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Santipolo, Matteo – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
This paper deals with the problems of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) and as a lingua franca (ELF) in the Italian educational system and, in particular, with introducing language variation in the English class. After briefly illustrating how English teaching has changed in the last few decades, an outline is drawn of what happens in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Costa, Francesca – AILA Review, 2012
This paper seeks to provide insights into the local context of ICLHE (Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education) in Italy. Its principal aim is descriptive although it also discusses theoretical models since it seeks to establish the extent to which Focus on Form (FonF) is present in ICLHE lectures. By means of observations, recordings…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Models
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Bates, Elizabeth; Devescovi, Antonella; D'Amico, Simona – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1999
Examined the extent to which cross-linguistic differences in sentence interpretation would generalize to complex sentences with an embedded clause. College students who were native speakers of English or Italian completed four experiments. Results indicated that cross-linguistic differences were maintained when students interpreted complex…
Descriptors: College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Bartrum, Anna, Ed.; Wilkin, Andrew, Ed. – Tuttitalia: The Italian Journal of the Association for Language Learning, 1997
This journal focuses on the learning and teaching of Italian as a foreign language. Selected articles include the following: "Immigrant Women in Bologna: Themes and Problems"; "But Those Cursed Accents: Where Did They Go?"; "Modern Languages in the Primary School: The Scottish Experience"; "Suggested Strategies…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers