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The (Im)possibility of Breaking the Cycle of Rippling Circularities Affecting Australian Language Education Programs: A Queensland Example
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Díaz, Adriana R.; Fillmore, Naomi; Cordella, Marisa – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
The state of language education in Australia has long been described as paradoxical. Oscillating between periods of increased attention and seeming invisibility, over the last thirty years, the language learning sector has been punctuated by a succession of aspirational declarations and funding injections with little long-term impact on its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Planning
The Validation of the Listening Comprehension Test Tasks in the Certificate of English for Primary Teachers: An Extension Study
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Pelleriti, Margherita – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This paper investigates the validation of the computer-based listening subtest in the "Certificate of English for Primary Teachers" (CEPT), which is addressed to in-service primary teachers who work in state Italian schools. Since 2004, these teachers, specialists in other subjects, have been asked by the Italian Ministry of Education to…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Language Tests, Elementary School Teachers, Test Validity
Mobile Language Learning Applications for Arabic Speaking Migrants -- A Usability Perspective
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Al-Sabbagh, Khaled Walid; Bradley, Linda; Bartram, Lorna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Usability testing with mobile applications (apps) plays an important role in determining the ease of use of an app as well as in informing their design and development. The purpose of this research is to investigate the usability of three language learning apps with a sample of Arabic speaking migrants who have recently arrived to Sweden. In…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Usability, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Towards a Standardised Qualification for Primary School Teachers of English as a Foreign Language: The Experience of Parma (Italy)
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Scott-Monkhouse, Anila Ruth – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
The practice of teaching a foreign language in primary schools in Italy was first officially provided for by a decree in 1985, but it was only in 1991 that the figure of the Foreign Language (FL) teacher was actually defined. The issue at that stage was how to select and train the prospective L2 teachers, and so in-service courses were organised…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, English (Second Language), English Teachers, FLES