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Gallois, Cynthia; Callan, Victor J. – Australian Journal of Linguistics, 1989
Two studies examined Anglo-Australians attitudes toward male and female Australian and immigrant speakers using English. Results support view that foreign or ethnic accent is sufficient cue to elicit ethnic stereotypes, that such stereotypes are salient to Anglo-Australians, and that accent can combine with other vocal cues to social group…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries
Gilead, Yona – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
The developments of new technologies over the last decades provide some answers to the limited exposure imposed on second/foreign language (L2) learners, who study a target language in an academic setting in countries where that language is not actively used. Not only are such learners restricted in their exposure to the L2 in the formal academic…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Programs
Windle, Kevin – Vox, 1992
The Slavonic languages are well represented among the community languages of Australia, though few maintain a place in the school curriculum, and only Russian is an independent discipline in Australian universities. The article discusses Slavonic languages and cultures and their presence in Australia. (SM)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups

Oliver, Rhonda – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1995
This study examined patterns of interaction in conversations between native speakers (NSs) and nonnative speakers (NNSs) of English among 48 NS-NNS dyads of elementary school students in Australia. Results found that NSs used negotiation strategies and recasts to provide negative feedback to their NNS peers. Contains 57 references. (MDM)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)

Wilson, James; Sarre, Winifred – Babel: Australia, 1993
Presents general comments outlining the major features of the needs of teachers and assistants from overseas and discusses in-school needs and roles of such teachers and assistants separately. These comments touch on salary, social networks, family support, accommodation, general induction, the position of the native-speaking teacher, important…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Family Role, Foreign Countries, Foreign Nationals

Viney, Judy; Kennett, Belinda – Babel: Australia, 1995
Describes a study in which Australian high school learners of Japanese were given the opportunity to practice their communicative skills with native speakers. Students' performances were analyzed before and after a brief period of introspection. Results indicate that learners made few gains in terms of their own output although there was an…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools

Spence-Brown, Robyn – Language Testing, 2001
Explores theoretical and practical issues surrounding authenticity in course-based assessment, drawing on data from a university-level Japanese language course in Australia. Examines a teaching and assessment activity based around interviewing native speakers outside the classroom, which was designed to optimize authenticity. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Hones, Donald F. – Multicultural Education, 2005
In this article the author shares his experience visiting two schools that serve Aboriginal children in the state of Queensland, Australia: (1) Cherbourg State School in central Queensland; and (2) Kuranda State School in the Far North. Prior to his visit he had learned somewhat of Australia's troubled history regarding Aboriginal education, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tribes, State Schools, Indigenous Populations

Elder, Cathie – Language Testing, 1997
Examines bias in Australian school examinations as it affects learners of languages other than English from different primary language backgrounds. Argues that the determination of whether tests are biased depends on how the test construct is defined and on whom is defining it. This issue is discussed within the context of a plan to compensate…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Language Tests
Ingram, David E.; Wylie, Elaine – 1985
While a broad range of tests is available for second language testing, two of the basic approaches are developmental and non-developmental testing. The former is based on psycholinguistic evidence that language development is systematic, with all learners progressing through the same stages. The latter includes content selected in an ad hoc…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation
Iwashita, Noriko – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
This study examines the role of task-based conversation in second language (L2) grammatical development, focusing on the short-term effects of both negative feedback and positive evidence on the acquisition of two Japanese structures. The data are drawn from 55 L2 learners of Japanese at a beginning level of proficiency in an Australian tertiary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Grammar, Feedback (Response), Japanese
Ren, Guanxin – Babel, 2004
One of the difficulties secondary non-Chinese-speaking background (NCSB) learners are facing is to remember the characters learned in order to recall them when necessary. The traditional way of teaching secondary NCSB learners to remember Chinese characters is through mere repetition, e.g. writing out each single character by following its stroke…
Descriptors: Romanization, Foreign Countries, Chinese, Native Speakers

Kirkpatrick, Andy – Babel: Australia, 1995
States that the difficult Asian languages such as modern standard Chinese, Japanese and Korean, should not be taught in primary or lower secondary schools to non-background speakers of those languages, that is, those whose mother tongue is related to the language being learned. Maintains that time should be spent in primary and secondary schools…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Chinese, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Design
Tudini, Vincenza – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2004
Most studies in the field of synchronous Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) deal with interactions between language learners, while interactions between native speakers (NS) and learners have not been explored to the same extent, particularly to ascertain whether chatting with NS can provide a pedagogically sound bridge to conversation. Through…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Mediated Communication, Textbooks, Second Language Learning
Rado, Marta – 1986
Two studies investigated: (1) aspects of the language of native-English-speaking (ES) and non-native-English-speaking (NES) parents of children learning English and (2) the demands made on the listening of young children learning English from native-speaking parents and non-native-speaking parents. Information in the parent study was drawn from…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)