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Anna Mouti – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Plurilingual competence or repertoire of languages refers to all individuals being potentially plurilingual. As plurilingual competence and language repertoires are individual, assessment modes targeted to the individual and localized to the context should be encouraged. This study explored and depicted the plurilingual profile of Italian Studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Second Language Learning, Italian
Shalva Tabatadze; Kakha Gabunia – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
This study examines the current landscape of language policy in higher educational institutions (HEIs) in Georgia, focusing on teaching, research, and administration. A purposive selection of strategic documents from seventeen public and private universities forms the basis of analysis using Thematic Content Analysis (TCA). The research identifies…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Educational Policy, Content Analysis, State Universities
Hanna Kosonen – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
Linguistic diversity is growing in Higher Education, driven by factors like internationalization and digitalization. This trend necessitates a reevaluation of language practices within academic communities. Language Centres play a crucial role in modelling effective practices and reshaping these practices to address the multilingual needs of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Pirhonen, Hillamaria – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
An increasingly multilingual working life expects university graduates to possess multilingual competences, but at the same time many European students study fewer languages than before. As they learn about field-specific linguistic practices and contemplate their future, university students negotiate their identities as language learners and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingualism, Professional Identity, Social Sciences
Luisa Bavieri; Roberta Gulinelli – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
The report presents the results of an experimentation of an intercomprehension (IC) workshop, delivered in blended mode for Italian and Brazilian PhD students, and activated at the Language Center of the University of Ferrara during the academic year 2021-22. The general objective was for participants to learn a methodology that enables…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs, Workshops
Nagai, Noriko – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This report proposes a number of tasks which help learners become more aware of how their feelings are moulded in their L1 and notice crosslinguistic similarities and differences between their L1 and a target language. The proposed tasks are motivated by findings in the crosslinguistic influence literature and a study that investigated Japanese…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Grammar
Ennis, Michael Joseph; Barchi, Kim Anne; Merello Astigarraga, Alfonso; Wimhurst, Andrew – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
Intensive language programs have increased in popularity in recent years. They are perceived as a means to help current or prospective university students improve their language competencies and academic skills in their medium(s) of instruction in a short amount of time prior to enrolment and/or parallel to their degree courses. However, there has…
Descriptors: Intensive Language Courses, Student Projects, Positive Attitudes, Second Language Learning
Argondizzo, Carmen; De Bartolo, Anna Maria; Fazio, Alessandra; Jimenez, Jean M.; Ruffolo, Ida – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
At the start of 2000 a new scenario emerged in Europe thanks to the Council of Europe and the European Commission who, in support of the Bologna Process (1999), laid the foundations for disseminating the value of multilingualism and multiculturalism. The aim was to create a framework of actions to make citizens more aware of respecting diversity…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Higher Education, Resource Centers, Language Laboratories
Duarte, Joana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
It is undeniable that English has become the worldwide lingua franca for the academic world. Many countries have therefore opted for Higher Education programmes fully in English, of which the Netherlands is the frontrunner. Language policies that include drawing on students plurilingual repertoires could offer the opportunity to employ several…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Higher Education, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)
Musliadi Musliadi; Sulis Triyono; Jamilah Jamilah – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2024
In the rapidly evolving educational landscape, this study investigates the effectiveness of hybrid teaching methods in enhancing oral communication skills in Indonesian higher education, marking a critical exploration at the intersection of digital and traditional pedagogies. Anchored in a qualitative research methodology, it seeks to unpack the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blended Learning, Pandemics, COVID-19
Coulange, Sylvain; Jouannaud, Marie-Pierre; Cervini, Cristiana; Masperi, Monica – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Since 2012 an interdisciplinary and culturally heterogeneous team composed of more than 30 people has been engaged in the complex process of conceiving, designing and validating an online placement test with formative orientation called SELF (Système d'Evaluation en Langues à visée Formative), developed and already deployed in six different…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Language Tests, Multilingualism
Gkaintartzi, Anastasia; Mouti, Anna; Skourtou, Eleni; Tsokalidou, Roula – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This paper explores the language views and practices of postgraduate student-teachers attending a distance-learning Master's Programme of a Greek University, entitled "Language Education for Refugees and Migrants" (LRM). Teachers and professionals working with language learners in linguistically diverse contexts make up an interesting…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Multilingualism, Refugees, Migrants
Schroedler, Tobias; Grommes, Patrick – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This paper presents and discusses experiences gained in a German teacher education innovation project on competence and skill development in dealing with multilingualism. New seminar structures were developed, which go hand in hand with a reorganisation of the entire teacher education structure in the University of Hamburg. The aim of these reform…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Intellectual Disciplines, Multilingualism, Teacher Education Programs
Kunschak, Claudia – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
An increasingly interconnected world requires people to become versatile communicators in a variety of different settings. Language centers have a critical role to play in this process by offering language and culture training in multiple languages to students, professionals and the wider community alike. They may do so from the perspective of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mason, Shannon; Hajek, John – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Educational issues are a regular feature in mainstream media, and the ways in which particular issues are represented can influence public perceptions of the various discipline areas and, in turn, policy decisions that affect them. While the research literature includes media coverage analyses of a wide range of educational disciplines and…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Universities, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction