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Direct linkFioravanti, Irene; Senaldi, Marco Silvio Giuseppe; Lenci, Alessandro; Siyanova-Chanturia, Anna – Second Language Research, 2021
The present investigation focuses on first language (L1) and second language (L2) speakers' sensitivity to lexical fixedness and compositionality of Italian word combinations. Two studies explored language users' intuitions about three types of word combinations: free combinations, collocations, and idioms. In Study 1, Italian Verb+Noun…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Italian, Phrase Structure
Tierney, Daniel; Gallastegi, Lore – Education 3-13, 2011
This article considers the attitudes of pupils aged 9-11 years in Scotland towards their learning of a foreign language in primary school. It also considers their perception of difficulty, what they tell us causes them difficulty, their language preferences and the reasons for these. The article identifies any significant differences between boys…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Foreign Countries, Modern Languages, Gender Differences
Morton, Hazel; Jack, Mervyn A. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2005
This paper describes a CALL approach which integrates software for speaker independent continuous speech recognition with embodied virtual agents and virtual worlds to create an immersive environment in which learners can converse in the target language in contextualised scenarios. The result is a self-access learning package: SPELL (Spoken…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Modules, Feedback, Computer Assisted Instruction
Vilke, Mirjana – 1995
This report evolved from the results of a Croatian project of introducing foreign languages (English, French, German, and Italian) into the first grade, begun in 1991 and initially involving about 400 students. Participants from 11 European countries and Croatia were invited to attend a 4-day course, sponsored by the Council of Europe and the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English, Foreign Countries, French
Download full textBartrum, 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)
Moys, A., Comp.; And Others – 1980
This book is a survey of all the modern language examinations in the United Kingdom at "GCE"'O' level, Scottish 'O' grade, and "CSE" Mode 1, available in 1979 in French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, as well as the "16+" examination offered by a consortium of boards in the north of England. It is an attempt…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, French, German, Italian
Children and Foreign Languages. European Teachers' Seminar (Zagreb, Croatia, May 4-7, 1994). Report.
Vilke, Mirjana – 1995
A 4-day inservice teacher workshop, held so that teachers from a number of countries could share ideas and experiences about foreign language teaching at the elementary school level, is described. Speeches and events of each day are summarized briefly, and plenary sessions are chronicled in somewhat more detail. The latter include: a description…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Children, Curriculum Design, Elementary Education
Low, Lesley; And Others – 1993
A pilot program of foreign language instruction in Scottish elementary schools is evaluated. The program consisted of 12 projects in 76 elementary schools, articulated with their 12 associated secondary schools. French was taught in six projects, Spanish in four, and German and Italian in one each. Regular classroom teachers were trained and given…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Articulation (Education), Class Activities
