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Direct linkIwaniec, Janina – Language Learning Journal, 2020
Socio-economic status (SES) has been consistently shown to influence students' educational achievement, but to date, few studies have investigated the role of SES in language learning motivation. This study aims to examine to what extent two indicators of SES, school location and parents' education, affect motivation of Polish 15-year-olds to…
Descriptors: School Location, Socioeconomic Status, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Gallagher, Fiona; Colohan, Gerry – Language Learning Journal, 2017
This article describes a small in-class study which sought to explore the effectiveness (or not) of using the emerging bilingual skills of the students as a teaching and learning tool in a geography through English Content-Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classroom in Northern Italy. In particular, the study sought to examine whether and to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Students, Teaching Methods, Native Language
Gruber, Alice; Tonkyn, Alan – Language Learning Journal, 2017
It is widely assumed that the British are poorer modern foreign language (MFL) learners than their fellow Europeans. Motivation has often been seen as the main cause of this perceived disparity in language learning success. However, there have also been suggestions that curricular and pedagogical factors may play a part. This article reports a…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
McCall, Ian Douglas – Language Learning Journal, 2011
This article discusses "My UniSpace", an innovative project which involves undergraduate students in a British university mentoring online pupils aged 14-18 who are studying languages. The project was funded by Routes into Languages, an initiative aimed at increasing take-up in modern languages. "My UniSpace" offers pupils…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Undergraduate Students, Modern Languages, Communication Skills
King, Terry – Language Learning Journal, 2005
This article reports on the ATLAS project, which addressed the problem of poor recruitment to university courses in the less widely taught (LWT) languages. The results of a survey of school students' attitudes towards learning languages and towards using the web were used to help design a website to encourage students to consider taking up a new…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Metalinguistics, Internet
