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Ruiz-Madrid, Noelia; Valeiras-Jurado, Julia – International Journal of English Studies, 2020
In this paper, we propose a pedagogical approach for teaching and learning multimodal literacy, specifically, the application of multimodal discourse analysis for genre awareness. The mastery of specific oral genres is seen as desirable to help students become competent professionals. This is the case of Product Pitches (PPs) in the business field…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Discourse Analysis, Teaching Methods, Literacy Education
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Ibáñez Moreno, Ana; Vermeulen, Anna – Research-publishing.net, 2015
In this paper the methodological steps taken in the conception of a new mobile application (app) are introduced. This app, called VISP (Videos for Speaking), is easily accessible and manageable, and is aimed at helping students of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) to improve their idiomaticity in their oral production. In order to do so, the app…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Skill Development, Outcomes of Education, English (Second Language)
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Schonenberg, Nancy; And Others – CALICO Journal, 1993
By order of the Civil Service Commission of Belgium, Didascalia, the University of Antwerp developed an adaptive system for evaluating second-language proficiency. A computer model based on probability and information theory was developed; the first module of the ATLAS test currently assesses approximately 15,000 civil servants yearly. (one…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Government Employees
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Colpaert, Jozef – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
Discusses a computer-assisted language learning model developed by the Didascalia center designed to comply with as many Belgian criteria as possible and based on contents and events in an object-oriented approach. Describes how the didacteme as basic object can enhance learner-content interaction and how this approach can lead to a new platform…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Courseware
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Troubleyn, Katrien; And Others – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
Discusses the development of the Adaptive Testing Linguistic Achievement Significance (ATLAS) test used to evaluate second language proficiency of Belgian civil servants. Notes that testers encountered various problems caused by the complexity of language, the difference in background of the candidates and the absence of official objective test…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Government Employees
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Schonenberg, Nancy; Heughebaert, Els – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1996
Discusses the production of multimedia language learning systems based on the "form-to-content" movement designed to meet Belgium's multilingual criteria. Presents research aimed at reversing this movement into "content-into-form": i.e., starting from existing contents, how can the potentiality of a system be conceptualized in…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Computer Software, Databases, Foreign Countries