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Kaçar, Isil Günseli – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2021
Study/Teach abroad experiences, are shown to impact prospective teachers' beliefs and values, offering exposure to diverse educational systems and teaching philosophies. This qualitative exploratory case study aimed to investigate the impact of the Comenius language assistantship program on the sociolinguistic perspectives and meaning schemes of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Vettorel, Paola; Corrizzato, Sara – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Teacher education represents an essential step to raise awareness of the sociolinguistic changes brought about by the current pluralization of English and by its lingua franca role. Within the pre-service teacher education programs run at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Verona, Italy, part of the English language…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Mansfield, Gillian; Poppi, Franca – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2012
The function of English as a lingua franca for communication needs rethinking in the teaching of English as a foreign language classroom as a consequence of globalisation. The present contribution is an empirical study carried out in an Italian university environment which aims to show how teachers should take on board awareness raising activities…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Global Approach
Catalano, Theresa – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In this dissertation, the denaturalization of migrants in the US and Italy as represented in newspaper crime reports was identified and compared to the opposing naturalization of Italian crime organizations in Italy and Wall Street/corporate criminals in the US. This was accomplished through careful, multidisciplinary, scientific analysis of over…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Figurative Language, Ideology, Immigrants
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Jager, Sake, Ed.; Kurek, Malgorzata, Ed.; O'Rourke, Breffni, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Trinity College Dublin was proud to host, in April 2016, the Second International Conference on Telecollaboration in Higher Education, with the theme "New Directions in Telecollaborative Research and Practice." Over two and a half days, 150 participants offered 95 research presentations, posters, and "problem shared" sessions.…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Cooperation, Higher Education, Educational Research