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Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 2020 (English) The present study evaluates test results of oral and written production for a group of 15-16 year-old Swedish L2-learners of Spanish in an instructional setting. The test results are evaluated according to the Swedish grade descriptors for the
Berit Aronsson
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Valuing All Languages in Europe [PDF]
, 2007 The VALEUR project (2004-2007) took as its focus the 'additional' languages of Europe. These are defined as all languages in use in contexts where they are not 'national', 'official', or 'dominant' languages.
Broeder, Peter +7 more
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many existing rubrics for L2 argumentative writing prioritize form‐based linguistic accuracy and complexity while insufficiently addressing substantive argumentative rigor and effectiveness. This limitation is further complicated by cross‐cultural variation in rhetorical conventions and educational practices, which challenge the direct ...
Zihan Xu, Peiyun Liu
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MediAzioniVulnerabilities and ‘gatekeeping’ asymmetries often emerge throughout interactions taking place in institutional settings. This is especially true in cross-cultural interactions occurring in migration contexts, which are often characterized by an ...
Silvia Sperti
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Research shows that children use head gestures to mark discourse focus before developing the required prosodic cues in their first language (L1), and their gestures affect the prosodic parameters of their speech. We investigated whether head gestures also act as precursors and bootstrappers of prosodic focus marking in second language (L2 ...
Lieke van Maastricht +1 more
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Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education, 2023 Current language teaching and learning reflects an increasingly situated approach, paralleling the tenets of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR).
Cameron W. Smith, Amanda Battistuzzi
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Linguistica, 2014 The aim of the article is to present the results of a project which tried to relate the reading comprehension test in the Spanish as a foreign language national matura exam to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Marjana Šifrar Kalan, Andreja Trenc
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Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence
Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated how facial cues influence second language (L2) shadowing among 42 Japanese learners of English. Participants completed four conditions that varied by task type (listening vs. shadowing) and visual input (face vs. mosaic).
Hyeonjeong Jeong +7 more
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English Proficiency Assessments of Primary and Secondary Teachers and Students Participating in English in Action: Third Cohort (2014) [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of the study was to assess the student learning outcomes of English in Action’s (EIA’s) school-based teacher development programme, in terms of improved English language competence (ELC),1 against recognised international frameworks ...
Burton, Sonia +5 more
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Politics, origins and futures of the CEFR
The Language Learning Journal, 2020 The CEFR was conceived as part of the Council of Europe’s project ‘Language Learning for European Citizenship’.
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