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Chika Kitano; Yoko Morikawa; Tsukasa Yamanaka – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2025
This design case describes the design of a multimodal learning environment that took place in the context of a funded study on the development of an online, multimodal, and tangible cross-border exchange program aimed at creating experiences that closely simulate face-to-face study abroad (SA) experiences in the post-pandemic context. Although…
Descriptors: Student Exchange Programs, International Educational Exchange, International Cooperation, Program Design
Takeda, Yuya – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2023
This paper reports on the narrative of Shannon, a Taiwanese Canadian female assistant language teacher (ALT) of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, one of the world's largest government-sponsored programmes for recruiting English language teachers to teach overseas [Nagatomo (2016). "Identity, gender and teaching English in…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Political Attitudes, Race, Gender Differences
Risner, Mary E. – Hispania, 2021
The goal of this short-form article is to provide an overview of the opportunities and benefits for faculty and students who are considering the implementation of Virtual Exchange (VE) learning experiences to globalize the curriculum and their classrooms. The essay describes the benefits of students developing global competence, improving…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty
Fantini, Alvino E. – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2020
Given current trends in international education, many institutions of higher education in the United States and elsewhere seek to prepare students for life and careers in a globalized world. For many institutions, this means internationalizing curriculum and campus, increasing educational exchange opportunities (for both domestic and international…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), International Education, Educational Trends
van der Zwaard, Rose; Bannink, Anne – Language Learning & Technology, 2019
In this paper we explore and identify emerging patterns of synchronous digital discourse trajectories between dyads of native (NS) and non-native speakers (NNS), with a particular focus on (absence of) negotiated interaction. We will present a new model of L2 learning interaction that is a schematic representation of two main types of hearer…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Persuasive Discourse, Computer Mediated Communication, Learning Processes
Healy, Sandra; Kennedy, Olivia – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This chapter examines practical issues regarding Virtual Exchanges (VEs) for educational purposes in the university context and covers language use, cultural differences, time management, teacher collaboration, technology-related issues, assessment, and context specific factors. It charts the establishment of three academic collaborations between…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Exchange Programs, Language Usage, Cultural Differences
Almeida, Joana; Fantini, Alvino E.; Simões, Ana Raquel; Costa, Nilza – Intercultural Education, 2016
This paper examines how the addition of intercultural interventions carried out throughout European credit-bearing exchange programmes can enhance sojourners' development of intercultural competencies, and it explores how both formal and non-formal pedagogical interventions may be designed and implemented. Such interventions were conducted at a…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Exchange Programs, Cultural Awareness, Intervention
Castillo-Scott, Aurora – The EUROCALL Review, 2015
This paper describes a TeleTandem language exchange project between English speaking Spanish students at Georgia College, USA, and Spanish speaking English students at Universidad de Concepción, Chile. The aim of the project was to promote linguistic skills and intercultural competence through a TeleTandem exchange. Students used Skype and Google…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Intercultural Communication
Caruana, Sandro – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2013
In this contribution I present an overview of Italian in Malta, the third language of Malta, focusing on the role of this language within educational institutions and other domains of society. Italian was one of Malta's official languages till 1936 and, historically, it was used mainly within administrative and cultural spheres of society. Contact…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Italian, Television, Programming (Broadcast)
Ohtani, Chie – Educational Perspectives, 2010
In 2001, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) released the "Rainbow Plan" as the educational reform plan for the twenty-first century. As part of the plan, MEXT will make English education activities compulsory at Japanese public elementary schools beginning in 2011. The purpose of the Rainbow Plan…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Sinagatullin, Ilghiz M. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2009
Contemporary humankind is witnessing the spread and impact of the English language on the global educational space. Such an influx is occurring irrespective of people's objective or subjective will. English has become a vital means for accessing and acquiring information and knowledge about the world. It promotes the reformation of language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Global Approach
Camiciottoli, Belinda Crawford – English for Specific Purposes, 2010
An increasing number of European students are taking advantage of Erasmus mobility programs to study in a foreign country. This has brought to the forefront their special needs as L2 learners, which presents some unique challenges for EAP/ESP researchers and practitioners working in European universities. A case in point is represented by problems…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, English (Second Language), Study Abroad, Foreign Countries
d'Arlach, Lucia; Sanchez, Bernadette; Feuer, Rachel – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2009
Few studies have directly examined how recipients of service view the service. This qualitative study presents the results of interviews and observations of nine community members who participated in a service-learning, language exchange program, Intercambio, in which Spanish-speaking Latino immigrants were paired with English-speaking university…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Citizen Participation, Higher Education, School Community Relationship
Sung, Hyekyung; Padilla, Amado M.; Silva, Duarte M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
This study examines various features of foreign language program offerings at 220 public high schools in California. Foreign language program features were examined in relation to the school's Academic Performance Index (API), the school's socioeconomic status (percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and percentage of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Status, Second Language Programs, Public Schools
Gorgone, Enza – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
A student exchange program in which Italian secondary students of French visited Lyon is described, including the impetus for the trip (a European Community initiative to promote international exchange), the search for an exchange partner institution, program design and planning, the trip itself, and evaluation of the effort. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, French, Institutional Cooperation