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Michelle Bernice Smith; Margaret Early; Maureen Kendrick – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In this qualitative study, we draw on theory and practice in relation to the concepts of "fixity" and "fluidity" in language education (i.e. the simultaneity of bounded, named languages; and the need to transcend language boundaries). We use data from focus group interviews to investigate the entangled ideological dilemmas…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Swedish, Second Language Learning
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Bergström, Denise; Norberg, Cathrine; Nordlund, Marie – Language Awareness, 2022
Vocabulary is a core feature of language proficiency, requiring explicit attention in the language classroom. As teachers' conceptualizations influence their teaching, their understanding of vocabulary deserves closer attention. Yet, few teacher cognition studies focus on vocabulary, and even fewer on non-native teachers' conceptualizations of…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Schwab, Götz, Ed.; Oesterle, Mareike, Ed.; Whelan, Alison, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This volume is based on an ERASMUS+ project that ran from 2017 to 2020. It aimed at empowering both prospective teachers and teacher educators to actively become agents of their own continuing professional development. It further intended to cooperatively establish a culture of self-reflection, as well as an intercultural network of professionals…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, International Cooperation
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Whelan, Alison; Baldwin, Richard – Research-publishing.net, 2022
As seen in previous chapters of this volume, student involvement in the proPIC Europa project differed at each partner university. For some, engagement rewarded students with formal credits towards a Master's programme. For others, the project offered an opportunity to experience another education system and broaden their knowledge of mobile…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, International Cooperation, Educational Cooperation, Masters Programs
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O'Dowd, Robert; Sauro, Shannon; Spector-Cohen, Elana – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2020
Virtual exchange, or telecollaboration, is a well-known pedagogical approach in foreign language education that involves engaging classes in online intercultural collaboration projects with international partners as an integrated part of their educational programmes. This article focuses on the role of the teacher as pedagogical mentor in virtual…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mentors, Computer Simulation, Second Language Learning
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Hoinkes, Ulrich; Clausen, Kyra – Research-publishing.net, 2022
The claim to strive for greater internationalisation in the fields of academic education not only corresponds to the pressures of an increasingly globalised world but is also a response to the ever-growing challenges of cultural diversity that exist within one's own country. For students, however, the geographical space relevant to their education…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teacher Collaboration
Vetere, Timothy Matthew – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation reports on a qualitative longitudinal study that explores the original conceptualization of drama-based instruction (DBI) in the L2 classroom among ten K-12 teacher-candidates in a language teacher preparation program. It gives particular attention to two case study participants as they continued to (re)conceptualize drama-based…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Drama, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning