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Loo, Daron B.; Sairattanain, Jariya – Power and Education, 2022
Interpretive frameworks may be helpful to understand narratives, yet they also risk displacing unique information of the research context. In this paper, we argue that such is the case in narrative inquiry studies of English language teaching set in the Asian context, perhaps due to the pressure to use familiar interpretive frameworks that are…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Guidelines
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Chiang, Yu-Ting; Zhao, Helen; Nordlinger, Rachel – Language and Education, 2022
The learner's guide (LG) is a genre of pedagogical materials for Australian Indigenous languages, but LGs developed by field linguists are often questioned regarding their capacity to effectively facilitate language learning and, eventually, language revitalisation. This reflects a gap in the literature where applied linguistics perspectives are…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Instructional Materials, Language Maintenance, Languages
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Roche, Thomas; Booth, Sara – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2021
The past two decades have witnessed growing interest in Higher Education (HE) achievement standards. Globally, the English Language Teaching (ELT) sector provides students with Direct Entry (DE) English language program (ELP) pathways to university study. It has typically relied on commercially available English language tests to ensure…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Guidelines, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cárdenas-Claros, Mónica Stella – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This paper reports the results of three independent qualitative case studies that examined interactions with feedback as L2 listeners worked in self-regulated environments. Data on high-intermediate learners of English were collected from case studies conducted in Australia, Colombia and Chile. Results show that L2 listeners across case studies…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Válková, Silvie; Öbrink, Markus – European Education, 2022
Students and teachers from different language backgrounds are at risk of becoming victims of conflicting trends and conventions when writing in English. This study compares conventions of English academic writing at several European universities with what is taught in English-speaking countries. Data were collected with questionnaires and by…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Comparative Education
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Bodis, Agnes – English Australia Journal, 2020
This concept paper outlines the steps in a process to integrate intercultural competence (IC) into course curricula in a way that is tailored to the program and course outcomes. The paper also provides guidelines and examples for how this could be implemented on the level of teaching, task and text design, and sequencing. Internationalised…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Audits (Verification), Guidelines
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Amorati, Riccardo – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Given the implicit disincentive that the native knowledge of a global language poses to the learning of other languages, improvement in student recruitment in language studies is a key priority for educational institutions in English-speaking countries. This paper explores how a major Australian tertiary institution markets five European…
Descriptors: College Students, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Cox, Robyn – English in Australia, 2015
This paper will begin by looking at globalisation, education and transnationalism in the context of Australia's post-war immigration history leading to a brief examination of the international literature surrounding second and third generation immigration. A brief review of international educational trends in English language teaching in recent…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Wang, Yuping; Fang, Wei-Chieh; Han, Julia; Chen, Nian-Shing – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
This research is an exploratory study that evaluates the affordances of WeChat for the development of a community of inquiry (CoI) in semi-synchronous language exchange supported by WeChat. WeChat is an instant messenger that facilitates a multimodal environment in which interaction can happen synchronously, semi-synchronously and asynchronously…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Guidelines
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McNamara, Tim; Morton, Janne; Storch, Neomy; Thompson, Celia – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
This article addresses the suitability of the CEFR as the basis for decisions about the readiness of individuals to engage in academic writing tasks in undergraduate university courses, and as a guide to progress. The CEFR offers potentially relevant general scales and subscales, but also more specific subscales for writing in the academic…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Academic Discourse
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Tudini, Vincenza – Language Learning Journal, 2018
University students who enrol in foreign language (FL) programmes are motivated by various needs, but in particular the need to achieve communicative fluency, which generally requires interaction with others. This study therefore explores the notion of 'interactivity,' as conceptualised in second language learning theories and how it might be…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Blended Learning, College Students, Learning Theories
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Rothwell, Julia – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2015
This article explores one teacher/researcher's development of a drama-language unit and the learners' responses to it. The work is underpinned by a model of intercultural language learning which also acknowledges the pluricultural and plurilingual contexts in which foreign languages are taught in Australia. As part of a…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Guidelines, Teaching Methods, Units of Study
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Normand-Marconnet, Nadine; Lo Bianco, Joseph – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Today, the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR; Council of Europe 2001) is widely recognised as emblematic of globalization in education, both in the realms of policy and in educational practice (Byram et al. 2012a). In Europe the CEFR is regularly cited as a reference point for curriculum planning, and is often…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Humphrey, Sally L. – English in Australia, 2015
In this article, I report on the first stage of a whole school literacy project," Embedding Literacies in the KLAs" (ELK), which aims to support multilingual learners to access the literacies they need for high stakes curriculum learning. As it is "quality teaching" that has been found to have the greatest impact on student…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Literacy Education, Multilingualism, Educational Quality
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Cross, Russell – Babel, 2014
While there is much that Australia has done well with respect to languages education, many problems still persist in terms of mainstream provision of quality languages programs, attaining real outcomes and gains in language learning, and in relation to retention of students studying languages through to the senior years of school. The success of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Course Content, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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