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Fondo, Marta – Research-publishing.net, 2021
Virtual exchanges (VEs) based on synchronous video communication allow learners to benefit from online intercultural experiences with a high degree of interactivity (Wang, 2004). Video conferencing tools allow synchronous audio-visual and non-verbal communication as in Face-To-Face (FTF) situations (Kock, 2005), although synchronous video…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Video Technology, Undergraduate Students, Nonverbal Communication
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Kathryn Accurso; Meg Gebhard; Grace Harris; Jennie Schuetz – Educational Linguistics, 2021
This chapter explores how systemic functional linguistics (SFL) can contribute to secondary teachers' effectiveness for teaching disciplinary literacies to refugee youth in the United States. The chapter describes the Milltown Multimodal/Multiliteracies (MMM) Collaborative, an SFL-based professional development partnership between a large public…
Descriptors: Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hernández Méndez, Edith; Reyes Cruz, María del Rosario – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2012
Corrective feedback has been discussed mainly in second language acquisition contexts, but less has been done concerning corrective feedback in foreign language settings. In this descriptive study, conducted at a Mexican university, our aims were to identify the perceptions of instructors of English as a foreign language about corrective feedback…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Chiesa, Bruno Della, Ed.; Scott, Jessica, Ed.; Hinton, Christina, Ed. – OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2012
The rise of globalisation makes language competencies more valuable, both at individual and societal levels. This book examines the links between globalisation and the way we teach and learn languages. It begins by asking why some individuals are more successful than others at learning non-native languages, and why some education systems, or…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Global Approach, Motivation
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Rodríguez Cervantes, Carmen A.; Roux Rodriguez, Ruth – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2012
When language learners do not know how to say a word in English, they can communicate effectively by using their hands, imitating sounds, inventing new words, or describing what they mean. These ways of communicating are communication strategies (CSs). EFL teachers are not always aware of the importance of teaching communication strategies to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Communication Strategies, Nonverbal Communication
Todd-Mancillas, Wm. R.; Nadler, Meryl – 1983
Problems frequently encountered by Americans visiting or studying in Mexico are described. Idiomatic phrases that might confuse an American Spanish speaker are highlighted to illustrate how the Spanish taught in classrooms differs from the Spanish spoken in Mexico. The relevance of nonverbal communication norms to cultural assimilation is examined…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Culture Contact, Foreign Culture