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Second Language Distance Learning: The Issue of Language Certification in the Time of COVID-19
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Maria Vittoria Lo Presti – European Journal of Education (EJED), 2020
Language teaching has undergone numerous changes as a result of COVID-19, and has adapted to the new scenario and digital tools. While the programs for university and language school courses have been modulated to the new teaching conditions, language courses aimed at obtaining certifications require the final exam to remain the same. The present…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education
Words for Inclusion: Research Experience and Perspectives on the Creation of Online L2 Resources for Migrants and Refugees in Italy
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Damiani, Valeria – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
It is widely recognized that language acquisition is one of the key elements that can boost migrants' and refugees' social inclusion, although some research has stressed that the mastery of language can be intended as a necessary but not a sufficient condition in the process of integration. This contribution aims at shaping further analysis on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Refugees, Second Language Learning
Understanding Glocal Learning Spaces. An Empirical Study of Languaging and Transmigrant Positions in the Virtual Classroom
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Messina Dahlberg, Giulia; Bagga-Gupta, Sangeeta – Learning, Media and Technology, 2014
The use of digital tools like computers and tablets in institutional learning arenas give rise to forms of flexibility where time and space boundaries become diffuse. Online learning sites are understood as being crucial today, especially in large parts of the Global North, where anyone anywhere potentially can become a student and have access to…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Language Variation, Computer Mediated Communication