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Regina Morin; Ann Warner-Ault – NECTFL Review, 2025
There exists a dearth of textbooks for teaching medical Spanish and Spanish for law, justice, and human services through a social justice lens. In addition, many texts do not meet the needs of learners with disparate language proficiency levels of Spanish and varying depth and breadth of knowledge about these topics. The literature has identified…
Descriptors: Spanish, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Burr, Solvita – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
This paper describes one 4-week long online language learning module which utilizes the animated documentary film "My Favorite War" (Burkovska-Jakobsen, 2020) and analyzes four students' final essays. The learning module was created considering ethnographic views of cultural inferences (Spradley, 2016), the framework of social space…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multiple Literacies, Indo European Languages
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Guidarelli, Barbara; Moore, Carole; Peligra, Cristina – Research-publishing.net, 2022
Aimed at fostering student engagement using remote communication tools to restructure language teaching, the "Newcastle Calls" project was piloted in early 2020, providing Newcastle University's Italian language students at intermediate level with a chance to be involved in the production of authentic material. Thanks to technology, they…
Descriptors: Translation, Masters Programs, Italian, Theater Arts
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Alyaz, Yunus; Isigicok, Erkan; Gursoy, Esim – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
This study examines the environmental attitudes of Turkish pre-service teachers of German as a foreign language using the German version of The Revised New Ecological Paradigm Scale (RNEP) and aims to compare New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) level of participants before and after a larger research project that uses documentary movies as a language…
Descriptors: Documentaries, Preservice Teachers, Comparative Analysis, Environmental Education
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Hertel, Tammy Jandrey; Harrington, Stasie – Hispania, 2015
The 2007 MLA report "Foreign Language and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World," with its call to institutions of higher education to reexamine their curricula and include more in-depth cultural content into all courses, reminded foreign language educators of the important goal of helping students gain…
Descriptors: Spanish, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Input, Films
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Lee, Hyunjeong – Educational Psychology, 2014
This study investigated a reliable and valid method for measuring cognitive load during learning through comparing various types of cognitive load measurements: electroencephalography (EEG), self-reporting, and learning outcome. A total of 43 college-level students underwent watching a documentary delivered in English or in Korean. EEG was…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Correlation, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Diagnostic Tests
Ahmed, Sofe – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2012
The concept of globalization has brought dynamism in each aspect of the world. The changes have also touched the field of English language teaching (ELT) throughout the world. Bangladesh is no more far from that transformation. It has already attempted to the innovation of ELT. The country has moved from long term-practiced Grammar Translation…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Students
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Sad, Süleyman Nihat – English Teaching Forum, 2008
Teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) who want to develop successful lessons face numerous challenges, including large class sizes and inadequate instructional materials and technological support. Another problem is unmotivated students who refuse to participate in class activities. According to Harmer (2007), uncooperative and…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Eddy, Peter A., Comp. – 1975
This bibliography was prepared for foreign language teacher trainers and curriculum specialists for use in preservice and inservice instruction. The audiovisual materials cited here have been compiled from an extensive search of AV center catalogues and periodicals in which such materials are advertised. The listings have been grouped into four…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Documentaries