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Berger, Armin, Ed.; Heaney, Helen, Ed.; Resnik, Pia, Ed.; Rieder-Bünemann, Angelika, Ed.; Savukova, Galina, Ed. – English Language Education, 2021
This volume presents a systematic approach to developing advanced English language competence at tertiary level. It includes the reflections of experienced language teachers and teacher-researchers in the English Language Competence programme at the University of Vienna and provides examples of good practice, amalgamating teaching expertise and…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Crosthwaite, Peter – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
An increasing number of studies have looked at the value of corpus-based data-driven learning (DDL) for second language (L2) written error correction, with generally positive results. However, a potential conundrum for language teachers involved in the process is how to provide feedback on students' written production for DDL. The study looks at…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Error Correction, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
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Calderón, Juan Felipe; Nussbaum, Miguel; Carmach, Ignacio; Díaz, Juan Jaime; Villalta, Marco – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Language learning tools have evolved to take into consideration new teaching models of collaboration and communication. While second language acquisition tasks have been taken online, the traditional language laboratory has remained unchanged. By continuing to follow its original configuration based on individual work, the language laboratory…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Second Language Learning, Pronunciation, Second Language Instruction
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Jarvis, Huw; Szymczyk, Marta – ELT Journal, 2010
This paper reports on a study which examined students' attitudes to learning grammar in autonomous contexts and their preferences for the learning materials with which to do so. In all, 38 students were surveyed and 13 of these then spent some time working in a language resource centre (LRC) with web- and paper-based materials. Students then…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Grammar, Instructional Materials
Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 2010
Today's language classroom is vastly different from that of the mid- to late 20th century. The study is a meta-analysis of recent research which provided the means to identify current and emerging trends in the field. Informed by this research, some identified trends that are shaping the 21st century language classroom are outdated practices such…
Descriptors: Language Laboratories, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Turner, Bruce I. – Foreign Language Annals, 1985
Describes the use of soap opera in a language laboratory. Each soap opera episode incorporates a vocabulary list from the course text. The list is supplemented by translation exercises and by a discussion of the particular grammatical principles involved, and the episode is followed by a listening comprehension test. (SED)
Descriptors: German, Grammar, Language Laboratories, Listening Comprehension
Van Houton, Jacque Bott; Gascoigne, Carolyn; Arnold, Nike; Johnson, Catherine T.; Thomas, Patricia; Fountain, Anne; Fountain, Catherine; Cheatham, Rosalie M.; Sanatullov, Marat; Sanatullova-Allison, Elvira; Cherry, C. Maurice, Ed.; Bradley, Lee, Ed. – Southern Conference on Language Teaching, 2007
"Dimension" is the annual volume containing the selected, refereed, edited Proceedings of each year's conference. "From Practice to Profession" was the announced theme of the annual conference of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching (SCOLT), held March 1-3, 2007, at the Atlanta (GA) Renaissance Hotel, in partnership…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Language Attitudes, Linguistics, Foreign Countries
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Yagi, Sane M. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2000
Reports successful outcomes for a Teaching English as a Foreign Language module based on simultaneous oral translation from Arabic into English. Learners worked individually in a traditional language laboratory. Results show that simultaneous interpretation significantly improves learner performance and is an excellent tool for diagnosing learner…
Descriptors: Arabic, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)