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Jan Fidrmuc - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Foreign Languages and trade evidence from a natural experiment
Empirical Economics, 2016Co-Authors: Jan FidrmucAbstract:Cultural factors and common Languages are well-known determinants of trade. By contrast, the knowledge of Foreign Languages was not explored in the literature so far. We combine traditional gravity models with data on fluency in the main Languages used in EU and candidate countries. We show that widespread knowledge of Languages is an important determinant for Foreign trade, with English playing an especially important role. The robustness of our results is confirmed by quantile regressions.
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Foreign Languages and trade evidence from a natural experiment
Empirical Economics, 2016Co-Authors: Jan FidrmucAbstract:Cultural factors and common Languages are well-known determinants of trade. By contrast, the knowledge of Foreign Languages was not explored in the literature so far. We combine traditional gravity models with data on fluency in the main Languages used in EU and candidate countries. We show that widespread knowledge of Languages is an important determinant for Foreign trade, with English playing an especially important role. The robustness of our results is confirmed by quantile regressions.
Carmen Vidal L Rodeiro - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the study of Foreign Languages in england uptake in secondary school and progression to higher education
Language Culture and Curriculum, 2017Co-Authors: Carmen Vidal L RodeiroAbstract:ABSTRACTThe decline in the numbers of students learning Foreign Languages in secondary schools in England, together with the low and decreasing number of top grades in these subjects, has raised concerns among educationalists, employers and politicians in the last few years. The aim of this research was, therefore, to investigate the uptake of and progression in Foreign Languages in order to better understand the challenges these subjects are facing and their position in schools and universities. The analyses presented in this article showed that that the number of 16–18 year old students choosing to study a language continues to decline. However, combinations of Languages with science subjects and with mathematics were relatively popular. Regarding progression, achieving good grades in language subjects was one of the factors with greatest influence on continuing to study language subjects (e.g. in higher education). However, performance in Languages was, in general, worse than average performance at sch...
Dildora Safarova - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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methodological strategies to teach Foreign Languages in primary schools
Theoretical & Applied Science, 2020Co-Authors: Dildora SafarovaAbstract:This article represents the discussions and solutions by educational psychologists on how to teach Foreign Languages in primary schools and how to cope with the problems that language teachers often face while teaching primary school pupils. Furthermore, some effective methodological points by the author have been given to handle the difficulties occuring in language teaching classes.
Andre Valente - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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tactical language and culture training systems using ai to teach Foreign Languages and cultures
Ai Magazine, 2009Co-Authors: Lewis W Johnson, Andre ValenteAbstract:The Tactical Language and Culture Training System (TLCTS) helps people quickly acquire communicative skills in Foreign Languages and cultures. More than 40,000 learners worldwide have used TLCTS courses. TLCTS utilizes artificial intelligence technologies during the authoring process, and at run time to process learner speech, engage in dialog, and evaluate and assess learner performance. This paper describes the architecture of TLCTS and the artificial intelligence technologies that it employs, and presents results from multiple evaluation studies that demonstrate the benefits of learning Foreign language and culture using this approach.
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tactical language and culture training systems using artificial intelligence to teach Foreign Languages and cultures
Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2008Co-Authors: Lewis W Johnson, Andre ValenteAbstract:The Tactical Language and Culture Training System (TLCTS) helps people quickly acquire communicative skills in Foreign Languages and cultures. More than 20,000 learners worldwide have used TLCTS courses. TLCTS utilizes artificial intelligence technologies in multiple ways: during the authoring process, and at run time to process learner speech, interpret learner actions, control the response of non-player characters, and evaluate and assess learner performance and proficiency. This paper describes the architecture of TLCTS and the artificial intelligence technologies that it employs, and presents results from multiple evaluation studies that demonstrate the benefits of learning Foreign language and culture using this approach.
Ann Barnes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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case study investigation of a videoconferencing experiment in primary schools teaching modern Foreign Languages
Language Learning Journal, 2010Co-Authors: Alan Pritchard, Marilyn J Hunt, Ann BarnesAbstract:The MustLearnIT European-funded research project with partners in Greece, Poland, Cyprus, Finland and the UK aimed to investigate ways of teaching and learning modern Foreign Languages (MFL) to early learners in small/remote primary schools where there were no specialist MFL teachers. This was to be carried out through new technologies such as videoconferencing. In the UK, distance was less of a problem, whereas lack of linguistic expertise (subject knowledge and pedagogy) for primary school teachers was likely to prove more challenging, given the government's plan for all pupils in England to study a Foreign language throughout Key Stage 2 (ages seven to 11) from 2010. This article firstly examines a number of background issues in teaching MFL in primary schools in England and reviews two UK-based projects from the emerging literature on videoconferencing. It then reports on the MustLearnIT project conducted in the UK, which investigated the use of secondary teachers to teach French to primary school chi...
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primary modern Foreign Languages an overview of recent research key issues and challenges for educational policy and practice
Research papers in education, 2005Co-Authors: Marilyn J Hunt, Ann Barnes, Bob Powell, Geoff Lindsay, Daniel MuijsAbstract:There has never been a UK-wide policy for primary modern Foreign language provision. Scotland, which has for many years managed its educational affairs autonomously, introduced Foreign Languages into its primary schools over a decade ago. Wales has formulated its own primary and secondary curriculum with due respect for Welsh, tending to give greater priority to its national language than other Languages. Northern Ireland, similarly, has had to take account of its indigenous language and has never developed a Foreign language programme for young learners. Recent government documents relating to England, however, have outlined an entitlement for all primary-school children in England to learn a language by 2012. In order to achieve this, the DfES has provided additional funding for 19 LEA-led Pathfinder projects to identify sustainable and replicable models. It is appropriate at this point to review the current situation in order to gauge progress and development. This article, written by a research team funded by the DfES to evaluate the Pathfinder projects, outlines the national and international research context, the current national context and the key issues and challenges facing these local education authorities.
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learning to teach modern Foreign Languages in the secondary school
2001Co-Authors: Norbert Pachler, Ann Barnes, Kit FieldAbstract:1. Modern Foreign Languages in the secondary school curriculum 2. How do we learn to teach 3. Teaching methods and learning strategies in modern Foreign Languages 4. Observing and working collaboratively with MFL teachers 5. Teaching in the target language: A critical appraisal 6. Teaching listening, speaking, reading and writing 7. Teaching and learning grammar 8. Developing cultural awareness inside and outside the modern Foreign lanuguages classroom 9. Pupil differences and differentiation in modern Foreign Languages teaching and learning 10. Assessment, marking, recording and reporting 11. Managing resources and learners in the MFL classroom 12. The use of ICT in modern Foreign Languages teaching and learning 13. The first appointment and professional development 14. Foreign language (FL) learning and second language acquisition (SLA) research: some implications for FL teaching and learning
