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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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Satchwell, Peter – Language Learning Journal, 2006
This article focuses on some of the key issues that need to be addressed by 2010 if MLPS in England is going to work. The aims of MLPS need defining as educational, not instrumental; the KS1/2 experience has to be enjoyable and rewarding: an apprenticeship in learning how to learn a language, providing the tools for later learning and raising…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Secondary Schools, Multicultural Education, Metalinguistics
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Broady, Elspeth – Language Learning Journal, 2006
There has been much reflection recently on how language gets used in language classrooms, by language learners and by language teachers. Rather than the perennial debate about target-language use, the author is referring to the growing body of classroom research in the area of linguistics known as pragmatics. Pragmatics, as defined by Crystal…
Descriptors: Speech, Oral Language, Interpersonal Relationship, English (Second Language)
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Ensslin, Astrid – Language Learning Journal, 2006
Literary hypertext has often been acknowledged as the embodiment of poststructuralist literary theory (e.g. Coover, 1992; Landow, 1997; Bolter, 2001). The only literary medium that is produced, edited, published and received electronically, it encourages readings that defy the conventionally linear decoding process. With respect to text…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Class Activities, Creative Writing
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Wright, Margaret; Brown, Pamela – Language Learning Journal, 2006
This paper reports the findings of a small-scale study which focused on reading strategy instruction for learners of French or Spanish as a modern foreign language. The objective of the study was to explore the potential of reading strategy instruction in raising the learner readers' awareness of reading strategies, in extending the range of…
Descriptors: Intervals, Second Languages, Reading Strategies, Reading Ability
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Lewin-Jones, Jenny; Hodgson, Joe – Language Learning Journal, 2006
The Special Education and Disability Act (SENDA) 2001 required post-16 institutions to have implemented the Disability Discrimination Act Part IV (DDA) 1995 by September 2005. In this paper a lecturer in Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) and a specialist teacher of the visually impaired from the Centre for Special and Inclusive Education at a…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Visual Impairments, Disability Discrimination, Modern Languages
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Grant, Judith – Language Learning Journal, 2006
People live in a world that is increasingly interconnected, in which distant events can affect them as never before. On both an economic and social level, they are experiencing rapid change. While in the past only a small number of people engaged with the wider world, today the picture is very different. At a social level, if children are to be…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Citizenship
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Bishop, Graham – Language Learning Journal, 2006
Normal practice in course and text book construction is to provide learners with pre-selected material chosen by the authors to illustrate a pre-determined grammar, content or teaching syllabus. This paper will discuss the effect of the reversal of this process at a pilot workshop session in which learners themselves were invited to select the…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Independent Study, Distance Education, Teaching Methods
Kogan, Marina – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2011
This paper discusses the results of experiment on teaching CALL elements to second year Linguistics students as a part of syllabus of practical studies in IT course. The syllabus of the CALL part of IT course is described which is followed by the discussion about experience in implementing it, achieved results and arisen difficulties.
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Linguistics
Fynn, Fohn; Wigham, Chiara R. – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2011
Showcased in the courseware exhibition, "VoiceForum" is a web-based software platform for asynchronous learner interaction in threaded discussions using voice and text. A dedicated space is provided for the tutor who can give feedback on a posted message and dialogue with the participants at a separate level from the main interactional activity.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Courseware, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Jauregi, Kristi; de Graaff, Rick; Canto, Silvia – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2011
Organizing and implementing telecollaboration projects in foreign language curricula is not an easy endeavour (Belz & Thorne, 2006; Guth & Helm, 2010), as pedagogical, organizational and technical issues have to be addressed before cross-cultural interaction sessions can be carried out (O'Dowd & Ritter, 2006). These issues make many teaching…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Intercultural Communication, Foreign Countries, Video Technology
Lopes, Antonio – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2011
Many foreign and second language teachers are reluctant about shifting from traditional language instruction to TBLT. Another challenge has been the use of ICT in the classroom, a problem addressed in previous Comenius projects. The ETALAGE project aimed to build on the achievements of such projects and to address these challenges, by collecting,…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Second Language Learning, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
Leier, Vera – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2011
Looking for a way to make German language study more relevant and to step out of the conventional classroom setting, I introduced Facebook (FB) as a learning platform to my intermediate German students at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. The students took part in a film competition. A FB group was created and the films were uploaded. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Films, Second Language Learning, German
Kastoudi, Denise – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2011
The gaming and interactional nature of the virtual environment of Second Life offers opportunities for language learning beyond the traditional pedagogy. This study case examined the potential of 3D virtual quest games to enhance vocabulary acquisition through interaction, negotiation of meaning and noticing. Four adult students of English at…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Adult Students, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
Gimeno, Ana, Ed. – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2011
"The EUROCALL Review" is published online biannually by the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL). This issue offers regular sections on: (1) up-to-date information on Special Interest Groups; (2) reports on on-going CALL or CALL-related R&D projects in which EUROCALL members participate; (3) reports and reviews…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Interference (Language)
Gimeno, Ana, Ed. – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2011
"The EUROCALL Review" is published online biannually by the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL). This issue offers regular sections on: (1) up-to-date information on Special Interest Groups; (2) reports on on-going CALL or CALL-related R&D projects in which EUROCALL members participate; (3) reports and reviews…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
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