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Palpacuer-Lee, Christelle; Hutchison Curtis, Jessie; Curran, Mary E. – Language Teaching Research, 2018
The position statement on global competence by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) emphasizes the need for increased participation 'in multilingual communities at home and abroad', and for deeper engagement with languages and cultures (ACTFL, 2014). In response, language teacher preparation programs have sought to…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Citizenship Education, Intercultural Communication, Language Teachers
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Huang, Jingzi – Language Teaching Research, 2003
Reports on a content-based elementary Chinese as a foreign language program. Focuses on classroom language activities that are designed and implemented to serve the dual goals of language development and cultural learning. Investigated how classroom activities are organized to integrate culture/content and language learning for young beginners.…
Descriptors: Chinese, Class Activities, Elementary Education, FLES
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Dufficy, Paul – Language Teaching Research, 2004
This paper focuses on an information gap task that was part of a larger critical action research project that sought to expand talk opportunities for children in multilingual classrooms. Little of the previous research on tasks and language learning has focused on children learning English as an additional language in the context of diverse,…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Action Research, Written Language, Oral Language