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Cara Dinneen; John Gardiner; Mohammed Sameer; Jeremy Koay; Sharon Cullen; Tony Hickey; Alejandra Vazquez; Jose Lara; Mariela Mazzei – English Australia Journal, 2024
Direct Entry Programs (DEPs) at Australian universities are designed to enhance students' English language and academic skills, with the primary goals of preparing and assuring students' readiness for university studies. Given that university tasks often require the integration of language skills (e.g., writing assignments using information from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, English Language Learners, College Readiness
Houston Independent School District, 2022
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) offers two main ESL programs for students whose native language is not English and who need to develop and enhance their English language skills (emergent bilinguals or EBs). The Content-Based ESL model (CB-ESL) consists of an intensive program of English instruction in all subject areas with…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, School Districts
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2021
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) has synthesized key data on English learners (ELs) into two-page sheets on a variety of subjects. This fact sheet provides the following data on ELs in the United States over the 2017-2018 school year: (1) Percentage of Students Enrolled in K-12 Who Are English Learners; (2) English Language…
Descriptors: Profiles, Student Characteristics, English Language Learners, Kindergarten
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Ayres-Bennett, Wendy; Hafner, Marco; Dufresne, Eliane; Yerushalmi, Erez – RAND Europe, 2022
A research report from the University of Cambridge and RAND Europe shows that investing in languages education in the UK could return more than the investment cost. Researchers explored a gap in the evidence relating to the economic benefits of extending languages education and found that an increase in secondary-school pupils learning one of four…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Economic Development, Educational Benefits
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Yeo, Joseph; O'Donoghue, Gemma – Student Success, 2023
To address the demands from their courses, students with insufficient language proficiency who cannot attend the standard subject-specific academic language development program are directed to an alternative discipline-specific program -- the Language Development Tutorial in Block mode, at the University of Technology Sydney. This practice report…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Academic Language, Universities, English for Academic Purposes
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Sack, William; Maggin, Sherry; Miller, Zachary F. – Hispania, 2021
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, undergraduate institution that educates and trains its students (cadets) to become future leaders in the US Army officer corps. The Department of Foreign Languages (DFL) at West Point plays an integral role in developing cadets' cultural and linguistic competencies in preparation for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Military Training, Universities, Languages for Special Purposes
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Tschirner, Erwin – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2018
Concepts of second language proficiency and how proficiency may be assessed have changed considerably over the last 20 years. New notions of validity with respect to the interpretation and uses of test scores have begun to shape discussions about test validity and quality assurance in college world language departments, in government, and in…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Testing, Test Theory, German
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Nikolov, Marianne; Timpe-Laughlin, Veronika – Language Teaching, 2021
Given the exponential growth in the popularity of early foreign language programs, coupled with an emphasis of evidence-based instruction, assessing young learners' (YLs) foreign language abilities has moved to center stage. This article canvasses how the field of assessing young learners of foreign languages has evolved over the past two decades.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Measurement, Second Language Programs
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Morris, Kimberly; Brougham, Rose Marie – Hispania, 2021
World language classrooms in the United States have been significantly impacted by the physical and ideological disruptions experienced in recent history. Such disruptive times call for the reform of pedagogical practices to raise awareness of social justice issues and ignite real change both in and out of language classrooms. This essay outlines…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Curriculum Development, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning
Porter, Tameka; Cook, H. Gary; Sahakyan, Narek – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2019
The authors illustrate models and procedures that can be applied to calculate overall composite scores in order to identify an indicator of English language proficiency, based on composite scores for English learners with 504 or individualized education plans who are missing one or more domain scores on the Assessing Comprehension and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Accountability, English Language Learners
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Holman, Don – Applied Language Learning, 2021
Whereas major research universities may accommodate programs of study in Arabic, Chinese, or Persian, regional universities and liberal arts colleges have struggled to adapt to a wider and more complex array of world languages and literatures in the 21st century. Many have been forced to choose between radically restructuring or closing programs…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Modern Languages, College Second Language Programs
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Wagner, Susanne M.; Hoecherl-Alden, Gisela – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2020
More than ever, faculty need to ensure that undergraduate curricula not only provide students with tools to gain linguistic proficiency but also teach them to analyze both written and visual information to attain historical literacy. Developing both intercultural proficiency and insights into various historical memorialization processes ensures…
Descriptors: German, History Instruction, Literacy, Language Proficiency
Reynolds, Nedra – Liberal Education, 2019
At a time when language programs around the United States are in crisis--the University of Rhode Island's Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures is realigning its curriculum to emphasize proficiency and intercultural competence within a strong liberal arts context. The result of the department's recent initiatives? More than…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Departments
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Caon-Parsons, Sandra; Dimmell, Paula – English Australia Journal, 2020
The Intercultural Competency (ICC) Program is a structured program that has been developed at the University of Adelaide's English Language Centre (ELC) to create opportunities for students to connect in a global context. This stand-alone and easily transferable program aims to create meaningful opportunities for mixed-language-ability learners to…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Teaching Methods, Lesson Plans, Intercultural Communication
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Fischer, Johann – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The underlying methodological approach of the CEFR is defined as being "action-oriented" and task-based (Council of Europe. 2001. "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment." Cambridge University Press: 9), although it explicitly leaves room for a variety of approaches, since the CEFR…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Rating Scales, Guidelines
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