‘WONDER WORDS’: LEVERAGING ADVANCED LEARNERS’ EXTRAMURAL ENGLISH ENGAGEMENT FOR VOCABULARY LEARNING
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https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2025.17.6Keywords:
Wonder pedagogy, Extramural English (EE), advanced learners of English, independent vocabulary workAbstract
The role of English has changed dramatically over the last few decades. It is now the most common global lingua franca, and alternative approaches may therefore be needed in English language teaching which take this new status into consideration. This paper reports on the integration of an element of ‘wonder pedagogy’ into an L2 English language class for advanced learners by means of a specially designed task sequence. A small-scale mixed-methods study was carried out to determine the effectiveness of this innovation. The results indicate that while the wonder pedagogy tasks had a positive impact on learners’ engagement with English outside the classroom, learners will need more support and opportunities to practice in order to achieve sustainable learning gains.
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