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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 Preliminary Survey of the Preferred Learning Methods for Interpretation Students
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Heinz, Michael – Journal of International Education Research, 2013
There are many different methods that individuals use to learn languages like reading books or writing essays. Not all methods are equally successful for second language learners but nor do all successful learners of a second language show identical preferences for learning methods. Additionally, at the highest level of language learning various…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Graduate Students
Impromptu Speaking and Interpretation Studies: A Preliminary Study
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Heinz, Michael – Journal of International Education Research, 2013
The purpose of this preliminary study was to look at forensics-based competition events and determine what, if any, impact they could have on the language learning and public speaking skills of interpreters in training. This paper details the nature of the impromptu and extemporaneous speaking events in forensics competitions and introduces a…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Notetaking, Oral Language