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Susanne M. Wagner; Gisela Hoecherl-Alden – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2024
Given that societies across the globe are increasingly multicultural and multilingual, the notion of communicative competence grounded in constricting definitions of national cultures and languages reflects neither our instructional realities nor the sociolinguistic reality of the languages and cultures we teach. To foster students' development of…
Descriptors: German, German Literature, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Liu, Juan – English Language Teaching, 2017
Language is an indispensable part of culture, and it is also a major carrier and medium of culture communication and transmission. Learning a foreign language means not only learning basic language knowledge, training and improving the ability of listening, speaking, reading, writing and translating, but enriching the cross-cultural awareness,…
Descriptors: College English, Teaching Methods, Integrated Curriculum, College Second Language Programs
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Abeywickrama, Priya; Santos, Maricel G.; Olsher, David – CATESOL Journal, 2015
This special theme section was an invaluable opportunity for the guest editors of this "CATESOL Journal" 2015 special theme issue to promote reflection and dialogue on the practicum experience as a professional activity. As part of this exploration, the editors also wanted to find out more about practicum experiences in other TESOL…
Descriptors: Practicums, Questionnaires, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Experience
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Ijichi, Nobuko – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
Japanese is a popular choice amongst higher education students on IWLPs (Institution-Wide Language Programmes), but the language presents challenges for many learners. Students on university elective programmes begin their courses with enthusiasm but often become discouraged and drop out at the post-beginner stage. Thus Japanese elective…
Descriptors: Japanese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Higher Education
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Bolukbas, Fatma; Keskin, Funda; Polat, Mustafa – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
Cooperative learning is a process through which students with various abilities, gender, nationalities and different level of social skills carry out their learning process by working in small groups and helping each other. Cooperative learning is a pedagogical use of small groups which enable students to maximize both their own and others'…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Models
Klink, Patricia; And Others – 1980
This report examines the implementation of a five-day French immersion program whose goal was to expose rural secondary school students to French in cultural context, in order to develop cultural understanding and effective communication. Findings of the study show: (1) 14 percent of the program time was spent on instructional activity, 20 percent…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, High Schools, Immersion Programs, Learning Activities