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Turner, Marianne; Fielding, Ruth – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2021
The term 'CLIL' has been used in Australia for over a decade, and the approach has helped to invigorate languages education in both primary and secondary schools. In particular, the flexibility of CLIL has led to a range of teachers accessing CLIL training: from teachers in structured programs where schools have committed to organisational change,…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Williams, Alan – TESOL in Context, 2018
Discussion of ethical considerations in Australian TESOL began 25 years ago, with arguments about the need for TESOL professionals to be aware of the potentially harmful consequences of their work, the loss of first language proficiency, and even the loss of languages themselves (Williams, 1992, 1995). The intervening quarter of a century has seen…
Descriptors: Ethics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Professional Associations
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McGroarty, Mary – Language Teaching, 2012
This presentation builds on the concept of orientations to languages other than English in the US first suggested by Ruiz (1984). Using examples from recent ethnographic, sociolinguistic, and policy-related investigations undertaken principally in North America, the discussion explores possible connections between individual and group language…
Descriptors: Native Language, Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Bilingualism
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Moore, Paul J. – Modern Language Journal, 2013
This study investigates contextual features surrounding the use of a first language (L1) in a Japanese university English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) course during peer interaction in the extended preparation phase leading up to two oral presentation tasks (OP1 and OP3), performed seven months apart. Interaction data were analysed in terms of the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Native Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Li, Ting; Wharton, Sue – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2012
This article presents a qualitative, comparative study of metadiscourse in the academic writing of two groups of undergraduate students working in two different disciplines. The groups of students were: 1) Native speakers of Mandarin studying in China through the medium of English; 2) Native speakers of Mandarin studying in the UK through the…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Literary Criticism, Foreign Countries
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Wei, Ming – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
This study investigated the use of discourse markers (DMs) by college learners of English in China. It compared the use of DMs for four discourse functions by students at different proficiency levels. An audio-video instrument called Video Oral Communication Instrument was conducted to elicit ratable speech samples. Fraser's (1999) taxonomy was…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Advanced Students, Speech Communication, Discourse Analysis