| There are three main data collection
methods used at the Lab School. They are the Multimedia
Adult English Learner Corpus, the Labsite Student Study
and Educational Experiments. |
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Multimedia Adult English
Learner Corpus (MAELC)
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 will be used in professional
development materials. |
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Labsite Student Study
The progress of ESOL students is followed for up to four
years regardless of whether or not they stay in the lab
school classes. Students are 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 are assigned to one of two
classes offered at the same time and at the same location.
This random assignment allows for comparison of experimental
and control groups/classrooms. In this way, research in
the Lab School can demonstrate the relative effectiveness
of different instructional approaches and curricula.
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