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Direct linkBuffagni, Claudia; Garzelli, Beatrice; Ghia, Elisa – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2017
The present contribution focuses on Benigni's auteur film "La vita è bella" (Italy, 1997) as a tool for the development of language competence in L2 English, Spanish and German, as well as of translation skills from Italian into these languages. The project, developed at the CLASS Language Centre at the University for Foreigners of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Films, Film Study, Technology Uses in Education
Download full textMielonen, Alissa Marie; Paterson, Wendy – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2009
Researchers agree that language and literacy derive from the first days of a child's life. Children become literate members in society by listening and interacting with the people that surround them. This study examines how children develop literacy through play by looking closely at the benefits of uninterrupted play and how it encourages…
Descriptors: Play, Literacy, Language Acquisition, Language Skills
Games, Ivan Alex – Learning, Media and Technology, 2010
This article presents the results of a three-year study of "Gamestar Mechanic" (www.gamestarmechanic.com), a flash-based multiplayer online role-playing game developed for the MacArthur Foundation's digital media learning initiative by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Gamelab in New York. The game's objective is to help children…
Descriptors: Design, Role Playing, Discourse Analysis, Thinking Skills
