An attempt to elaborate a construct to measure the degree of explicitness and implicitness in ELT materials

Authors

  • Raquel Criado Sánchez
  • Aquilino Sánchez Pérez
  • Pascual Cantos Gómez
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes/2010/1/114001
Keywords: conocimiento explícito/implícito, conocimiento declarativo/procedimental, adquisición de segundas lenguas, materiales para la enseñanza del inglés como lengua extranjera

Abstract

The concepts of explicit and implicit (knowledge) are at the core of SLA studies. We take explicit as conscious and declarative (knowledge); implicit as unconscious, automatic and procedural (knowledge) (DeKeyser, 2003; R. Ellis, 2005a, 2005b, 2009; Hulstjin, 2005; Robinson, 1996; Schmidt, 1990, 1994). The importance of those concepts and components, we believe, must also be acknowledged in language teaching, and consequently in language teaching materials. However, explicitness and implicitness are rather complex constructs; such complexity allows for multiple nuances and perspectives in their analysis, and this fact poses a real challenge for their identification in the learning and teaching process and materials. We focus here on ELT materials and aim at the building of a reliable construct which may help in the identification of their potential for promoting implicit and explicit components. We first determined the features to identify the construct for implicitness and explicitness; next, we validated it and then we applied it to the analysis of the activities included in three sample units of three textbooks. The results were computed along a continuum ranging from 0 to 10 in each activity. The systematization and computation of results will hopefully offer a reliable figure regarding the identification of the degree of explicitness and/or implicitness in the materials analysed.

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Published
01-06-2010
How to Cite
Criado Sánchez, R., Sánchez Pérez, A., & Cantos Gómez, P. (2010). An attempt to elaborate a construct to measure the degree of explicitness and implicitness in ELT materials. International Journal of English Studies, 10(1), 103–129. https://doi.org/10.6018/ijes/2010/1/114001
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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2010): Cognitive processes, Instructed Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Teaching Materials
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