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What Should We Expect of Community Language Programs?
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Quinn, T. J. – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teacher's Association, 1981
Describes the threshold-level movement in European language teaching. Objectives are not defined in terms of what material is to be covered but in terms of what behavior is desired. The movement's application to Australia is discussed from three perspectives: (1) social justice, (2) linguistic resources, and (3) multiculturalism. (PJM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cultural Pluralism, Justice, Learning Motivation
The Will To Learn, Not Just Teach: Challenges and Considerations for Educators of Aboriginal Adults.
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Cousins, Carolyn – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2003
Among the barriers to learning for Aborigines are rigid institutional structures, focus on learning for gaining knowledge rather than application, and the individualistic framework of formal education. The population would be better served by two-way learning through relationships (knowledge sharing) and self-determination and control. (Contains…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Students
External Motivation and Modern Language Learning.
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Hill, Ian – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations, 1983
Examines the external motivation for and attitudes toward acquiring a second language. Coming from the community at large, this type of motivation is not from the classroomand, thus, out of the hands of individual teachers. Rather, vocational usefulnes is one of the key reasons students pursue foreign language study. (SL)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Learning Motivation
Learning to Be a Learner: The Role of Praise.
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Makin, Laurie – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1995
Examines praise as one of the ways children learn how to play an appropriate role in the school environment. Presents an analysis of praise during group discussion in four child-care centers. Suggests that in all four centers, children were being schooled in passivity rather than being encouraged to be active problem solvers and knowledge seekers.…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Discourse Analysis, Early Childhood Education
Memoires d'apprendre: journal (Memories of Learning: Journal).
Allouche, Victor – Francais dans le Monde, 1990
A French teacher's journal notes about his experience as a student in an intensive English course in a foreign country are presented. The notes address aspects of the language learning experience, including unfamiliar cultural context, intrusion of the new language into daily thought, resistance, translation, interference, and motivation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
The Developing Child: Discussion Papers.
International Year of the Child, Canberra (Australia). National Committee of Non-Government Organisations. – 1981
The Developing Child Sub-Committee of the Australian International Year of the Child Committee of Non-Government Organizations prepared papers on the main problems facing children from birth to 12 years of age. Topics designated for attention were (1) the parenting role, including the influence of parents on children, factors influencing parental…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Childrens Rights, Corporal Punishment