Internationalization of Higher Education and the Use of MOOCs to Improve Second Language Proficiency: The MOVE-ME Project

Autor/inn/en	Troncarelli, Donatella; Villarini, Andrea
Titel	Internationalization of Higher Education and the Use of MOOCs to Improve Second Language Proficiency: The MOVE-ME Project
Quelle	(2017), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Online Courses; Second Language Learning; Language Proficiency; Educational Resources; Global Approach; Foreign Students; English (Second Language); Italian; English for Academic Purposes; Informal Education; Student Needs; Teaching Methods; Second Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Online course; Online-Kurs; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Bildungsmittel; Globales Denken; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Italienisch; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Ausland; Italien
Abstract	Over the last few decades the international dimension of higher education has grown significantly as internationalization has become a strategic goal for many governments. Students on the move worldwide reached five million in 2015 and their number is increasing at a rate of 10% each year. Many of these students need to develop proficiency in the language of the host country rapidly, in order to carry out their studies successfully and benefit from their experience abroad, on both personal and academic levels. Technology has the potential to accommodate these needs since it can enhance the process of learning offering flexible and self-paced paths, that can complement conventional language courses and extending ways of learning and teaching second languages. This paper presents the premises and the main choices of the MOVE-ME project--Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for university students on the move in Europe--,funded under the Key Action 2 of the Erasmus+ program and based on the use of MOOCs to widen access to education resources for learning English and Italian for academic purposes. [For the complete volume, "Beyond the Language Classroom: Researching MOOCs and Other Innovations," see ED574781.] (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01