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Sieglová, Dagmar – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
Language learning is a life-long process. In a world that connects people across nations through study, work, travel and socializing, new chances and challenges arise, intensifying a need to improve modern foreign language skills. The aim of language education, therefore, should not be limited to providing mere language instruction but it should…
Descriptors: Critical Incidents Method, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
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Bisset, Mariana; Gödeke, Barbara – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
The Language Centre at the University of Padova provides language courses for students of all disciplines and with a wide range of needs. Over the years, the number of students having to deal with a language requirement has increased exponentially, while the teaching personnel and general resources have struggled to keep up. Catering to all of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Advising, Second Language Learning
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Evesti, Leena; Kattainen, Satu; Vaattovaara, Johanna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
This article reports on the experiences and opportunities that two University Pedagogy courses offered to University of Helsinki Language Centre personnel in 2011-2012. The Language Centre and Language Services working community shares an understanding that everyone is working towards the same goal: to support university students' language…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Faculty Development, Teacher Attitudes
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McKinney, Margaret; Comadina Granson, Ruben – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2012
As lecturers of English and Spanish for international students in higher education, we frequently read reflections supporting the notion that the interaction between teacher and student has a direct influence on their learning and possibly even on their future studies and lives. Using examples taken from language learning histories, student course…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Higher Education, Student Attitudes