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Negotiating Differences: Instructors' Reflections on Challenges in International Telecollaboration
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Basharina, Olga; Guardado, Martin; Morgan, Tannis – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2008
This collaborative inquiry is based on university instructors' reflections on their experiences in negotiating and facilitating an international telecollaboration that connected their English as a second language and English as a foreign language students in Canada, Mexico, and Russia. The central themes that emerged from the instructors'…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
A Study of Flow Theory in the Foreign Language Classroom
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Egbert, Joy – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2004
This article focuses on the relationship between flow experiences and language learning. Flow Theory suggests that flow experiences (characterized by a balance between challenge and skills and by a person's interest, control, and focused attention during a task) can lead to optimal learning. This theory has not yet been tested in the area of…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Learning Activities, Learning Theories
The French Project
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Halpern, G.; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1975
Provides a brief description of the experimental French programs offered by the Ottawa and Carleton Boards of Education and outlines the research and evaluation which is now in progress. (Author/PMP)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, French, Language Instruction
Information Resources in Second-Language Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Teachers, Researchers and Educators
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Yalden, Janice – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
This article outlines strategies and describes resources for obtaining information in all areas of the field of foreign language learning and teaching. The specific sources mentioned include bibliographies; abstract series; conference reports; centers for research, documentation and dissemination of information (including ERIC); international…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Documentation, Educational Research, Information Sources
Bibliography: Research on Immersion Education for the Majority Child
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Swain, Merrill – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
This bibliography lists articles on bilingual education and elementary level French immersion programs for English-speaking children. (RM)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Educational Research, FLES
Summary: Research Conference on Immersion Education for the Majority Child
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Tucker, G. Richard – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1976
A summary is given of a research conference held in Montreal in November 1975. Six themes of the conference are outlined and discussed: identification of program goals for evaluation; program structure and evaluation; program product and evaluation; process of second language acquisition, dissemination of information; responsibilities of the…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Research, FLES, Immersion Programs
Parental Decision for French Immersion: A Look at Some Influencing Factors.
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McEachern, William – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1980
Reports on a research study seeking to determine why a large percentage of English-speaking Canadian parents do not enroll their primary-aged children in French immersion programs. (AM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Research, French
A Model of Second-Language Teaching.
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Gayle, Grace M. H. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Presents a model of second language teaching which attempts to describe the categorical components of teaching styles, and to identify the sociological, educational, and personal factors which determine individual teaching styles. (AM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Models