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Riccardo Amorati – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Language-specific (i.e. the ideal L2 self) and plurilingual selves are now at the forefront of scholarly inquiry in L2 motivation research. Yet, there is a lack of empirical studies examining how language learners reframe their sense of self as speakers of an L2. This study draws on a questionnaire (N = 162) and on semi-structured interviews (N =…
Descriptors: College Students, Second Language Learning, Italian, German
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Giuseppe D’Orazzi – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2024
This study bridges a gap in the current research on motivation and demotivation learning a second language (L2). It is meant to provide an overview of students' goal setting when they start to learn an L2 at university level in Australia. Drawing on goal-setting and learning goal orientation constructs (cf. Miller, 2020), goal formation is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, French, German
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Tetyana Sydorenko; Mónica S. Cárdenas-Claros; Elizabeth Huntley; Maribel Montero Perez – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
A substantial body of research shows that various types of audiovisual (AV) input such as videos and videos with second language (L2) subtitles can facilitate language learning. However, language teachers' day-to-day practices with regard to multimodal input is less understood. To bridge the gap in language education, this study investigates…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Teacher Attitudes, Video Technology, Second Language Learning
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Riccardo Amorati – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Due to the 'global English bias' in the field of L2 motivation, many motivational constructs have been primarily investigated in relation to learners of English. One of these, international posture, has been recently found to hold some relevance to LOTE students. Despite this, no research has examined comparatively similarities and differences in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Students
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Riccardo Amorati; Anna Quaglieri – Language Learning Journal, 2024
The instrumental motivations of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) have been examined in detail, but there is a lack of studies exploring how they compare to those of learners of other languages (LOTEs). To address this gap, this study draws on a questionnaire (N = 312) and on semi-structured interviews (n = 20) and focuses on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Elena Polisca; Sascha Stollhans; Romain Bardot; Rollet, Cyrille – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This chapter examines the responses of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to assessment-related challenges introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The sudden move to online teaching and assessments required institutions to re-think their approaches to current practices and provide alternative solutions almost overnight. Our survey aimed to gather…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Integrity, Ethics
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Bissoonauth-Bedford, Anu; Stace, Ray – Journal of Peer Learning, 2017
There is a general recognition that learning of foreign languages is in decline in Australia. This paper uses the social constructivist theory as a conceptual framework to report on a project where university language students supported their high school peers in the learning of their specialist language in New South Wales, Australia. The project…
Descriptors: College Students, High School Students, Second Language Learning, French
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Clyne, Michael; Cordella, Marisa; Schüpbach, Doris; Maher, Brigid – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2013
This article reports on an inter-generational inter-cultural pilot project carried out in suburban Melbourne which supports the second-language acquisition of younger people and enhances the social inclusion of older people of migrant background. The article begins with an outline of the multilingual context in which the project is based. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Social Integration, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
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Smala, Simone – Language Learning Journal, 2014
This study presents an insight into content and language integrated learning (CLIL) practices in the Australian state of Queensland. The article comprises four main sections. The first section outlines the context of CLIL in Australia and Queensland; there follows a brief review of the literature on stakeholders in CLIL programmes, such as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Filipi, Anna – Language Testing, 2012
The Assessment of Language Competence (ALC) certificates is an annual, international testing program developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research to test the listening and reading comprehension skills of lower to middle year levels of secondary school. The tests are developed for three levels in French, German, Italian and…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension Tests, Item Response Theory, Statistical Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Baldwin, Jennifer – Babel, 2011
This article seeks to explore how various language policies may have impacted Year 12 language candidature in Victoria. Australian Federal and Victorian State Government language policies are but one of the influences yet, it may be argued, the most significant influence. These stand alongside waves of immigration, global events and conflicts, and…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Foreign Countries, Government Publications, Economic Factors
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Clyne, Michael – International Journal of Bilingualism, 1997
Reports on a project on trilingualism currently in progress. A brief literature review indicates the diversity of trilingualism and trilingual situations. The article then focuses on three sets of trilinguals in Melbourne, Australia, Dutch-German-English, Hungarian-German-English, and Italian-Spanish-English, and considers interlingual strategies…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Dutch, English, Foreign Countries
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Ferragina, Anna Maria; Mustica, Giuseppina – Babel, 2006
International Grammar School was founded twenty years ago on the belief in the benefits of immersion language learning for children. It offers immersion second language learning in German, Italian, French, and Japanese which continues through kindergarten into the high school years. With language as the medium and not the object of learning,…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education, Immersion Programs
Clyne, Michael; And Others – Language and Language Education: Working Papers of the National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia, 1992
This paper reports on a project examining the relationship between program model, sociolinguistic factors, and linguistic outcomes in a small sample of school languages other than English (LOTE) programs in Victoria. The languages are Chinese, German, Greek and Italian. Issues under consideration include: content-based versus language-object…
Descriptors: Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, German
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Deane, John – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations, 1983
During a merger, an Australian high school was designated as specializing in foreign languages and developed a program consisting of six languages (French, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Latin, and Mandarin Chinese). The program is described, focusing on admission policies, testing procedures, program design and administration, facilities, and…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Educational Facilities, Foreign Countries, French
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