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Mahmoud M. S. Abdallah – Online Submission, 2025
This article contends that centring English as a Foreign Language (EFL) curricula on learners' specific needs is not merely advantageous but essential for fostering meaningful language acquisition. By synthesising theoretical frameworks, empirical research, and practical applications, it underscores the necessity of systematic needs analysis (NA)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Curriculum Development, Student Centered Curriculum, Modern Language Curriculum
Essex, Jane; MacAskill, Maggie Gurney – Support for Learning, 2020
The face of Modern Foreign Language education (MFL) in Scotland is changing. A major policy shift in Scottish education in 2012 set out the aspiration that all students up to the end of third level education in Scottish schools would have the opportunity to learn not one but two languages, in addition to their mother tongue. Over the last 20…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Modern Languages, Modern Language Curriculum, Special Needs Students
Zaiser, Richard – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2018
Teaching modern foreign languages is not all about communicative skills. It is also about testing functional abilities. While we still pay lip service to the creed of communicative language teaching, we have adopted test formats and teaching styles that follow a hidden agenda: the production of human capital. The main objective of teaching is…
Descriptors: Modern Language Curriculum, Second Language Instruction, Functional Literacy, Communicative Competence (Languages)
East, Martin – Language Learning Journal, 2020
This article explores the extent to which task-based language teaching (TBLT) as an emerging but increasingly popular language teaching approach can be used successfully for teaching te reo Maori as a minority and endangered language in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The article presents the experiences and perspectives of one beginning teacher of te reo…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Beginning Teachers
Barrette, Catherine M.; Paesani, Kate; Vinall, Kimberly – Foreign Language Annals, 2010
This article presents an approach to literary texts that develops students' language proficiency, content knowledge, and analytical skills through the interweaving of three content areas--literary analysis, stylistics, and culture--at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels of the foreign language curriculum. Consistent with…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Literary Criticism, Language Proficiency, Second Language Instruction
Monk, Martin – Physics Education, 2008
Cross-curriculum comparisons help open up new perspectives on old issues. The flight from physics by students is one such issue. Here a comparison is made with music education and language education. Where these comparisons provide useful insights they can also warn against knee-jerk panaceas. It is suggested we need to understand how and why…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Interdisciplinary Approach, Comparative Analysis
Slaughter, Yvette; Hajek, John – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2007
Primary school languages education continues to be a challenging issue for all states in Australia. In Victoria, LOTE study is provided at the primary level to address the needs of linguistically diverse communities, as well as to provide an enriching learning experience for monolingual speakers of English. The challenge remains to ensure that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Modern Language Curriculum, Elementary School Curriculum, Community Needs