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Direct linkDe Bartolo, Anna Maria – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
The present paper stems from an awareness that English has become the most widely used means of intercultural communication on a global scale. Therefore, intercultural communication is more likely to occur through English used as a lingua franca than in any other language used as a lingua franca. English has transcended boundaries and has allowed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Intercultural Communication
Luisa Bavieri; Roberta Gulinelli – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
The report presents the results of an experimentation of an intercomprehension (IC) workshop, delivered in blended mode for Italian and Brazilian PhD students, and activated at the Language Center of the University of Ferrara during the academic year 2021-22. The general objective was for participants to learn a methodology that enables…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs, Workshops
Ennis, Michael Joseph; Barchi, Kim Anne; Merello Astigarraga, Alfonso; Wimhurst, Andrew – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
Intensive language programs have increased in popularity in recent years. They are perceived as a means to help current or prospective university students improve their language competencies and academic skills in their medium(s) of instruction in a short amount of time prior to enrolment and/or parallel to their degree courses. However, there has…
Descriptors: Intensive Language Courses, Student Projects, Positive Attitudes, Second Language Learning
Alhallak, Ghaith – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
The refugee is the person who has fled his or her country for reasons of war, racial discrimination, vengeance, sectarian massacres or other reasons. Many refugees have left everything behind them to reach a society that is completely different from their own, creating many challenges. Perhaps the most important of these challenges is to learn the…
Descriptors: Refugees, Multilingualism, Migrants, Second Language Instruction
Gotti, Maurizio – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
In the process of internationalization of their teaching programmes many universities all over the world are now offering courses in English. This is a typical English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) situation in which both lecturers and students--although they are not native speakers of English--use this language as a common means of communication and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Multilingualism
Buffagni, Claudia; Garzelli, Beatrice; Ghia, Elisa – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
The present contribution focuses on Benigni's auteur film "La vita è bella" (Italy, 1997) as a tool for the development of language competence in L2 English, Spanish and German, as well as of translation skills from Italian into these languages. The project, developed at the CLASS Language Centre at the University for Foreigners of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Films, Film Study, Technology Uses in Education
Argondizzo, Carmen; Jimenez, Jean – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
As the number of university students taking part in exchange programs abroad increases, students are becoming more aware of the importance not only of improving their general language skills, but also of developing academic language skills that will prepare them for their stay and study in transnational higher education contexts. Concurrently, the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, College Students, Language Skills
