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Intercultural Spaces in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Elementary School in Brazil
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2015)
This work is part of my doctoral research in Brazil. I have been investigating the presence of Intercultural Spaces in the English lessons in an Elementary School from the perspective of the teacher. Thus, it is a Case ...
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The Effects of Using L1 Translation on Young Learners’ Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2015)
In the field of foreign language (FL) vocabulary acquisition, there seems to be a growing awareness of the fact that the mother tongue (L1) might have a facilitating role for language learners. Research has found evidence ...
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Vocal-Medical: On-Line Language Learning and Cultural Preparation for Emergency Services
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2015)
The VOCAL-Medical Project (Vocationally Oriented Culture and Language – Medical) is a two year Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation project, funded by the EU Commission, and part of the Lifelong Learning Programme. It ...
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Benchmarking Intercultural Communication Competence Assessment Tools for ESP Teaching
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2015)
In an international professional environment, knowledge of the language alone is not a guarantee of success, as a result, recent language research emphasizes the intercultural component of foreign language education, and ...
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Cultural Aspects of Immediacy in an Asian Classroom Context
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2015)
Among the various factors affecting students’ learning, immediacy is probably the one that has been most studied over the last four decades. Immediacy, a term coined by Mehrabian (1967), refers to verbal and nonverbal ...
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CLIL in three Spanish Monolingual Communities: The Examples of Extremadura, Madrid and La Rioja
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2015)
Our world is becoming more and more complex, constantly imposing new societal, cultural and professional demands on the individual, such as the increased need for plurilinguistic competences. This situation has prompted ...
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Key concepts in applied linguistics Key issues in EFL coursebooks
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2015)
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A Conversation Analysis of EFL Teachers’ Gesture in Language Elicitation Stage
(Universidad de Sevilla, 2015)
Using a Conversation Analytic (CA) method, this study explores English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ nonverbal gestures during the elicitation stage: when they elicit new words and language structures from students. ...