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Szczuka-Dorna, Liliana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The XXVth Anniversary of CercleS brings back memories not only of the CercleS Association and its development, but also of the role of Language Centres in European universities. This article presents the Centre of Languages and Communication (CLC) at Poznan University of Technology (PUT) in Poland. It focuses on the main challenges the CLC has…
Descriptors: Language Laboratories, Educational History, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kohonen, Susanna; Kosonen, Jonna; Kettunen, Sinikka – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
This report will discuss the process of evaluation for development in a collaborative project that integrated teaching between the Language Centre and the Law School at the University of Eastern Finland. The focus of this report will be on a model the authors devised for the purposes of developing teaching, called "E.A.S.Y,"…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Higher Education
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2022
This article proposes a model for integrating text-to-speech software (TTS) in students' interpreting training and practice. It shows the aims of the model, the definition of TTS, the advantages of using TTS, how to search for TTS, instructional stages with TTS, and the interpreting instructor's role. The students can use TTS software online;…
Descriptors: Translation, Speech Communication, Audio Equipment, North American English
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Kunschak, Claudia – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
An increasingly interconnected world requires people to become versatile communicators in a variety of different settings. Language centers have a critical role to play in this process by offering language and culture training in multiple languages to students, professionals and the wider community alike. They may do so from the perspective of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Carter, Beverly-Anne – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This paper draws on two research activities to discuss the role of research at the Centre for Language Learning (CLL) at The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago. Established in 1997, the CLL introduced languages for all into this Caribbean higher education (HE) context. The CLL also introduced an expanded…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality
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Spencer, Alice; Bussi, Anna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
In the present article, we demonstrate the utility of Open Badge certifications in documenting ESP, EAP and EMI courses. Open Badges are online records of achievement which document field-specific, soft and technical skills. They consist of a visual image and a set of embedded metadata, they are endorsed by the institution which issues them and…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction