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Šajgalíková, Helena; Breeze, Ruth – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
This article deals with university language teaching in the perspective of its shift from linguistic competence towards communicative competence, and presents some aspects of the underlying process. It analyses the findings from a survey conducted within the Leonardo project "Transparency in the Acquired Language Competences" (TALC;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communicative Competence (Languages), College Second Language Programs, Second Language Instruction
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Engelhardt, Maike; Pfingsthorn, Joanna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Modern socio-cognitive and meaning-oriented approaches to foreign language teaching emphasize the role of learner autonomy, which involves being aware of and responsible for one's own ways of learning as well as the utilization of one's own strengths and work on weaknesses (van Lier 1996). Allowing learners to perform self-assessment can provide a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Placement, Language Tests