Multimedia
Adult English Learner Corpus
(MAELC)
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| Digital audio and video recording
of all the ESOL classes in the Lab
School makes it possible to conduct
in-depth classroom research on
second language acquisition and
pedagogy. Along with the
accompanying transcriptions and
classroom coding, the digital
recordings will be available for
corpus analysis for many years.
Material drawn from these annotated
classroom recordings has been used
in the creation of professional
development materials. |
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| Labsite
Student Study |
| The progress of ESOL students was
followed for up to four years
regardless of whether or not they
stay in the Lab School classes.
Students were interviewed in their
homes in their native languages and
in English as their proficiency
allows. Interviewers conduct
periodic oral and written language
assessments. The Labsite Student
Study will be able to describe
individual long-term learning
outcomes. |
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| Educational
Experiment |
| Students at each ESOL level were
assigned to one of two classes
offered at the same time and at the
same location. This random
assignment allowed for comparison of
experimental and control
groups/classrooms. In this way,
research in the Lab School
demonstrated the relative
effectiveness of different
instructional approaches and
curricula. |
