Action logs in the classroom : The who's, how's and why's of using action logs
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I found that low level classes and classes that might be classed as lacking motivation or presenting the teacher with discipline issues, lacked general vocabulary to write expansively. There was also a challenge to get ALs turned in even when the students were from the advanced speaking class and attended class regularly. My estimate of the submission rate would be 60%. In hindsight I wonder, if I allowed this class to write and submit their ALs inside class time, as opposed to outside of class, would the full complement of student comments compensate the sacrifice of class time?In order to get students to concentrate more closely on class activities, the English target was set before each activity rather than just at the beginning of the class. This seemed to help lower level students or students that lacked motivation or were distracted easily.Another main issue for teachers with ALs is time. The making of one NL might only take 30 minutes.But multiply this by the 5 classes a teacher has and the math speaks for itself. Add to this equation that you are a part-time teacher and you have only a limited amount of time you can allocate to each work place and then the likelihood of including ALs into your classes is further reduced. Attempting some resolution of this problem, I would like to propose the idea of teachers who are sharing classes to also share implementing ALs, therefore cutting the workload in half, but doubling the effective feedback.Evaluating AL comments for indications that the student might be experiencing stages of C.C.A. is also an exercise that requires practice. Collaborating with other teachers using ALs in their classes would be a great way to do this. In addition, working with other teachers would also make it easier to experiment with customized applications of ALs to see if affective factors between language levels, student motivation, or even cultures and ALs existed.I hope this article has been informative to those who are first reading about action logs and to those who are already using or intending on using action logs, I would like to invite discussion, constructive criticism and notices of interest in collaboration on action log projects.
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