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Extermann, Blaise – Language Learning Journal, 2018
This paper has two aims: firstly, it sketches the history of language teaching in France and francophone Switzerland over a period of 200 years, with a particular focus on the teaching of German. Secondly, it seeks to shed light on some of the francophone historiographical approaches which have influenced recent research in this area. Historical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Modern Languages, Second Language Instruction, Historiography
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Batstone, Rob – Language Learning Journal, 2016
The idea that task-based learning can be facilitated through negotiated interaction has been a major object of research amongst scholars interested in task-based language teaching for at least 30 years. In this article, I focus largely on one particular type of negotiation--the negotiation of form (hereafter NoF). My purpose is not to cast doubt…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Task Analysis, Academic Discourse, Communications
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Hennebry, Mairin – Language Learning Journal, 2014
A drive for the development of European citizenship (EC) through Modern Foreign Language (MFL) teaching has existed for some time within the academic literature as well as policy institutions. Nevertheless, the views of MFL teachers on the role of MFL in developing EC have rarely been given a voice. This article presents the findings of a study…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Citizenship, Foreign Countries, Modern Languages
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Méndez García, María del Carmen – Language Learning Journal, 2013
In monolingual areas such as the southern Spanish Autonomous Community of Andalusia, the progressive introduction of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programmes in a wide range of primary and secondary schools has probably produced the biggest turning point in Spain's modern educational history. CLIL is initially focused on…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Daniel, Patricia – Language Learning Journal, 1994
Describes the development and implementation of a student exchange program between schools in the Bangor area of North Wales and the Lycee Europeen Jean Monnet in France, focusing on the experiences of the French students in North Wales. The views of students, student teachers, and teachers concerning the program are examined. (six references)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French, Program Descriptions
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Fisher, Linda; Evans, Michael; Esch, Edith – Language Learning Journal, 2004
The use of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) has been hailed as a solution to the problem of access to native speakers for language learners. This project was devised to investigate whether regular and structured use of email, here via a bulletin board, might enhance learners' study of French, with regard to developing learner autonomy and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries, French