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Cruz-Arcila, Ferney; Solano-Cohen, Vanessa; Briceño-González, María Liliana; Rincón, Ana; Lobato-Junior, Antonio – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2023
This study examines hegemonic discourses on English and socioeconomic development from teachers' perspectives. Specifically, it scrutinizes the sorts of positions a group of 36 teachers of English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese in an undergraduate program of modern languages take towards both the predominant narrative of English as the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Fei Tang; Raees Calafato – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
As part of its ambitious Belt and Road initiative, the Chinese government, cognizant of the fact that establishing strong people-to-people bonds locally, regionally, and internationally will be key to the initiative's success and that languages will play a pivotal role in facilitating this, has called for the diversification of language programmes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Self Concept
Pedro Tavarez DaCosta; Ivanna Tavarez Vásquez; Francheska Arias Reyes – Online Submission, 2025
The present work is a historical/linguistic account of an unprecedented fact regarding the existence of two English Speaking Communities [British English and American English], in our country the Dominican Republic, where Spanish is the official and most used language, to the extent of being considered a monolingual nation or country. It is…
Descriptors: Language Variation, North American English, English, Spanish
Eman Abdel-Reheem Amin – Online Submission, 2024
In the pursuit of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), universities play a pivotal role in driving transformative change. This paper focuses on innovative approaches centered around the role of the English language and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in English language education. The goal is to empower and prepare…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Sustainable Development, Objectives, Universities
Cruz Arcila, Ferney; Solano-Cohen, Vanessa; Rincón, Ana Cecilia; Lobato Junior, Antonio; Briceño-González, María – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
In the context of an undergraduate program in modern languages that includes the learning of French, Italian, Portuguese, and German in addition to English, this paper problematizes anglonormativity; that is, the dominant discourses of English as the taken-for-granted language of development. From the particular context of Colombia, where the…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Parks, Elinor – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2023
The initial response to COVID-19 exposed widespread racism and Sinophobia across the world, which contributed to a rethinking of equality and diversity in Higher Education (HE) and beyond. Within Modern Languages, much attention has been placed on decolonising the curriculum. The death of George Floyd in 2020 further contributed to an increased…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Modern Languages, Second Language Learning
Finardi, Kyria Rebeca; Guimarães, Felipe Furtado – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2021
This study discusses agency in language policy and planning (LPP) development from the perspective of Brazilian national language policies reflected in the local LPP programme/initiative of a public university in the Southeast region of the country. With that goal, national and local (institutional) documents are analysed and contrasted with the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Public Policy, Foreign Countries, International Education
Zarei, Abbas Ali; Zarei, Nasrin – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2015
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of Iranian EFL learners' proficiency level on their self-related personality traits (self-esteem and self-efficacy). To this end, 141 English major students, male and female, studying at Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU) and Kar Non-profit University in Qazvin, Iran were…
Descriptors: Language Role, Personality Traits, Language Proficiency, Foreign Countries
Lehto, Marja-Liisa; Maijala, Minna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Since Finnish is not an Indo-European language, studying foreign languages in general and then also studying special fields through the medium of foreign languages may provide an extra difficulty for Finnish students. Most university language centres in Finland have organized reading comprehension courses in several foreign languages for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning

Kinder, John J. – Italica, 1996
Discusses the presence and significance of linguistics in Italian departments at universities in Australia and worldwide against the background of multiculturalism, the politicization of the Italian population in Australia, and the emergence of Italy as a major economic and political power. Argues that the boundary lines between linguistics and…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Cultural Pluralism, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries

Thurmer, Uta – World Englishes, 1997
Describes factors influencing growth in demand for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction in German higher education since 1989, and describes how Dresden University has designed a curriculum to meet the need. The Dresden program includes courses in generic scientific English required in a number of disciplines, elective English courses…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Design, Educational Demand, English (Second Language)
Rose, Russell G. – 1993
Satellite television is proposed as a useful source of authentic materials for French language instruction at the college level. It is argued that this medium illustrates to students that the language is used in a wide variety of everyday situations and contexts. The discussion begins with a brief description of common satellite technology,…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs
Ihde, Thomas W., Ed.; Stenson, Nancy, Ed. – Journal of Celtic Language Learning, 1996
The journal for teachers of Celtic languages in the United States and Canada contains six articles. "Motivation and Gender: A Welsh Case Study" (Christine M. Jones) examines data on characteristics of one group of students of Welsh, focusing on gender-related motivational differences. "Morphological Objects" (Annette…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational History
Richardson, G., Ed. – 1983
Key areas of modern language teaching are addressed in 10 articles. In addition to a general overview of methods and aims of foreign language teaching, attention is directed to the audiolingual and audiovisual revolution, language study for the slow-learning child and for the child with above average ability, imaginative learning activities for…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Courses, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction
Australian National Languages Inst., Melbourne. – 1991
A report on the teaching of modern languages in Australian higher education is presented in two volumes. The first volume contains the text of the report. An introductory section describes the aims and methodology of the national review and places it in a historical context. The remainder of this volume is in three parts. The first part identifies…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Curriculum, College Second Language Programs, College Students