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Direct linkMochizuki, Naoko – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2017
Needs analysis (NA) plays a significant role in developing tasks that create opportunities for natural language use in classrooms. Preemptive NA, however, does not necessarily predict the contingently emerging interpersonal and social variables which influence learners and teachers' behaviours. These unpredictable variables often lead to a gap…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Collaborative Writing, Learning Activities, Language Usage
Hatoss, Anikó – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2019
Some of the key challenges in teaching intercultural communication (IC) are to engage learners in activities which develop their critical intercultural awareness and to prepare them for communication in superdiverse (Vertovec, 2007) contexts. This paper discusses linguistic landscapes (LL) as an innovative method for teaching intercultural…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Teaching Methods
Sato, Masatoshi; Storch, Neomy – Language Teaching Research, 2022
Researchers and teachers often invoke context to explain their particular research/teaching issues. However, definitions of context vary widely and the direct impact of the context is often unexplained. Based on research showing contextual differences in second language (L2) learner beliefs and interactional behaviors, the current project compared…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Download full textWood, Denise; Bilsborow, Carolyn – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2014
Today's graduates need the skills to enable them to "persevere in the face of complexity and unresolvability" (McWilliam and Haukka 2008: 660), and to respond creatively in work environments that are increasingly dependent on digital technologies (Cunningham 2006). However, although many higher education institutions (HEIs) acknowledge…
Descriptors: Creativity, Undergraduate Study, Design, Skill Development
Geng, Gretchen; Disney, Leigh – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
This study aimed to assess the pre-service teachers' knowledge of and ability to use text messaging, and assist their use of this technology in the classroom teaching context. Data were gathered by means of a questionnaire and text message exercises. Fifty-three pre-service teachers participated in the study. It was found that although different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Technological Literacy, Technology Uses in Education
Xu, Jianwei – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
This article examines the role of agency for the English language development of three Chinese research students with high English proficiency sojourning in Australia. The focus is on the various approaches the learners employed to strengthen their sense of confidence in their language use in Australia. The data were obtained through in-depth…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Language Usage
Gannon, Susanne – English in Australia, 2009
A critical/creative paradigm in contemporary English carries with it an imperative that students should be given opportunities for deep engagement with texts relevant to what matters in their everyday lives. In this paper, I argue that the materiality of everyday life includes the physical and geographic places where we live. When students live in…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Opportunities, Pragmatics, Second Languages
National Staff Development Committee for Vocational Education and Training, Chadstone (Australia). – 1995
This module is the fifth of five integrated professional development modules for adult literacy and basic education (ALBE) personnel. The 12-hour module is designed to build on and develop participants' understandings about language. The stated purposes of this module are as follows: to develop participants' understandings of language as social…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This document contains the fifth volume of the proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Conference presentations are centered around the theme "Mathematics at the Centre." This volume features 59 research reports by presenters with last names beginning between Sac and Zaz:…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Symbols (Mathematics), Preservice Teacher Education
