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Using Bulgarian Mini-Lessons in an SLA Course to Improve the KAL of American ESL Teachers METHODOLOGY Data collection instruments and procedures

المؤلف:  Maria Angelova

المصدر:  Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education

الجزء والصفحة:  P29-C1

2026-08-10

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Using Bulgarian Mini-Lessons in an SLA Course to Improve the KAL of American ESL Teachers

METHODOLOGY

Data collection instruments and procedures

Several data collection instruments were used. In the fall of 2001 a pre-post survey on the students’ knowledge about SLA was administered at the beginning and end of the course (Appendix A). The post survey asked students to explain how (if in any way) the mini-lessons in Bulgarian had helped them to understand each of the concepts or processes in the questions. Students were not given their initial survey at the end of the course so that they could not compare their answers. In the Fall of 2002 students were given a different survey on KAL (Appendix B). The survey was different from the one for 2001 since the focus of the study has shifted to investigating the effect of the mini lessons on KAL only and not on methods of teaching ESL. In addition, several group discussions were held to help in the data collection.

Both groups were taught Bulgarian mini-lessons (15 to 20 minutes long) during the semester as part of the regular classes. Students were asked to keep reflective journals and write about their experiences with the mini-lessons. They were free to focus on any aspect of the experience which they considered important in understanding the SLA concepts. These journals were required but not graded. In addition to these reflections, on several occasions students were given simple language exercises in Bulgarian and were asked to change the activities in view of their current knowledge of SLA theories. Classroom discussions after such activities were recorded in order to analyze the effect they had on elucidating concepts and changing the knowledge base of the students.