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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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Foreign Language Education at the Crossroads: Whose Model of Competence?
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Alvarez, Inma – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2007
In the teaching and learning of foreign languages, the native speaker has traditionally been the model to aspire to. However, more recent approaches to the discipline have been moving away from this notion. Foreign language education finds itself at present at a crossroads with multiple models of language and culture competence. So far no…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Teaching Methods
Translation Skills for Intercultural Purposes: An On-Line Course for Non-Specialist Learners of Spanish
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Beaven, Tita; Alvarez, Inma – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2004
This article discusses some preliminary results of an ongoing investigation into the development of intercultural competence in the context of distance language teaching and learning. A search for appropriate practical approaches led us to the design of an online pilot course, the main objective of which was to develop intercultural competence…
Descriptors: Translation, Language Teachers, Intercultural Communication, Distance Education