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Stefan O'Grady – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
Language testing is witnessing increasing interest in the potential for AI to support test development and validation. To date, published research involving AI in language testing has typically been conducted in the context of high-stakes proficiency tests and the potential for this technology to support local language testing is under-researched.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Pragmatics, Communicative Competence (Languages), Articulation (Speech)
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Banegas, Darío Luis – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2023
Teachers' professional identity is multifaceted and fluctuating, and while it is formally developed during initial teacher preparation, it is influenced by experiences before and beyond teaching programmes. The aim of this paper is to investigate the extent to which a module on language curriculum development may influence the professional…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Professional Identity, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
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Porto, Melina – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
In this article I argue that the theory of intercultural citizenship in language education developed by Michael Byram can contribute to broadening CLIL's theoretical outlook and pedagogy -- two needs for CLIL identified in the literature. I do so by showing that Coyle's 4Cs framework and Marsh, Maljers and Hartiala's five dimensions of CLIL…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Citizenship, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sanchez, Sergio L.; Athanases, Steven Z. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2022
All disciplines have particular ways of knowing, common practices, and means of using language that mediate and potentially support engagement with the discipline. For multilingual learners, language demands of a discipline can be a closed door or a facilitated entryway. Drama and theater arts, the focus of our article, are often marginalized in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Drama, Theater Arts, Teaching Methods
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Papen, Uta; Tusting, Karin – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
This paper reports on an international collaborative project working with deaf learners of English literacy (19-28 years old) in five locations in India: Indore; Vadadora; Comibatore; Pattambi; and Thrissur. Indian Sign Language (ISL) was the language of instruction. The project drew on a social practices view of literacy. Deaf peer tutors were…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Curriculum Development, Literacy, Grammar
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Parks, Elinor – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2023
The initial response to COVID-19 exposed widespread racism and Sinophobia across the world, which contributed to a rethinking of equality and diversity in Higher Education (HE) and beyond. Within Modern Languages, much attention has been placed on decolonising the curriculum. The death of George Floyd in 2020 further contributed to an increased…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Modern Languages, Second Language Learning
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Blow, David; Myers, Helen – Language Learning Journal, 2022
In the high-stakes accountability English educational system, decisions made by government and agencies about curriculum, pedagogy and assessment drive school planning and actions. This paper analyses the drivers for the recent change to French German and Spanish GCSEs and highlights particular areas of the new specification which may damage the…
Descriptors: French, German, Spanish, Second Language Learning
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Critchley, Mark; Wyburd, Jocelyn – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
In this paper, we explore how language centres can and need to seize the initiative in matters of internationalisation, language policy and supporting a multilingual and multicultural institutional environment. We identify and explore a number of challenges and opportunities, using the situation in the United Kingdom as our example, demonstrating…
Descriptors: Universities, International Education, Strategic Planning, Higher Education
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Munna, Afzal Sayed – Journal of Education, 2022
This article intended to analyze a current piece of international education practice in terms of its underlying values, culture, and philosophy, including the concept of international education (e.g., a curriculum model, an organizational or institutional structure, or a management style), and have particularly selected curriculum model to…
Descriptors: International Education, Educational Philosophy, Learning Experience, Global Approach
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Al-Khaza'leh, Bilal Ayed – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
The present study aimed at investigating the influence of social power, as a social hierarchy, on perception of speech act of apology by 40 Jordanian second language speakers (JL2Ss) compared to that of 40 Jordanian non-English speakers, those whose English proficiency is low (JNESs) and 40 English native speakers (ENSs). Discourse Completion Test…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Bastalich, Wendy; Behrend, Monica; Bloomfield, Robert – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
In recent years, contentiously for some, universities have developed generalist skills lists and associated curricula in response to government demand for more "employment-ready" graduates. Such training usually includes writing and communication. In Australia and the UK, guidelines designed to support the development of skills…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Curriculum Development
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Goria, Cecilia, Ed.; Speicher, Oranna, Ed.; Stollhans, Sascha, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham hosted the fifth annual conference in the "Innovative Language Teaching at University" series. Under the heading "Enhancing participation and collaboration" the conference, organised by Cecilia Goria, Oranna Speicher and Sascha Stollhans, took…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Classroom Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Coleman, James A. – Language Learning Journal, 2009
In the light of recent debates on the declining take-up of languages in English schools, and on pupils' motivation towards language learning, this article furthers discussion and asks broader questions. Is there a coincidence between trends in British attitudes to Europe and the growing or waning enthusiasm for language learning across all…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Monolingualism, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
We welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2014, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 28 to 30 of June, 2014. Education, as an important right in our contemporary world, began since we exist. Knowledge and skills were passed by adults to the young, and cultures began to extend their experiences through various…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Trends, Educational Change
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Jorna, Kerstin – Library Review, 2002
Discusses the neglect of foreign languages by LIS (library and information science) departments in English-speaking countries and the problems this will cause in an increasingly multicultural environment. Topics include monolingualism in United Kingdom LIS departments; and suggestions for how to integrate new modules into LIS courses to overcome…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Bias, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
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