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Coral, Josep; Lleixà, Teresa; Ventura, Carles – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
The member states of the European Union have funded many initiatives supporting the teaching and learning of foreign languages. Content and language integrated learning is one of the experimental language programmes that have been introduced in Catalonia, in the north-east of Spain. The aims of this study are to analyse the results achieved by…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Šajgalíková, Helena; Breeze, Ruth – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
This article deals with university language teaching in the perspective of its shift from linguistic competence towards communicative competence, and presents some aspects of the underlying process. It analyses the findings from a survey conducted within the Leonardo project "Transparency in the Acquired Language Competences" (TALC;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages), College Second Language Programs, Second Language Instruction
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Christian, Donna; Pufahl, Ingrid U.; Rhodes, Nancy C. – Educational Leadership, 2005
Numerous reports and articles have decried the mediocrity of U.S. students' foreign language skills and have called for improved language education. One study that looked at foreign language education in 19 countries suggests several characteristics of successful foreign language programs: starting early, providing an articulated framework,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Heritage Education, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries