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Direct linkElvira Swender – American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2023
The "ACTFL Performance Descriptors for Language Learners" are designed to describe language performance that is the result of explicit instruction in an instructional setting. A companion to the "ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines," a document that describes broad, general language proficiency regardless of when, where or how…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Rating Scales, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Piccardo, Enrica; North, Brian – Multilingual Matters, 2019
This book presents the background to the current shift in language education towards action-oriented/action-based teaching, and provides a theorization of the Action-oriented Approach (AoA). It discusses the concepts and theories that paved the way for the AoA and explores their relevance for the way language education is conceived and implemented…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development
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Download full textPapadima-Sophocleous, Salomi, Ed.; Kakoulli Constantinou, Elis, Ed.; Giannikas, Christina Nicole, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2021
Despite the contributions language centres across the globe have made to language education and higher education in general, few publications have a specific focus on research work produced by language centre faculty. The purpose of this reviewed, edited volume entitled "Tertiary Education Language Learning: A Collection of Research,"…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Hulstijn, Jan H. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2015
This book, written for both seasoned and novice researchers, presents a theory of what is called Basic and Higher Language Cognition (BLC and HLC), a theory aimed at making some fundamental issues concerning first and second language learning and bilingualism (more) empirical. The first part of the book provides background for and explication of…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Bilingualism
McConnell, Kathleen; Campos, David; Ryser, Gail R. – PRO-ED, Inc., 2006
The instructional ideas presented in this kit are specially designed for teaching 4th-12th grade students served in English Language Learners (ELL), limited English proficient (LEP), and English as a second language (ESL) programs. The kit includes a quick, easy to use criterion-referenced rating scale, an ideas matrix, and 37 research-based…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Cultural Awareness, Rating Scales
Arnberg, Lenore – 1987
A discussion of the development of bilingualism in preschool-age children, intended for parents, focuses on the reasons for encouraging bilingualism and the role of family members and home environment in doing so. An introductory section offers background information on the book and a brief examination of the situation for emigrants coping with a…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Development
