The carousel-style lesson: an effective intervention to enhance motivation and the learning of foreign languages at primary school
Owen, Claire and Thomas, Lorraine (2019) The carousel-style lesson: an effective intervention to enhance motivation and the learning of foreign languages at primary school. The Language Learning Journal. ISSN 1753-2167 (In Press)
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Abstract
Although there is a direct link between pupil motivation and successful learning of foreign languages (FL), there appears to be a real paucity of research regarding carousels of activities as a pedagogical intervention, although carousels may often be used in the teaching and learning of FL. Located within two Year 6 French classrooms in a primary school in England, this article explores carousel-style lessons to enhance motivation and FL learning. A case study methodology was implemented and data were collected via observations of pupils engaged in carousels of activities and via questionnaires of pupil perceptions. The subsequent findings demonstrate that carousel-style lessons offer a very effective pedagogical practice in enhancing pupils’ FL learning; these lessons are pupil-centred and pupil-led; they put pupils at the heart of their own learning and give them the locus of control of their learning; and they align well with motivational orientations, with a subsequent positive impact on pupil motivation and competence.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Language Learning Journal on 12/04/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09571736.2019.1598473 |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Education > Department of Initial Teacher Education |
| Depositing User: | Ms Hazel Barham |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2019 10:07 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2020 05:10 |
| URI: | https://newman.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17250 |
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