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Marazzi, Alessandra – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
Autonomy and self-learning are ongoing challenges for universities generally, and for their language centres specifically when it comes to language learning and acquisition. The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia has always paid attention to both fostering autonomy in its learners and developing customized language learning activities. Among…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Management Systems
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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
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Bisset, Mariana; Gödeke, Barbara – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
The Language Centre at the University of Padova provides language courses for students of all disciplines and with a wide range of needs. Over the years, the number of students having to deal with a language requirement has increased exponentially, while the teaching personnel and general resources have struggled to keep up. Catering to all of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Advising, Second Language Learning
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Little, David – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
This article is based on a plenary talk given at the CercleS seminar hosted by the University of Groningen in November 2011 to mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" and the launch of the European Language Portfolio. The first part of the article summarizes the history…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Kennedy, Fionnuala; Bruen, Jenny; Péchenart, Juliette – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2012
The focus of this paper is twofold: first, on the development of an electronic version of a European Language Portfolio (ELP), known as the LOLIPOP (Language On-line Portfolio Project) ELP, and second on its integration into an undergraduate module on Intercultural Communication in an institute of higher education in Ireland. The paper begins by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Second Language Learning, Portfolios (Background Materials)
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Gori, Federica – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
Projects related to the European Language Portfolio (ELP) carried out at the Language Centre of the University of Trieste are concerned to examine whether and to what extent "can do" descriptors can be extended to courses in Languages for Specific Purposes. The project reported in this article had two aims. The first was to explore what…
Descriptors: Languages for Special Purposes, Guidelines, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
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Dlaska, Andrea – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2012
One of the key recommendations of the Worton Review of Modern Foreign Languages provision in higher education in England (2009) is more effective collaboration between language centres and language departments. This paper presents a fully integrated model of such collaboration and develops recommendations for language centres and language…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Laboratories