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There are platforms coming up that use virtual reality in language learning. For example, you have Panolingo, ImmerseMe, Mondly AR… I have to say that I am not really...
The other day a language teacher asked me: what does Linguaclick charge? May answer was: Linguaclick doesn’t charge anything at all. In Linguaclick, every teacher...
Interesting development: language teachers who offer their teaching materials for a small price in their own webshop. Two examples: https://kidsclubenglish.com/ This...
I read an interesting article by Monika Schmid in The Conversation:...
Contributor: Ton Koenraad
Age and learning environment: Are children implicit second language learners?
Contributor: Frans Oosterholt
Children are thought to learn second languages (L2s) using primarily implicit mechanisms, in contrast to adults, who primarily rely on explicit language learning. This difference is usually attributed to cognitive maturation, but adults also rec...
Contributor: Frans Oosterholt
The present study examines both properties of the language and properties of the learner to better understand variability at the earliest stages of second language (L2) acquisition. We used ...
How Can Teachers Maximize Engagement among Multilingual Students?
Contributor: Frans Oosterholt
Inclusive learning strategies and programs for your classroom by: Dr. Jim Cummins...
Revisiting communicative competence in the teaching and assessment of language for specific purposes
Contributor: Frans Oosterholt
Abstract The term communicative competence captures the notion that the ability to use language in interaction requires not just control of linguistic form but also awareness of rules o...
Council of Europe Language Policy Portal
Contributor: Ton Koenraad
Language playfulness of contextual navigators: Young refugees’ linguistic strategies for inclusion in the Netherlands
CIOL Insights: The Languages Professions II. This report looks into the challenges facing language professionals in 2022.
ESLmooc, sponsered by Brays English, is a great site that offers courses, videos, games and eBooks for English students. And it’s all for free.
Handbook & Framework For A Curriculum available from EU Project FB page: Professional English Language Skills for Employability Across EU (PESE)
Teachers Pay Teachers is the go-to platform created by teachers, for teachers to access the community, content, and tools they need to teach at their best.
THE USE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN ESP: CURRENT PRACTICES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR ESP TEACHER EDUCATION | Kakoulli Constantinou | Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic Purposes
Full asynchronous online course for LSP teacher education and training across the EHEA developed by ErasmusPlus project LSP-TEOC.Pro
Book in Cambridge Elements in Language Teaching series ‘Technology and Language Teaching’ by Ursula Sticler free for download now
April 11, free webinar: ‘Combining German and STEM through a Virtual Reality App’ by Lorna Price (Goethe Institute) in in CLIL Mondays organised by Aston Centre for Applied Linguistics (ACAL)
2022 paper by Anna Fardau Schukking & Ruth Kircher: Professional intercultural communicative competence and labour market integration among highly-educated refugees in the Netherlands
Chapter in Cambridge Handbook of Task-Based Language Teaching: ‘Designing pedagogic tasks for refugees learning English to enter universities in the Netherlands’ by Seyit Gok & Marije Michel
English Academy for Newcomers, EAN. A new NGO specialized in pre-higher education support for newcomers with a refugee background