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Cognitive simulation of educational migration trends and conditions in the context of universities' competitiveness
The article conteins the cognitive model for studying the educational migration trends and factors. Scenarios of situation development were implemented: optimistic, realistic and pessimistic that allows to forming methodical recommendations for improving the attracting foreign contingent policies in the context of universities competitiveness management
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Motivated Spanish learning among Anglo-Texan high school students : an exploration of theories, research, and experience, with implications for pedagogy
textResearch into foreign language and second language learning motivation has progressed steadily over the past half century. Several theories and models have been developed to explain how learners are motivated to learn a foreign language. Context-specific research, however, is lacking for Anglo-Texan high school students learning Spanish. This report applies the theories of foreign language learning motivation to this context, using personal experience and anecdotes from the author as a Spanish teacher and student, in order to prescribe pedagogical applications of the research for high school Spanish teachers in Texas who seek to increase their students' motivation.Curriculum and Instructio
The Teaching of Vocabulary through the Multisensory Approach to EFL Third Age Adults in a Public Nursing Home in Pereira, Colombia
El aprendizaje del idioma inglĂ©s es un proceso que conlleva beneficios cognitivos, personales, sociales y de crecimiento. Esta investigaciĂłn cualitativa tuvo como objetivo integrar a una poblaciĂłn de adultos mayores en lecciones de vocabulario en inglĂ©s basadas en los principios de la teorĂa de la andragogĂa
User requirement elicitation for cross-language information retrieval
Who are the users of a cross-language retrieval system? Under what circumstances do they need to perform such multi-language searches? How will the task and the context
of use affect successful interaction with the system? Answers to these questions were explored in a user study performed as part of the design stages of Clarity, a EU
founded project on cross-language information retrieval. The findings resulted in a rethink of the planned user interface and a consequent expansion of the set of services
offered. This paper reports on the methodology and techniques used for the elicitation of user requirements as well as how these were in turn transformed into new design
solutions
Individual Variation in L2 Study-Abroad Outcomes: A Case Study from Indonesian Pragmatics
This is a study of two Australian learners of Indonesian during a short stay abroad. It examines their contrasting success in acquiring L2 address terms, in tandem with their contrasting experiences of the L2 culture setting. It thereby helps explain th
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