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Hoa T. Vinh Le; Nicole Ziegler – Language Learning & Technology, 2025
Numerous empirical studies and syntheses have explored technology-mediated task-based language teaching (TMTBLT) (for example, Chong & Reinders, 2020; Kim & Namkung, 2024; Lai & Li, 2011; Ziegler, 2016), with findings highlighting the affordances of technology for interaction and its associated benefits. However, few studies have…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis, Second Language Learning
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Abdullah, Ahmad Taufik Hidayah; Azmi, Mohd Nazri Latiff; Hassan, Isyaku; Atek, Engku Suhaimi Engku; Jusoh, Zailani – Arab World English Journal, 2021
The Malaysian government has long recognized the significance of mastering the English language among its citizenry. The government has planned, and subsequently, implemented many policies to ensure Malaysians master the English language. Although civil servants have a strong desire to master the English language to perform their duties more…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Chaudhuri, Tushar; Lopez-Ozieblo, Renia; Martinez, Valérie – SpringerBriefs in Education, 2022
This book reports on and analyses the Integrated Language Learning & Social Awareness Project, a unique project in the field of Foreign Language Learning and Telecollaboration till now in the world. It takes the existing research on telecollaborative learning, content and language integrated learning and e-learning and combines them into one…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Interpersonal Competence, Metacognition
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Han, Chao – Language Testing, 2019
Summative assessment of interpretation is widely conducted in interpreting courses/programs to inform high-stakes decision making, such as the selection, certification, and conferral of academic degrees. Yet there has been very limited empirical research to investigate the score dependability of summative interpretation assessment. The present…
Descriptors: Generalization, Decision Making, Summative Evaluation, Evaluators
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Fischer, Johann – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The underlying methodological approach of the CEFR is defined as being "action-oriented" and task-based (Council of Europe. 2001. "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment." Cambridge University Press: 9), although it explicitly leaves room for a variety of approaches, since the CEFR…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Rating Scales, Guidelines
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Staples, Susan G. – PRIMUS, 2014
We describe the roles and duties of a director in developing an introductory actuarial program. Degree plan design, specialized exam courses, internship classes, coordination of efforts with Economics and Finance Departments, opportunities for creating a minor in actuarial mathematics, actuarial clubs, career advice, and interaction with actuarial…
Descriptors: College Programs, Risk Assessment, Administrator Role, Program Development
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Andersen, Renate; Ponti, Marisa – Distance Education, 2014
This article presents an empirical study of an open educational course in an online peer-to-peer university (P2PU). P2PU is a nonprofit organization offering free educational opportunities. Focus is on how peers are part of creating course content in a Web 2.0 environment. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have evolved into two different…
Descriptors: Open Education, Barriers, Educational Opportunities, Online Courses
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Cairns, Rhoda; Anderson, Paul V. – Across the Disciplines, 2008
Writing fellow or writing associate (WA) programs trace their heritage to a single point of origin: the model developed at Brown University in the early 1980s by Tori Haring-Smith (Soven, 1993, 2001). Since then, the Brown model has spread to hundreds of schools. WA programs are so adaptable because they consist of many discrete elements, each of…
Descriptors: Models, Program Development, Task Analysis, Performance Factors