Evidence-based practice has become a cornerstone to the development of many professions over the last twenty years, ranging from health and social sciences to education. Research based on reflective practice provides the impulse...En els últims vint anys, pràctiques basades en…

The topic of pacing at the level of the individual class hour has received relatively little coverage in research literature.  In order to provide a research-based take on the issue, the current work surveys the existing literature, develops terminology and…

This volume has an interesting variety of articles, which at first glance, may not seem to have much in common. However, taking a deeper look at the contents of the texts, several common nexus emerge, above all the feeling that…

This article provides a summary of some of the key ideas of Seedhouse (2004). The study applies Conversation Analysis (CA) methodology to an extensive and varied database of language lessons from around the world and attempts to answer the question…

AbstractThe implementation of foreign languages in primary schools in Europe and Latin America since the 1980’s motivated some administrative and academic decisions in the teacher development of both in-service and pre-service primary school teachers. In this article, first, the most…

SummaryReview of the book entitled Cultural-Historical Perspectives on Teacher Education and Development: Learning Teaching, 2010, Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group, London and New York (Edited by Viv Ellis, Anne Edwards, and Peter Smagorinsky). The review first discusses the importance that…

AbstractThis paper aims at exploring the complexities of students’ interaction in a collaborative learning task set within a CLIL unit in the EFL classroom. By way of illustration, a sample from a 4th year classroom grade in a secondary school…

Abstract Learning through another language is a multilingual (Catalan, Spanish and English) compendium of valuable contributions from leading investigators to further the understanding and practice of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL). The book offers an ample range of perspectives…

Abstract This paper constructs a theoretical framework  that views academic writing from a context-based perspective.   The shift  from text to context results from implementating the  concept of activity system into the academic community, envisioning academia as the sum of the…

Abstract This study analyzes the unique plurilingual (Catalan, Spanish and English) speech of a family living in Catalonia in order to understand the  variety of forms in which linguistic multicompetence is made manifest in their dialogues.. Factors that were found…