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Direct linkHeinonen, Annemari; Tuomainen, Satu – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The processes to assess students' learning acquired in various non-formal and informal learning environments have become increasingly common in Finnish university language centres in recent years. This paper describes new developments at the University of Eastern Finland to assess students' non-formal and informal learning of English for Academic…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Laboratories
Laakkonen, Ilona; Taalas, Peppi – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
This article provides readers with an understanding of the concept of the personal learning environment (PLE). It suggests that PLEs can be used in two complementary ways: as a developmental lens for integrating ICT and creating new pedagogical practices and digital literacies for academic language learning, and as a context in which learners can…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Environment, Information Technology, Technology Integration
Athanasiou, Androulla; Constantinou, Elis Kakoulli; Neophytou, Maro; Nicolaou, Anna; Papadima Sophocleous, Salomi; Yerou, Christina – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
This article explains how the "Common European Framework of References for Languages" (CEFR; Council of Europe 2001, "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) has been applied in language courses at the Language Centre (LC) of the Cyprus…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Guidelines
Stepanek, Libor; Hradilova, Alena – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
This paper presents a case study of a course on academic writing for postgraduate studies within a collaborative and interactive information and communication technologies (ICT) based language-learning setting. It describes the structure of an academic writing course for PhD students, focusing on three ICT-enhanced course activities: collaborative…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Academic Discourse, Graduate Study, Case Studies
Genís Pedra, Marta; Martín de Lama, Mª Teresa – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
There has always been a debate around the issue of what it is that improves learning: the instruction itself or the media used for it (Clark 1983; Kozma 1994). It has also been said (Kulik and Kulik 1991; Andrewartha & Wilmot 2001) that computer mediated learning, as opposed to traditional instruction, positively influences the students'…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
Argondizzo, Carmen; Jimenez, Jean – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
As the number of university students taking part in exchange programs abroad increases, students are becoming more aware of the importance not only of improving their general language skills, but also of developing academic language skills that will prepare them for their stay and study in transnational higher education contexts. Concurrently, the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, College Students, Language Skills
