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Liddicoat, Anthony J. – Babel: Australia, 1998
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) National Professional Development Program helped language teachers familiarize themselves with the Languages Profile and collect and annotate work samples using the Profile. Their experiences become the basis for disseminating information among ACT language teachers. The paper presents recurrent issues raised…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Skills, Language Teachers
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Harbon, Lesley – Babel: Australia, 1997
A language education professional examines the ways in which constructivism has been applied in the science classroom, and examines several well-known approaches to language teaching that contain elements of constructivism, including the direct method, Total Physical Response, and the Silent Way. Specific ways in which constructivist principles…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Learning Theories, Science Instruction
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Scarino, Angela – Babel: Australia, 1994
Addresses the question of the relationship between the "Australian Language Levels (ALL) Guidelines" and current directions in language teaching and learning in Australia. Presents observations about these guidelines and their current status and use and relates these observations to the current draft of the "National Statement and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Language Planning
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Scarino, Angela – Babel: Australia, 1997
Summarizes the Australian Language Levels (ALL) guidelines, originally defined in 1988, from the perspective of a professional who helped develop them and has examined their application over a period of years. Highlights aims in writing the guidelines, key concepts, goals and outcomes, and student evaluation and teacher training, and considers…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
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Stockwell, Glenn – Babel: Australia, 1998
Advocates the use of simulations in second-language classrooms, examining their advantages and presenting data from a study on college students' perceptions of the effectiveness of these advantages in an advanced second-language classroom. The study indicates that students found simulations enjoyable, motivating, and effective in promoting…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Japanese
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Ohlendorf, Harald – Babel: Australia, 1997
The latest movement to reform German spelling is discussed, focusing on the need for greater consistency in spelling of words from other languages and the major changes proposed. Issues addressed include capitalization, specific idiosyncracies in German spelling, concerns related to computerization, public opinion, and the scope of the reform.…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Change Strategies, German, Language Planning
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Bloomfield, Noelene – Babel: Australia, 1992
Focuses on the effectiveness of the communicative approach to language learning, with particular reference to the new French syllabus in Australia. Concludes that although the communicative approach appears to be working for many students, there is a need for teachers to focus on grammatical structures and form for optimal learning to take place.…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communicative Competence (Languages), Foreign Countries, French
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Cincotta, Madeline Strong – Babel: Australia, 1998
Outlines the preferred learning styles of students studying second languages, offering suggestions for their application in second-language classrooms. The paper describes the right-brain/left-brain theory and how the two brain hemispheres are involved in learning; presents four classroom strategies (diversification, contextualization,…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education
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Makin, Laurie; Wilmott, Guiseppina – Babel: Australia, 1998
Sociodramatic play, which combines role play and dramatization, is suitable for elementary and secondary language classrooms. It is learner centered and caters to varying language abilities. Children draw upon their existing experiences as the basis for their play. Teacher input is essential. The paper examines advantages and disadvantages of this…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cultural Influences, Dramatic Play, Elementary Secondary Education
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Theil, Elvira – Babel: Australia, 1997
Evaluates the first stage of "Lernpunkt Deutsch," a new three-stage German course designed for upper elementary and early secondary school. Describes the publisher's package of materials and the appropriateness of the course, utility of the different package elements, format of the materials, and assesses whether the course provides pedagogically…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Elementary Secondary Education, German, Grammar
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Muir, Barrie – Babel: Australia, 1993
Describes the ebb and flow of developments in language education in Tasmania. Notes priorities and developments in second language learning there while emphasizing that the island state of Tasmania is geographically isolated from the rest of the world, a situation leading to indifference toward second language learning. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
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Barnett, Jenny – Babel: Australia, 1998
Explains how education is essentially about expanding students' literacies by developing sets of social practices that help them understand and participate in different social worlds, describing how to expand literacies through a Hispanic influence across the curriculum and how to increase the Hispanic influence through structural variations in…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Chamberlain, Alan – Babel: Australia, 1998
Suggests that language awareness, or consciousness raising, has great potential in second-language learning. Language awareness presents students with linguistic data so they can work out grammatical rules for themselves. Offers a variety of examples of possible language-awareness lessons, first for the teaching of English, then for the teaching…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), French
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Ingram, David – Babel: Australia, 1993
Documents the strong connection existing between language and industry, in terms of both language and cultural proficiency. Outlines the corollaries of this connection for language learning and applied linguistics and traces the developments in perceptions of the importance of language education. (37 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Business Communication, Change Agents, Cultural Awareness
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Edwards, Bill – Babel: Australia, 1995
Argues that universities in Australia have done little to assist in the preservation of Aboriginal languages. The article maintains that provision by the government of adequate financial support to universities would enable them to make a significant contribution to the cause of saving endangered languages from extinction. (Author/CK) (17…
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Change Agents, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries
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