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Download full textYao, Chunlin – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2022
The study reports the author's innovation of teaching climate education to adult learners in an English class using project-based learning (PBL). Over a whole semester in 2022, six topics related to climate change were taught and learned in a core curriculum tertiary English class in China. At the end of the semester, data showed a high level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Active Learning, Student Projects
Tsitselikis, Konstantinos; Mavrommatis, Giorgos – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2019
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise description of the European minority language, Turkish in Greece, in education. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects such as the number of schools,…
Descriptors: Turkish, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education
Papp Z., Attila, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2019
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise description of the European minority language, Hungarian in Romania, in education. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects such as the number of schools,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Escudé, Pierre, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2019
Occitan, or the Oc language, is a Romance language. The focus in this dossier is on the four regions in France where Occitan is spoken: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitanie, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Kara D., Comp.; Iva, Sulev, Comp.; Koreinik, Kadri, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2019
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise description of the European minority language, Võro in Estonia, in education. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects such as the number of schools,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2015
This report provides an update of Cedefop's statistical overview of vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning in European countries. It illustrates progress on 33 indicators selected for their policy relevance and contribution to Europe 2020 objectives. These also provide a review of progress in key areas of education and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators
Elufiede, Kemi, Ed.; Olson, Joann S., Ed.; Murray, Lauren, Ed. – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2019
The 43rd annual conference of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) was held at the University of Central Florida in March 2019. Papers in these proceedings include the following: (1) How does Experimental Learning Increase Skills and Knowledge Acquisition and Retention in the Non-Traditional Adult Learner? (David Antico); (2) CHAT and…
Descriptors: Working Class, Scholarship, Adult Education, Higher Education
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2013
This report provides a statistical overview of vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning in European countries. Data are presented in the form of statistical snapshots--one for each country--for the 27 European Union (EU) Member States and, where data are available, for Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2013
This report provides a statistical overview of vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning in European countries. Data are presented in the form of statistical snapshots, one for each of the 31 selected indicators. To the extent allowed by data availability, data are presented for the 27 European Union (EU) Member States and for…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators
Parrish, Betsy; Johnson, Kimberly – Center for Adult English Language Acquisition, 2010
It has been estimated that of the nearly two million immigrants who enter the United States every year, nearly half have limited access to citizenship, job training, other postsecondary education, and jobs due to low literacy levels, limited formal schooling, and limited English language skills. Adult education programs serving this population can…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Second Language Learning, Adult Education
BC Student Outcomes, 2015
The Developmental Student Outcomes (DEVSO) Survey is one of four annual surveys that make up the British Columbia (BC) Student Outcomes project. This report presents the system-level findings from the 2014 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey. The results included in the report were analysed by demographic characteristics and other factors. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Basic Education, Student Development, Student Surveys
Katz, Naomi – TESL Talk, 1978
Older people who must learn a second language and adjust to a new culture may be benefically taught by using proverbs. This technique may help to break down barriers by expressing the same idea in the native and target languages and is suited to the less formally educated student. (SW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Cultural Context, Language Instruction
BC Student Outcomes, 2013
The Developmental Student Outcomes (DEVSO) Survey is one of four annual surveys that make up the British Columbia (BC) Student Outcomes project. This report presents a summary of the findings from the 2013 Developmental Student Outcomes Survey. The results included in the report were analysed by demographic characteristics and other factors. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Basic Education, Student Development, Student Surveys
Peer reviewedRochet, Bernard – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1978
Audio-visual methods which are successful in immersion and FLES programs are not successful with adults. It is suggested that a cognitive approach to learning the sound system, which is usually systematic, would be more effective. It would also satisfy the students' intellectual curiosity. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Cognitive Processes, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedPiepho, Hans-Eberhard – Zielsprache Englisch, 1977
In role-play, the course leader and the participants perform with different degrees of intensity and for different amounts of time. But there should be a common examination and evaluation of the adequacy of the acquired language material for use in actual life situations. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
