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Download full textRamírez, Alexander – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2017
This paper presents the results of an Action-Research cycle conducted at Universidad del Valle, which aimed at fostering learner autonomy in freshmen from a foreign languages program, within an English course. The study established the freshmen's entrance profile regarding learner autonomy, and implemented a course based on the development of…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, College Freshmen, Intervention, English (Second Language)
Direct linkSpencer, Alice; Bussi, Anna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
In the present article, we demonstrate the utility of Open Badge certifications in documenting ESP, EAP and EMI courses. Open Badges are online records of achievement which document field-specific, soft and technical skills. They consist of a visual image and a set of embedded metadata, they are endorsed by the institution which issues them and…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
Peer reviewedBeardsley, Robert S.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1987
Three communication courses for nonnative English speaking pharmacy students at the University of Maryland, Mercer University, and the University of Southern California are described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, English (Second Language)
Costamagna, Lidia – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1991
Emphasizes the importance of pronunciation in the teaching of Italian as a second language and discusses a course in phonetics and phonology taught at the University for Foreigners in Perugia, Italy. Common difficulties are highlighted, and lab exercises to overcome these difficulties are provided. (27 references) (CFM)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Italian
Hill, J.K. – Meta, 1979
Describes a method designed to increase language skills in the advanced student through French-English or English-French translation and interpretation exercises. (AM)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, College Language Programs, Course Descriptions, English
Ionescu, Doina – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Describes a program of French for engineering students that makes extensive use of audiovisual laboratory equipment and cultural materials. (AM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Course Descriptions, Cultural Education, Engineering Technology
Griem, Eberhard – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
After finding that the English Pronunciation course required at Regensburg University reduced errors by only 14 percent, a course was developed in recognizing errors (one's own and others'), with emphasis on vowel reduction, speech rhythm, elementary intonation and liaison. As a result, errors were reduced by 67 percent. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Course Descriptions, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Peer reviewedGraham, Janet G.; Beardsley, Robert S. – TESOL Quarterly, 1986
Describes an experimental course in communication offered to nonnative English-speaking pharmacists at the University of Maryland and reports the results of an evaluation of the course. The course was team-taught by a pharmacist specializing in communication for pharmacists and by an English-as-a-second-language specialist. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Course Descriptions, Course Organization, English for Special Purposes
