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van Mulken, Margot; Hendriks, Berna – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2017
This paper reports on an experimental study investigating alternative communication modes to English as a Lingua Franca. The purpose was to examine the effectiveness of different modes of communication and to gain insight in communication strategies used by interlocutors to solve referential conflicts. Findings show that ELF may not necessarily be…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Computer Mediated Communication, Official Languages, English (Second Language)
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Lam, Wan Shun Eva; Warriner, Doris S. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
This review of research offers a synthesis and analysis of research studies that address issues of language and literacy practices and learning in transnational contexts of migration. We consider how theoretical concepts from transnational migration studies, including particular Boudieusian-inspired concepts such as transnational social field,…
Descriptors: Literacy, Ideology, Migration, Language Role
Brock-Utne, Birgit, Ed.; Skattum, Ingse, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2009
The theme of this book cuts across disciplines. Contributors to this volume are specialized in education and especially classroom research as well as in linguistics, most being transdisciplinary themselves. Around 65 sub-Saharan languages figure in this volume as research objects: as means of instruction, in connection with teacher training,…
Descriptors: African Languages, Language Planning, Multicultural Education, Beginning Reading
Starkey, Brigid – Educational Technology, 2001
Describes the International Communication and Negotiation Simulations (ICONS) Project that teachers college students about cross-cultural communication, including the role of foreign language in diplomacy and the complexities of the international system. Discusses the role playing element, Web-based communication between teams, active student…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Cross Cultural Studies, Global Education
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Ware, Paige – Language Learning & Technology, 2005
This qualitative study explores the factors that contributed to limited interactional involvement in a telecollaborative project linking two groups of participants: 12 advanced-level students of English in northeastern Germany and 9 advanced-level students of German in the southwestern United States. Drawing on data from online transcripts,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis, Second Languages, Language Role