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Lascano, Beñat – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2023
In this dossier, the situation of Iparralde is discussed, which occupies approximately two fifths of the French "département" (county) Pyrénées-Atlantiques. According to quantitative and socio-political criteria, the Basque language in France is a minority language. The aim of the Regional Dossier series is to provide concise…
Descriptors: Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Minorities, Native Language Instruction
Escudé, Pierre, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2019
Occitan, or the Oc language, is a Romance language. The focus in this dossier is on the four regions in France where Occitan is spoken: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitanie, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Whyte, Shona; Gijsen, Linda – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Telecollaborative research often focuses on intercultural objectives rather than language learning, and highlights limitations due to technical difficulties and poor task design. This study redresses the balance by focusing on language and learner interaction in an exchange involving the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners of 35 secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Prasad, Gail – Intercultural Education, 2015
In an age of transnational mobility, there has been a growing recognition of the need for both English and French mainstream classroom teachers to be trained to teach increasingly plurilingual student populations. In this article, I begin by describing the context for an exploratory comparative and collaborative ethnographic action research study…
Descriptors: French, English, Multilingualism, Ethnography
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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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Wernicke, Meike – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquee, 2010
In July 2009, a group of over 80 FSL teachers from British Columbia (BC) participated in a two-week sojourn at the "Centre d'Approches vivantes des Langues et des Medias" (CAVILAM) in Vichy, France, as part of an initiative to address the critical shortage of qualified French language teachers in the province. After almost four decades…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Foreign Countries, French, Professional Development
Sanchez, Daniel – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning (NJ1), 2007
This regional dossier aims to provide concise, descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education in a specific region of Europe--the Northern Basque country. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support…
Descriptors: Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Minorities, Native Language Instruction