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Berns, Anke; Palomo-Duarte, Manuel; Fernández, David Camacho – Research-publishing.net, 2012
The aim of our study is to explore several possibilities to use virtual worlds (VWs) and game-applications with learners of the A1 level (CEFR) of German as a foreign language. Our interest focuses especially on designing those learning tools which increase firstly, learner motivation towards online-learning and secondly, enhance autonomous…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, German, Second Language Learning
Mares, Sharon – 1981
PEOPLE (Pruebas de Expresion Oral y Percepcion de la Lengua Espanol) was developed as a test to help distinguish between a language difference and a language deficit in non English proficient (NEP) and limited English proficient (LEP) elementary Hispanic students. PEOPLE was developed, pilot tested in 14 school districts in Los Angeles County with…
Descriptors: Bilingual Special Education, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education, Informal Assessment
Barnach-Calbo, Ernesto – 1977
This report on the use of the Spanish language in the United States discusses the Spanish-speaking population, the language itself, and bilingual education in the United States. The background about the Spanish-speaking population includes the following topics: (1) "A Nations of Immigrants," (2) "The Population of the…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Cubans
Hernandez, Margarita; And Others – 1991
This report focuses on a study of three affective variables in second language acquisition: anxiety, self-concept, and timidity. The study was conducted on 92 high school English-as-a-foreign-language students in Barcelona, Spain. Subject performance was measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Scale, the Spanish version of the Tennessee Self-Concept…
Descriptors: Anxiety, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High School Students
Zoreda, Margaret Lee – 1998
This paper discusses Wilga Rivers' seven language teaching objectives. Particular focus is on the following three language teaching objectives: (1) giving students the experience of expressing themselves linguistically and culturally in a context different from that in which they grew up; (2) fostering students' understanding of other peoples'…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Theories
Coll, Ana; And Others – 1991
This study investigates the application of Krashen's Input Hypothesis, studying the relationship between exposure to the target language and language acquisition within the context of the English-as-a-foreign-language secondary classroom in Spain. The project studied the effect of additional reading instruction with emphasis on reading for…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Zoreda, Margaret Lee – 2002
This paper, written in Spanish, focuses on the instruction of English as a Second Language in the context of cultural understanding, rather than from a purely linguistic point of view. It argues that foreign language instruction should include lessons in the field of sociology, anthropology, history, geography, politics, the arts, and popular…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Literature, Second Language Instruction
Zoreda, Margaret Lee; Revilla, Teresa Flores – 2003
This article, written in Spanish, proposes to incorporate the subject "Anglophonism" into the curriculum of English as a Foreign Language (EILE) with a view to providing universities with an intercultural division. It provides a brief summary of John Dewey's philosophy with regard to anthropology, politics, and education. It explains the term…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Zoreda, Margaret Lee – 1998
Drawing on writings by recent post-modernist thinkers and semioticians, this paper focuses on a combination of hermeneutic and semiotic viewpoints and applies them to defining the nature of interpretation in an educational setting (e.g., text interpretation), the interpreter, and the essence of the act of comprehension and interpretation. The main…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories