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Batardière, Marie-Thérèse – Research-publishing.net, 2013
This chapter investigates students' reported patterns of use and perceived outcomes of an online intercultural exchange. It is hoped that the study will inform our understanding of the students' language learning process on an online discussion forum and consequently will help us maximise the educational potential of computer-mediated…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Undergraduate Students, Coping, Barriers
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Gabaudan, Odette – Research-publishing.net, 2013
Students on the BA International Business and Languages who spend a full academic year on a study visit abroad experience many new challenges such as a different culture, a new university, different academic practices, a foreign language, etc. The assessment methods for the year include the results of the modules taken in the partner universities,…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Learning Experience, Case Studies, Questionnaires
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Quince, Eleanor; Minney, James; Medland, Charlotte; Rock, Francesca – Research-publishing.net, 2016
It is readily recognised that "study and residence abroad are significant contexts for second language learning and development" (Mitchell, Tracy-Ventura, & McManus, 2015, p. 1), but the Year Abroad (YA) also provides Modern Foreign Language (MFL) students with a unique opportunity to develop personal and professional skills. YA…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Transformative Learning
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Bailly, Sophie; Ciekanski, Maud; Guély-Costa, Eglantine – The EUROCALL Review, 2013
This article describes the rationale for pedagogical, technological and organizational choices in the design of a web-based and open virtual learning environment (VLE) promoting and sustaining self-directed language learning. Based on the last forty years of research on learner autonomy at the CRAPEL according to Holec's definition (1988), we…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Personal Autonomy