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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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A Rationale for Acknowledging the Diversity of Learner Achievements in Learning Particular Languages in School Education in Australia
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Scarino, Angela – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2012
In school languages education in Australia at present there is an increasing diversity of languages and learners learning particular languages that results from a greater global movement of students. This diversity builds on a long-established profile of diversity that reflects the migration history of Australia. It stands in sharp contrast to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation, Context Effect, Rating Scales
Community and Culture in Intercultural Language Learning
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Scarino, Angela – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2008
This paper addresses changing meanings attached to the concept of "community" in languages education in the school setting in Australia. The change consists of a shift from "community" as a necessary definitional category, created in the mid 1970s to mark the recognition of languages other than English used in the Australian community, to a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community, Second Language Instruction, Definitions
How Are We to Understand the "Intercultural Dimension"? An Examination of the Intercultural Dimension of Internationalisation in the Context of Higher Education in Australia
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Crichton, Jonathan; Scarino, Angela – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2007
The internationalisation of education has become a major focus of international, national and institutional attention, reflected in a substantial and expanding literature on how internationalisation is manifested, how it might be promoted, its implications for areas such as government policy, strategic planning and management, educational quality,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Global Approach