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Direct linkLittle, David – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
I begin this article by briefly explaining why I think CercleS should encourage university language centres to align their courses and assessment with the proficiency levels of the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR) and why they should use a version of the European Language Portfolio (ELP) to support the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Pokharel, Ramesh Kumar – TESOL Journal, 2011
Learning a foreign language is like exploring a foreign land; one will be directionless and may be lost in the exploration as one makes efforts to learn foreign language. It is not easy to learn or teach foreign language. However, an appropriate teaching approach or technique can facilitate learning of foreign language, and, thus, it can be taught…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Download full textOrsini-Jones, Marina – Research-publishing.net, 2015
The author reflects on how she has used technology as a language teacher since the mid-1980s. She describes the evolution of technology in language learning pre- and Internet tools, from "blended learning" to social media. She concludes with the telecollaboration projects she has been recently working on and the issues they have found…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Electronic Learning, Web 2.0 Technologies
Taylor, Lynda – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2010
This article is based upon a presentation given at the Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) held in Denver, Colorado, in March 2009. That presentation reviewed some of the recent attempts from within our research community to "tell the story" of our field over several decades. It explored how the discourse of these narratives contributes to…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Testing, Language Tests, Cooperation
Little, David – Language Teaching, 2009
This article argues that the Council of Europe's European Language Portfolio is capable of supporting the implementation of language learner autonomy on a large scale. It begins by explaining what the author understands by "language learner autonomy", then introduces the European Language Portfolio and explains how it can stimulate…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reflection
Edge, Julian – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2008
This article presents the author's response to the "Theory in TESOL" symposium in "TESOL Quarterly" (June 2008). One thing that the author learned from the symposium was the importance of adding an element of "for what purpose?" to the question of the role of theory in TESOL. He was struck by the fact that although each writer responded to the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Action Research, Theory Practice Relationship, English (Second Language)
