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Direct linkKaoru Umezawa; Tomoko Fujita; Fumiko Narumi-Munro; Chisato Ofune; Akiko Tomatsuri; Chieko Yonezawa – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
In recent years, "Decolonising the Curriculum (DtC)" has been widely discussed and advocated in the European educational landscape as part of inclusive education. However, few examples of its practice in Japanese language teaching have been reported. While discussions of DtC in Japan often focus on the context of Japan's former colonies,…
Descriptors: Decolonization, Educational Change, Japanese, Second Language Learning
Salwa Mohamed – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) (Council of Europe 2001). Offers a comprehensive framework for learning, teaching, and assessment, promoting transparency and coherence in language education. Central to the CEFR is its action-oriented approach, which views language as situated social action and positions learners as…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Zabala Delgado, Julia; Rouveyrol, Laurent – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2022
Verbal interaction has been the subject of a growing interest among language professionals in Europe since the CEFR was published in 2001; in linguistics, verbal interaction has long been studied. In the Bakhtinian approach, it is even considered "the fundamental reality of language". All types of interaction share the fact that they are…
Descriptors: Spanish, French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Argondizzo, Carmen; De Bartolo, Anna Maria; Fazio, Alessandra; Jimenez, Jean M.; Ruffolo, Ida – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
At the start of 2000 a new scenario emerged in Europe thanks to the Council of Europe and the European Commission who, in support of the Bologna Process (1999), laid the foundations for disseminating the value of multilingualism and multiculturalism. The aim was to create a framework of actions to make citizens more aware of respecting diversity…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Higher Education, Resource Centers, Language Laboratories
Jaleniauskiene, Evelina – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2021
In the updated version of the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment -- Companion Volume" (Council of Europe 2020), the Action-Oriented Approach is highlighted as the most viable approach for learning languages. The present study explored students' reflections on the collaborative project…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Guidelines
Rontu, Heidi; Tuomi, Ulla-Kristiina; Gekeler, Petra; Pérez Guillot, Cristina; Schaffner, Sabina – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
The organisational status and the main tasks of a university language centre are given different interpretations in different universities. Some language centres find themselves in a challenging situation where the centre's existence seems to be at stake, whereas others prosper and find positively encouraging opportunities for the future. All this…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Staff Development, Strategic Planning
Fratter, Ivana; Marigo, Luisa – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
The growing number of internationally mobile students who present Italian L2 language certificates on entry has led the University of Padua Language Centre (CLA) to reflect on whether it should maintain an online placement testing as a means of placing students in the relevant classes (Fratter, Ivana & Altinier. Micol 2015. Gli apprendenti di…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Placement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Shackleton, Caroline – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Most language proficiency exams in Europe are presently developed so that reported scores can be related to the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR; (Council of Europe. 2001. "Common European framework of reference for languages: learning, teaching, assessment." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.).…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Guidelines
Fischer, Johann – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The underlying methodological approach of the CEFR is defined as being "action-oriented" and task-based (Council of Europe. 2001. "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment." Cambridge University Press: 9), although it explicitly leaves room for a variety of approaches, since the CEFR…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Rating Scales, Guidelines
Portman, Daniel; Broido, Monica – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
Increasingly, professionally-oriented tertiary institutions are concerned with equipping their students with the English language skills needed in today's global professional world. The recently extended 2018 Common European Framework (CEFR) provides useful guidance to help institutions develop curricula to achieve this goal. This paper describes…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Rating Scales, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Carson, Lorna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
This article begins with a brief overview of the aims and activities of the CercleS CEFR/ELP Focus Group. It goes on to report on some of the outcomes of the 2015 CercleS CEFR/ELP seminar hosted by the Centre for Language and Communication Studies at Trinity College Dublin. The five examples presented during the seminar's plenary sessions are…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Focus Groups
Little, David – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
I begin this article by briefly explaining why I think CercleS should encourage university language centres to align their courses and assessment with the proficiency levels of the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR) and why they should use a version of the European Language Portfolio (ELP) to support the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Reisenleutner, Sandra – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
Oral language exams at university often consist of an individual or group conversation with the examiner about topics dealt with during the semester. A question-and-answer format is applied and vocabulary and structures tested. As a consequence, the oral exam does not reflect action-oriented approaches that often form part of classroom activities…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Tests, Vocabulary Development, Universities
Schmidt, Maria Gabriela; Nagai, Noriko; Naganuma, Naoyuki; Birch, Gregory – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) has been increasingly used to inform language policies and teaching practices in Japan. The Japanese Ministry of Education proposed in 2011 that objectives of English curricula at the secondary education level ought to be stated using the "Can do" schemata of the CEFR and…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Rating Scales, Language Planning, Teaching Methods
Bertolotti, Greta; Beseghi, Micol – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2016
In 2011 the Language Centre of the University of Parma introduced a self-study programme aimed at creating an autonomy-inspired language learning environment. Students are actively engaged in the management of their own learning and co-directed by advisors and teachers in the phases of planning, monitoring and assessment. Reflective diary writing…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Personal Autonomy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
