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Transformative Language Learning and Teaching: Reflections on Theory and Practice

open access: yes
Transformative learning theory is being widely discussed in the field of adult learning. Some scholars suggest that the application of this theory to world language education is an effective way to reach higher levels of proficiency and intercultural ...
Lee, Jae Sun
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Developing a creative foreign language reader: in search of a theoretical approach and didactic techniques [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The paper discusses different conceptions of creativity in relation to reading in a FL. It looks at psycholinguistic approaches that view creativity as a mentalistic individual creative thought.
Kusiak, Monika, Kusiak-Pisowacka, Monika
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The future in a bubble: Supporting Finnish early childhood professionals working in diverse settings

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this study was to contribute to the knowledge about early childhood education and care (ECEC) personnel's perception of the support structures that are most effective in assisting them in their work with culturally and linguistically diverse children.
Alexandra C. Anton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding international students' agency in developing employability: Case study of a post‐1992 university in the United Kingdom

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Employability remains a critical issue for international students in the United Kingdom. This study adopts the Employability Agency Framework proposed by Pham et al. to explore how a group of international students actively exercised their agency to enhance their employability during their Master's studies in the United Kingdom.
Hoang Nguyen, Ming Cheng
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign language learning in Second Life and the implications for resource provision in academic libraries

open access: yes, 2009
This project focuses on foreign language learning in Second Life and the implications for resource provision in academic libraries. In this context Second Life does not refer to the later years in life but to an online virtual world frequented by ...

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Making teaching an attractive profession: What are the challenges and opportunities for minority ethnic teachers in England?

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the challenges and opportunities surrounding the recruitment and retention of minority ethnic teachers in England. Drawing on interview data from 33 teachers and school leaders of diverse ethnic backgrounds, it investigates whether racialised barriers identified in earlier research have shifted in the current context of ...
Antonina Tereshchenko   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utah Foreign Language Review (UFLR), June 2006, volume XV [15]

open access: yes, 2006
The Utah Foreign Language Review is published annually by the Publishing Council at the University of Utah and the Department of Languages and Literature.
Editor-in-Chief Kanita Lipjankic; Associate Editor Heidrun Kubiessa; Managing Editor Amra Ferhatbegovic; Literary Editors Gerry Esplín, Tami Morris, Lisa Pillmore, Parker Shaw, Amorette Sherwood, Alex Smith, Mariesa Whitaker, Caridad Woltz
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‘Fish in simulated water’? A Bourdieusian analysis of Chinese doctoral students' learning experiences in Southeast Asian developing countries

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract International student mobility (ISM) has historically followed a pattern of movement from developing regions to developed countries. However, in recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of Chinese students pursuing doctoral studies in Southeast Asian developing countries, an area that has received relatively little ...
Yueyang Zheng   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching pronunciatin of Spanish as a foreign language

open access: yes, 2009
The 1st Congress on Spanish as a Foreign Language in Asia Pacific (I CELEAP), Manila, Philippines, 21-22 November ...
Villaescusa Illan, I
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