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Sockett, Geoffrey – Second Language Research, 2023
As research into online informal language learning (OILL) develops as a field, the impact on such practices for a wide variety of contexts can be considered. In the case of this publication, the study abroad (SA) context is of particular interest. Indeed the study abroad student may interact with a range of online learning resources in formal,…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Informal Education, Learning Activities, Second Language Learning
Alejo, Anna; Naguib, Karimah; Yao, Haogen – UNICEF, 2023
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, resulting in disruptions to education at an unprecedented scale. In response to the urgent need to recover learning losses, countries worldwide have taken RAPID actions to: Reach every child and keep them in school; Assess learning levels regularly; Prioritize…
Descriptors: Educational Change, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Policy
Bertling, Jonas; Rojas, Nathaniel; Alegre, Jan; Faherty, Katie – OECD Publishing, 2020
The global spread of COVID-19 has led to unprecedented disruptions in schooling around the world that have animated increased interest among policymakers, educators, researchers and the general public in knowing about how education systems have responded to the pandemic and how students' learning experiences have changed. The PISA Global Crises…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Teaching Methods
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Bohm, Anke; Koeper-Saul, Veronika; Mossmann, Christian – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Language learning in tandem exchanges offers students a wealth of learning opportunities that are characterised by reciprocal and autonomous learning and foster authentic communication (Brammerts, 2001). Increasingly, these encounters take place online and, in this context, the EU-funded European University Tandem (EUniTa) project developed an…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Program Descriptions, Intercultural Communication, Second Language Instruction
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Cunico, Sonia – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Language tandem exchanges offer students valuable opportunities for autonomous learning and authentic intercultural communication encounters. This paper will discuss the key principles of tandem language exchange, and in particular online ones, and then present the EU-funded European University Tandem (EUniTa) project which was developed by…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Dalziel, Fiona; Davies, Gillian; Han, Amy – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
The European Language Portfolio (ELP) was designed as a tool that "supports reflective learning and fosters the development of learner autonomy" (Little 2009, "The European Language Portfolio: Where pedagogy and assessment meet". Strasbourg: Council of Europe.…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, Undergraduate Students, Portfolios (Background Materials), Second Language Learning
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O'Dwyer, Fergus; Imig, Alexander; Nagai, Noriko – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
This paper, fundamentally a procedural paper, outlines pedagogical practices which others may want to adapt for their own purposes. We demonstrate how a strong form of task-based language learning and teaching (TBLT), classroom implementation of the CEFR, cyclical learning, and assessment fulfilling roles, such as informing the next learning…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods