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Albir, Amparo Hurtado; Galán-Mañas, Anabel; Kuznik, Anna; Olalla-Soler, Christian; Rodríguez-Inés, Patricia; Romero, Lupe – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2020
This issue provides a study on translation competence acquisition (TCA). The study consisted of an TCA experiment involving 129 first to fourth year trainee translators and recent graduates. The experiment was conducted in November 2011, when the first-year subjects had just begun their degree course; the graduates had completed their studies in…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Languages, Language Processing, Language Usage
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Beardsmore, Hugo Baetens – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1993
This article describes several language-related projects undertaken by the European Community to promote multilinguality and improved cross-national communication. It also describes four systems of bilingual education operating in individual Member States (Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Catalan and Basque regions of Spain). (Contains 15 references.)…
Descriptors: Basque, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Mansour, George P. – Northeast Conference Newsletter, 1994
This article outlines a 2-year foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) pilot project that resulted in an unusual model of program funding and considers additional issues relevant to funding such programs. The 1990-1992 pilot project implemented by Michigan State University, the Black Child and Family Institute of Lansing, and the Lansing…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Financial Support
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Tomlinson, P.; Towell, R. – Language Teaching Research, 1999
Describes a curriculum development research project that took place in the French section of the Department of Modern Languages of the University of Salford in the United Kingdom over a 10-year period. The curriculum is motivated by three interacting theoretical perspectives on how languages are learned at an advanced level.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Smith, Roch C. – 1986
Between 1982 and 1985, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro held five summer institutes designed to improve French and Spanish foreign language instruction in elementary and secondary schools. The institutes were intended to: (1) revitalize teachers' language capabilities; (2) increase their cultural knowledge; (3) expose them to new…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College School Cooperation, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Beardsmore, Hugo Baetens, Ed. – 1993
This collection of 10 papers focuses on multilingual education programs and policies in Europe, concentrating on publicly-funded, non-elitist programs. The papers include: (1) "Bilingual Education in Wales" (Colin Baker); (2) "Catalan and Basque Immersion Programmes" (Josep Maria Artigal); (3) "Bilingual or Bicultural…
Descriptors: Basque, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Danish