Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23396
Title: Timeline analysis of complex language learning trajectories: Data visualisation as conceptual tool and method
Contributor(s): Tasker, Isabel  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2018
Open Access: No
DOI: 10.1515/applirev-2017-0001
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/23396
Abstract: This paper discusses and demonstrates the use of visualisation and visual methods in the description and analysis of the learning trajectories of long-term learners and users of an additional language (in this case, Mandarin Chinese). It draws on a longitudinal case study that investigated how the dynamic complexity and variety of long-term trajectories of learning an additional language can be described, represented and interpreted. The specific focus of this article is the visual timeline analysis method used in the study. The timeline method offers an innovative way of representing and comparing individual language learning chronologies in visual format. By progressively layering, along a time axis, visualisations of longitudinal data relating to a number of different aspects of the learning context, the method allows a simultaneous overview of multiple aspects of development over time. These information-rich representations can reveal insights into patterns of choices and development over time which are not easily perceived in text-based accounts.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Applied Linguistics Review, 9(2-3), p. 449-473
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Place of Publication: Germany
ISSN: 1868-6311
1868-6303
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 200311 Chinese Languages
130207 LOTE, ESL and TESOL Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Maori)
200401 Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 470303 Chinese languages
390108 LOTE, ESL and TESOL curriculum and pedagogy
470401 Applied linguistics and educational linguistics
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930103 Learner Development
950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture
930101 Learner and Learning Achievement
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 130201 Communication across languages and culture
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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