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Direct linkLevy, Mike; Steel, Caroline – ReCALL, 2015
This paper investigates the extent of electronic dictionary use by language learners in an Australian university. All students in the study are formally enrolled in language courses across ten languages at first, second or third year level. The study places a particular emphasis on gauging student perceptions of the beneficial aspects of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Dictionaries
Absalom, Matthew – Babel, 2011
In a period of renewed efforts to encourage language study in Australia, with a particular view to increasing the number of students completing secondary school and studying a language, consideration of the reasons behind retention and attrition of students becomes paramount. In this preliminary study, which surveyed nearly 200 students entering…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Gender Discrimination
Peer reviewedHunt, J. A. – Babel, 1972
Descriptors: Language Enrollment, Methods, Modern Languages, Secondary Schools
Peer reviewedBabel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1976
Extracts are given from the 78-page survey which deals with the changing pattern of enrollments in university language courses and with changes in range, structure and orientation of university language courses. An address from which the full report may be obtained is given. (RM)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, Enrollment Trends, Higher Education, Language Enrollment
Peer reviewedHolt, Ron F. – Babel, 1976
This article presents statistics regarding numbers of students studying various foreign languages in Australia, and notes the decline in language study. It is observed that the range of language offered should be expanded and development of speech skills emphasized. (CHK)
Descriptors: Language Enrollment, Language Instruction, Language Programs, National Surveys
Peer reviewedEltis, K. J.; Cooney, G. H. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations, 1985
Describes "Project Languages," a research study which looked at: (1) reasons for language study, (2) its perceived contribution to secondary education, (3) availability of languages in the secondary schools, (4) reasons for the decline in numbers studying languages, (5) new developments in language offerings, and (6) current examination…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Enrollment, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedVladiv, S. B. – Babel, 1976
This article notes the numbers of students in Australia enrolled in high school and college courses in Serbo-Croatian. Many of these have Serbo-Croatian ethnic or linguistic backgrounds. (CHK)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Origins, Higher Education, Language Enrollment
Download full textCryle, Peter; And Others – 1993
This work is one in a series that focuses on nine languages representing the bulk of the second language learning effort in Australian education (Arabic, Modern Standard Chinese, French, German, Modern Greek, Indonesian/Malay, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish). These languages were categorized as the Languages of Wider Teaching. This particular work…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
