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Direct linkHeinonen, Annemari; Tuomainen, Satu – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The processes to assess students' learning acquired in various non-formal and informal learning environments have become increasingly common in Finnish university language centres in recent years. This paper describes new developments at the University of Eastern Finland to assess students' non-formal and informal learning of English for Academic…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, Laboratories
de la Fuente, Anahí Alba; Lacroix, Hugues – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
In foreign language classrooms we often find that, in addition to their mother tongue (L1), learners already speak--or are learning--at least one other language. As a result, they already have an array of linguistic and cognitive skills that may prove very useful if they are adequately exploited during the language learning process. However, in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Language Acquisition, Prior Learning
Pilkinton-Pihko, Diane; Suviniitty, Jaana; Kauppinen, Tomi – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2019
Living in learning societies encourages learning outside the classroom. Alongside this reality, higher education institutions have been incorporating policies and procedures that support recognition of prior learning (RPL). This development means establishing adequate RPL assessment practices. Our empirical study at the Aalto University Language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Prior Learning
Nunan, Anna – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Difficulties establishing support for English speakers taking second language electives in postsecondary education in Ireland led to research on how language classes could be more accessible, multicultural, plurilingual and relevant for students in a university language centre. It is important to try and discover why students choose a foreign…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, College Students, Multicultural Education
Tuomainen, Satu – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2014
In recent years Finnish university language centres have increasingly developed procedures for assessing and recognising the skills in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) that students acquire in various non-formal and informal learning environments. This article describes the procedures developed by the University of Eastern Finland Language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning
Neuner-Anfindsen, Stefanie – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Very little research has been conducted into teaching advanced learners of German as a foreign language (GFL), and the few publications that exist describe such learners as very heterogeneous in respect of their learning needs, motivations, prior knowledge and expectations. Not surprisingly, didactic suggestions for teaching GFL at an advanced…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Second Language Learning, German, Student Needs
