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Impacts of the Use of "Support Tools" on a Distance Language Learning Course
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Pradier, Vincent; Andronova, Olga – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
This study is a temporary assessment of the impacts of the use of support tools as part of a distance language training course for non-specialist students implemented at the Diderot Paris VII University in 2011/2012. The study mainly focuses on the uses of the support tool "Sounds Right APP" and details the results of the analysis of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Mass Media Use, Mass Media Effects, Technology Uses in Education
"As You Sow so Shall You Reap"--but What to Sow? The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) Applied to a Flemish Business Context
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Marchand, Marjan; Vercruysse, Christophe; De Wilde, Lodewijk – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
This research project explores the relationship between the French skills taught during the Dutch-speaking professional Bachelor's of Applied Business, the perceived French language requirements for these Bachelor's graduates in the workplace, and the actual French language needs on the work floor. We review the current situation and consider how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Job Skills, Language Skills
A Needs Analysis for Chinese Language Teaching at a University in the United States
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Huang, Chuanning – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
This paper presents the results of a one-year language curriculum needs analysis project aimed at developing a deeper understanding of the learning needs of first and second year Chinese language students at a university in the United States. The purpose of this project was to provide a foundation for further curriculum development of the…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Chinese, Second Language Learning, College Second Language Programs
University Students' Plurilingual Profiles in a French Frontier City: Similarities and Differences between More and Less Plurilingual Students
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Toffoli, Denyze – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
Plurilingualism has been targeted as an objective of the European Commission and its deployment is naturally thought to originate in the education sector. A recent study of the Commission (2012) has pointed to the poor results of French schooling with regard to foreign language instruction, but few quantitative studies have looked specifically at…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Profiles, Second Language Learning, College Students
Learning Environments in University Language Centres: Transferring Support to Learners
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Sainio, Seppo – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2012
The study reported in this article was conducted in 2009-2010 at the University of Helsinki Language Centre. Its purpose was to produce new information on the use of learning environments, specifically in a university language centre. Data collected from student questionnaires were analysed and interpreted. The study reveals that the central…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Second Language Programs, College Students, Questionnaires