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Freddi, Maria – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This chapter is a reflective account of the author's experience as a teacher of English at the University of Pavia during the first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. It considers the design and delivery of an English for architecture and construction engineering course as well as the assessment stage of a text analysis course. It proceeds by…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pandemics
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Mansfield, Gillian; Poppi, Franca – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2012
The function of English as a lingua franca for communication needs rethinking in the teaching of English as a foreign language classroom as a consequence of globalisation. The present contribution is an empirical study carried out in an Italian university environment which aims to show how teachers should take on board awareness raising activities…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Global Approach
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Gori, Federica – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
Projects related to the European Language Portfolio (ELP) carried out at the Language Centre of the University of Trieste are concerned to examine whether and to what extent "can do" descriptors can be extended to courses in Languages for Specific Purposes. The project reported in this article had two aims. The first was to explore what…
Descriptors: Languages for Special Purposes, Guidelines, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
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Macaro, Ernesto – Language Learning Journal, 1995
Presents the results of a research project involving language teachers in Italy, their use of the target language (TL) and its interrelationship with collaborative and independent learning. The investigation was conducted by asking 21 Italian teachers of English to fill in a questionnaire concerning their beliefs regarding classroom use of TL. (15…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Course Objectives, English (Second Language)