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The Global Geek: Language Training for IT Students' Study Abroad in Austria and Germany
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Cliver, Gwyneth E.; Khazanchi, Deepak – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2011
Recognizing the global role of information technology, this article describes a USDOE-funded transatlantic mobility program in the area of IT project management. The project enhances intercultural as well as German language skills and promotes a mutual understanding of EU and US cultures. The relationship between IT and German-language programs…
Descriptors: Cultural Literacy, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Language Skills
The Chicken or the Egg? Examining the Impacts of a Brief Bilingual Exchange on Willingness to Communicate
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Mady, Callie – Babel, 2011
This study compares the willingness to communicate (WTC) of Canadian Anglophone and Francophone students to measures of their self-assessed, multiskilled second language proficiency and strategy use before and after a short-term intracountry bilingual exchange experience. The central question is whether a student's WTC exists before an opportunity…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Questionnaires, Language Skills, Language Proficiency
Communicative Competences and the Use of ICT for Foreign Language Learning within the European Student Exchange Programme ERASMUS
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Gomez, Jose Ignacio Aguaded; Vicente, Cristina Pozo – European Educational Research Journal, 2011
This article presents the results from a mainly statistical and comparative analysis regarding the communicative competences and the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) of German exchange students. The data was extracted from two exhaustive, rigorous and methodical questionnaires related to communicative and ICT competences,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Statistical Analysis
The Results of Short-Term Bilingual Exchanges Keep on Ticking: Long-Term Impacts of Brief Bilingual Exchanges
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Mady, Callie – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
This article presents the long-term impacts of brief bilingual (English/French) exchanges as identified by past exchange participants through questionnaire and interview responses. The findings indicate that former exchange participants (a) have confidence in their language abilities, (b) continue to use their second language, (c) choose leisure…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Employment Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, Language Proficiency
Measuring Gains in Pupils' Foreign Language Competence as a Result of Participation in a School Exchange Visit: The Case of Y9 Pupils at Three Comprehensive Schools in the UK
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Evans, Michael; Fisher, Linda – Language Teaching Research, 2005
This article examines evidence provided by quantitative and qualitative measurement of second language (L2) proficiency by elementary-level learners of French, following participation in a school foreign exchange visit. Based on a study consisting of a controlled analysis of test results from 68 pupils studying French at three secondary schools in…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Test Results, Morphemes, Writing Tests
Language Skills, Course Development, and the Year Abroad.
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Davie, James – Language Learning Journal, 1996
Discusses a survey of college students who studied abroad in a Russian-speaking country and were asked questions concerning program content and motivational factors. Students indicated that they were not prepared well enough for the year abroad and have definite ideas about how to improve the content and orientation of Russian-language courses.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Students, Course Content, Educational Technology