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Looking Outwards: Using Learning Materials to Help Learners Harness Out-of-Class Learning Opportunities
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Pinard, Lizzie – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
With the growth of English as an International Language [McKay, S. 2002. "Teaching English as an International Language." Oxford: Oxford University Press], there is a wealth of it now accessible to learners in their out-of-class environments; be these real, virtual, or a mixture of the two. Tomlinson (2008. "EFL Materials in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Materials
Country Report: Civic and Citizenship Education in Italy--Thousands of Fragmented Activities Looking for a Systematization
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Bombardelli, Olga; Codato, Marta – Journal of Social Science Education, 2017
Purpose: In the present paper we describe how civic and citizenship education takes place in Italy, trying to identify strengths and weaknesses, with the aims both of understanding the situation and of identifying possible measures for improvement. Methods: The methodology implies an analysis of the official guidelines by the Ministry in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Civics, Educational Methods
Beyond the School's Boundaries: PoliCultura, a Large-Scale Digital Storytelling Initiative
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Di Blas, Nicoletta; Paolini, Paolo – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
Technologies are changing the way we teach and learn in many respects. A relevant and not yet fully explored aspect is that they can support, even entice, students and teachers to go beyond the school boundaries, in spatial and temporal terms. Teachers and learners can keep in touch and work together, when they are not at school; they can access…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Telling, Web Sites, Cooperation
Enriching Formal Language Learning with an Informal Social Component
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Dettori, Giuliana; Torsani, Simone – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
This paper describes an informal component that we added to an online formal language learning environment in order to help the learners reach relevant Internet pages they can freely use to complement their learning activity. Thanks to this facility, each lesson is enriched, at run time, with a number of links automatically retrieved from social…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Social Networks, Web Sites, Informal Education