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Direct linkWilliam O'Grady; Raina Heaton; Sharon Bulalang; Jeanette King – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2021
Immersion programs have long been considered the gold standard for school-based language revitalization, but surprisingly little attention has been paid to the quantity and quality of the input that they provide to young language learners. Drawing on new data from three such programs (Kaqchikel, Western Subanon, and Maori), each with its own…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Linguistic Input, Documentation, Language Research
Smith, Hilary Anne; Giacon, John; McLean, Bonnie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
Australia is a 'hotspot' of Indigenous language endangerment, but has a growing number of language revival projects. We describe one such project which is using a community development approach for the revival of the Gamilaraay language in north-eastern New South Wales. As a result of colonisation there are now no fluent speakers of Gamilaraay and…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Carter, Beverly-Anne – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This paper draws on two research activities to discuss the role of research at the Centre for Language Learning (CLL) at The University of the West Indies St. Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago. Established in 1997, the CLL introduced languages for all into this Caribbean higher education (HE) context. The CLL also introduced an expanded…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality
Inceoglu, Solene; Spino, Le Anne – Language Teaching, 2013
Since its inception seven years ago, Michigan State University's vibrant Second Language Studies (SLS) Program has grown quickly under the direction of Dr. Susan Gass. Thus far, twelve students have graduated from the program and now hold academic positions in various universities in the United States and elsewhere. In 2011, the department…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Universities, Second Language Instruction, Departments
Fenton-Smith, Ben; Walkinshaw, Ian – Language Teaching, 2014
Griffith University is set across five campuses in south-east Queensland, Australia, and has a student population of 43,000. The School of Languages and Linguistics (LAL) offers programs in linguistics, international English, Chinese, Italian, Japanese and Spanish, as well as English language enhancement courses. Research strands reflect the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Linguistics, Departments
Download full textLight, Justine; Gnida, Sara – TESL Canada Journal, 2012
This article presents the development, rollout, and subsequent uptake of the Alberta Teachers of English as a Second Language (ATESL) document Best Practices for "Adult English as a Second Language (ESL)/Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Programming" in the light of literature on teacher engagement with second-language…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
White, Benjamin; , Fei, Fei; Russell, Marthe – Language Teaching, 2009
The Second Language Studies (SLS) Program was established in 2005 with the express purpose of providing "a firm foundation in the field of Second Language Acquisition and its application to current second language research and teaching" (http://sls.msu.edu). Under the leadership of Professor Susan Gass, the program has grown to include…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Language Research, Second Language Learning, College Faculty
Tsagari, Dina, Ed.; Csepes, Ildiko, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
The Guidelines for Good Practice of the European Association for Language Testing and Assessment (EALTA) stress the importance of collaboration between all parties involved in the process of developing instruments, activities and programmes for testing and assessment. Collaboration is considered to be as important as validity and reliability,…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Testing, Language Tests, Test Validity
Goria, Cecilia, Ed.; Speicher, Oranna, Ed.; Stollhans, Sascha, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies at the University of Nottingham hosted the fifth annual conference in the "Innovative Language Teaching at University" series. Under the heading "Enhancing participation and collaboration" the conference, organised by Cecilia Goria, Oranna Speicher and Sascha Stollhans, took…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Classroom Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Zascerinska, Jelena – Online Submission, 2010
Introduction: The use of 3-5 languages that involves professional language to form varied cooperative networks for the creation of new knowledge is of the greatest importance for the development of humans, institutions and society (Maslo, 2006). Aim of the Study: To identify and analyze professional language in engineering education on the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Engineering Education, Cultural Pluralism, Factor Analysis
Kim, Youn-Hee; Kohls, Robert; Chun, Christian W. – Language Teaching, 2009
The Modern Language Centre addresses a broad spectrum of theoretical and practical issues related to second and minority language teaching and learning. Since its foundation in 1968, the quality and range of the Centre's graduate studies programs, research, and development projects and field and dissemination services have brought it both national…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Baird, Robert; Hyde-Simon, Caroline – Language Teaching, 2009
The Centre for Applied Language Research at the University of Southampton is one of two research centres within the discipline of Modern Languages. Established in 2004, CALR now has more than 50 members, predominantly faculty members working in the School of Humanities/Modern Languages, as well as growing number of postgraduate researchers. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Local Issues, Intercultural Communication, Language Research
Peer reviewedLauren, Christer – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1991
Results gained by traditional language teaching at school are discussed, and a program, developed from research on second-language acquisition, is presented for teaching second language in schools that entails two phases. (13 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Language Research, Program Descriptions, Second Language Instruction
Coffin, Edna A.; And Others – 1971
The present final report covers the various activities of the Center for Research on Language and Language Behavior at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor during the final year of its operation before its closing on January 31, 1971. A prefatory section lists completed projects and the availability of individual reports. Included in this…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Arabic, Behavioral Science Research, Hebrew
Pica, Teresa – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1998
Five perspectives are offered on the possible relationships between second language (L2) teachers and researchers. Discussion begins with an overview of traditions and transitions in the approaches, values, and concerns of L2 teachers and researchers. This is followed by discussion and illustration of four of the five relationships, including: (1)…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cooperation, Interprofessional Relationship, Language Research
