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Hanna Kosonen – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
Linguistic diversity is growing in Higher Education, driven by factors like internationalization and digitalization. This trend necessitates a reevaluation of language practices within academic communities. Language Centres play a crucial role in modelling effective practices and reshaping these practices to address the multilingual needs of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Luisa Bavieri; Roberta Gulinelli – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
The report presents the results of an experimentation of an intercomprehension (IC) workshop, delivered in blended mode for Italian and Brazilian PhD students, and activated at the Language Center of the University of Ferrara during the academic year 2021-22. The general objective was for participants to learn a methodology that enables…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs, Workshops
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Nagai, Noriko – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This report proposes a number of tasks which help learners become more aware of how their feelings are moulded in their L1 and notice crosslinguistic similarities and differences between their L1 and a target language. The proposed tasks are motivated by findings in the crosslinguistic influence literature and a study that investigated Japanese…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Grammar
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Duarte, Joana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
It is undeniable that English has become the worldwide lingua franca for the academic world. Many countries have therefore opted for Higher Education programmes fully in English, of which the Netherlands is the frontrunner. Language policies that include drawing on students plurilingual repertoires could offer the opportunity to employ several…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Higher Education, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)
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Gkaintartzi, Anastasia; Mouti, Anna; Skourtou, Eleni; Tsokalidou, Roula – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This paper explores the language views and practices of postgraduate student-teachers attending a distance-learning Master's Programme of a Greek University, entitled "Language Education for Refugees and Migrants" (LRM). Teachers and professionals working with language learners in linguistically diverse contexts make up an interesting…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Multilingualism, Refugees, Migrants
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Pitkänen, Kari K.; Siddall, Roy; Lehtonen, Tuula – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
The internationalization of European higher education and the corresponding proliferation of international Master's degree programmes are creating plurilingual educational environments that potentially enhance linguistic diversity. However, there is concern that the focus on English as the sole medium of instruction in such programmes could have…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Foreign Students, International Education, Internet