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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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Crosbie, Veronica – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2014
The capabilities approach offers a valuable analytical lens for exploring the challenge and complexity of intercultural dialogue in contemporary settings. The central tenets of the approach, developed by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum, involve a set of humanistic goals including the recognition that development is a process whereby people's…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Intercultural Communication, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Crosbie, Veronica – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2006
This paper explores the policy turn of the "learning society", and how the academic world is responding to new social and political demands. It highlights some of the criticisms levelled at the learning society, as well as the voices of support. The paper also showcases the European Language Portfolio and the Transferable Skills project as two…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Teaching Methods, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
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Crosbie, Veronica – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2005
This article presents an interview with Alison Phipps, Director of the "Graduate School for Arts and Humanities" at the University of Glasgow, and Mike Gonzales, Professor of Latin American Studies and head of Hispanic Studies at Glasgow University. In the interview, Phipps and Gonzales discuss their book "Modern Languages: Learning & Teaching in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Second Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Interviews