1).

 

Authors: Marta Gràcia, Ana Luisa Adam-Alcocer, Pamela Castillo

 

Abstract

This article reports on the use of a digital application (EVALOE-SSD) for
the professional development of teachers to improve the linguistic competence of
their students. We conducted a multiple case study that involved five teachers and
their students from different schools. Over a period of three months, the teachers
used the digital application to assess their classes, make decisions and introduce
changes in their teaching practices. The results show that the change process
includes stages of progress and stages of regression, but in general the trend was to
a progressive increase in scores. Therefore, the use of the digital application
improved the competences of teachers and students, regardless of the type of
school or students’ age. This is shown in the cases of two teachers, which are
analysed in greater depth. We believe that our findings are important as they
document how self-reflection, stimulated by aids such as video recordings,
reflective questions and pictures, facilitates a change in teaching practices. At the
end of the programme, all the teachers stated that the experience of using the
digital tool had clearly been enriching, and they had learnt and improved teaching
practice linked to communicative competence.

Keywords: classroom interactions, digital application, linguistic competence, selfassessment, teacher development programme

 

Reference:

Gràcia, M., Adam-Alcocer, A. L., and Castillo Mardones, P. (2021). Exploring the impact of a teacher development programme using a digital application on linguistic interactions in the classroom: a multiple case study. Applied Linguistics Review. https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2020-0132