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Download full textDomanchin, Morgane – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This study explores a language learner's screen while interacting from a desktop videoconferencing device as part of an intercultural telecollaboration exchange that connected teacher-trainees and French learners. Communicative tasks involving opinion exchanges require from language learners simultaneous speaking and listening comprehension…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computational Linguistics, Listening Comprehension, Language Usage
Direct linkChang, Pearl – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Taiwan English teachers in secondary schools are facing a new challenge of having to teach listening comprehension skills to their students. Many instructors are not equipped to deliver adequate listening instruction although listening comprehension has become a benchmark for senior high students aspiring to enter a tertiary institution and earn a…
Descriptors: National Standards, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Coelho, Daniela; Andrade, Ana Isabel; Portugal, Gabriela – Language Awareness, 2018
This article reports a study which examined the effects of an "Awakening to Languages" (AtL) programme on preschool children's language abilities. This programme aimed at exposing children to language and cultural diversity as well as promoting positive attitudes towards different languages and cultures amongst children. However,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Metalinguistics, Communication Skills, Syntax
Cheung, Alan; Mak, Barley; Abrami, Philip; Wade, Anne; Lysenko, Larysa – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2016
This pilot project investigated the effects of ABRACADABRA (ABRA), a web-based literacy program developed by the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) at Concordia University, on primary school children in Hong Kong. A total of 125 Primary 2 students participated in a 14-week long study. Five classes were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Literacy Education, Control Groups
Sobolev, Olga – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This paper assesses the efficiency of the "Language Immersion e-Course" developed at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Language Centre. The new self-study revision e-course, promoting students' proficiency in spoken and aural Russian through autonomous learning, is based on the Michel Thomas method, and is…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Online Courses, Immersion Programs, Russian
Ploquin, Francoise – Francais dans le Monde, 1991
A discussion of the need to promote mutual comprehension among speakers of Romance languages describes one university program in France and looks at the possibility of extending multilanguage instruction to secondary education. The potential, and problems, of trying to teach students listening comprehension in several related languages are…
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Planning
Rosenthal, Marilyn, Ed. – ESL Magazine, 1999
This document contains all six issues of the journal for 1999. Article titles include the following: "A Tribute to ESL Pioneers"; "Current Perspectives on Improving Aural Comprehension"; "TESOL '99 Preview"; "South Africa: A Place for English Teaching Pioneers"; "Challenging Questions About E-Mail for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Deafness, Educational Trends
Langille, John; And Others – 1990
The Finnish Foreign Language Diploma for Professional Purposes, which tests English language skills, is described. The examination is intended for both individuals desiring certification of their knowledge and ability to use English in a professional context and for employers wanting independent evaluation for selection purposes. It measures…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Business Administration, Certification, English (Second Language)
Coombe, Christine A., Ed. – 1998
Papers from the 1997 and 1998 Current Trends in English Language Testing (CTELT) conferences include: "Computer-Based Language Testing: The Call of the Internet" (G. Fulcher); "Uses of the PET (Preliminary English Test) at Sultan Qaboos University" (R. Taylor); "Issues in Foreign and Second Language Academic Listening…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Many Voices, 1996
The seven issues of this New Zealand journal contain brief articles on a variety of immigrant and multicultural education issues. Topics include: the role of English language instruction in creating opportunities; Pacific Islander university students; lecture listening and note-taking techniques; the language of geography examinations; audiotape…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Community Schools, Creative Writing, Cultural Pluralism
