Implementing project-based language learning with adult multilingual learners of English
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This article demonstrates how Project-based Language Learning (PBLL) can be implemented in an intermediate-high ESL class with Adult Multilingual Learners of English who are immigrants and refugees. Through a human rights project adapted from Ellii (formerly ESL Library), the teams of students researched and reported on topics of their own choosing. Pedagogical implications are shared. Instructing Adult MLEs can be enhanced by using PBLL to contextualize instruction, promote learner autonomy and build project management skills.
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Alexander Tang, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa"
Alexander Fukin Tang (he/him) is a doctoral student of Chinese Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. His research interests include: the use of L1 in the second language classroom, sociolinguistics, and L2 identity development. He is currently researching second language acquisition among adult learners, as well as focusing on bilingual education efforts with Cantonese and English. He served on the WAESOL Board as a Member-at-Large and is currently co-chair elect of TESOL’s Adult Education Interest Section. Alex has taught adult learners of ESL at Seattle Central College and Highline College. You may contact him at aftang@hawaii.edu.
