Accessible summariesOASIS summaries are one-page descriptions of research articles on language learning, language teaching, and multilingualism that have been published in peer-reviewed journals listed on the Social Science Citation Index or the Arts and Humanities Citation Index. The summaries provide information about the study’s goals, how it was conducted, and what was found, and are written in non-technical language. Where relevant, they also highlight findings that may be of particular interest to language educators, although the initiative is not solely aimed at research with immediate practical implications. The summaries are generally approved, and often (co-)written, by the author(s) of the original journal article. |
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Why accessible summariesOASIS aims to make research into language learning and teaching openly available and easily accessible to anyone who might be interested for professional or other reasons, because 1) research shows these findings do not reach stakeholders easily; and 2) research shows that academic publications are increasingly more difficult to read and understand for people outside the field. By establishing a culture of systematic production and dissemination of non-technical, open summaries, research is made available and accessible not only physically, but also conceptually to people outside academia. |
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Emma Marsden (University of York; project lead) Cylcia Bolibaugh (University of York; project co-lead) Inge Alferink (University of York) Sible Andringa (University of Amsterdam) Laura Collins (Concordia University) Carrie Jackson (Penn State University) Rowena Kasprowicz (University of Reading) David O’Reilly (University of York) Luke Plonsky (Northern Arizona University) |
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: ACTFL Association for Language Learning: ALL Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (International Association of Applied Linguistics): AILA British Association for Applied Linguistics: BAAL Center for Applied Linguistics: CAL Committee for Linguistics in Education: CLiE Document Summary Service: DSS and the Bristol Guide International Federation of Foreign Language Teacher Associations: FIPLV National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum: NALDIC Language-Driven Pedagogy (LDP) TESOL International Association Research in Primary Languages: RiPL
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Volha Arkhipenka Hsin-Ying Chen Ines Martin Lais de Oliveira Borges Sophie Thompson James Wagstaffe |
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Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge funding from an Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Award and the Higher Education Impact Fund, via the University of York, UK, a British Academy grant to fund a journal editors’ workshop in Chicago, March 28th 2018, as well as additional funding from the Department of Education and Research England.
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