Learning a language is a process that has been radically changing over the last ten years. Continuous advances in technology as well as the application of scientific methods have perfected the process of language learning to the very last detail, but that is precisely the reason why it is falling back to some of its old bad habits. Nowadays there is a European Framework of Languages that defines clearly what can be accomplished with language at every level, what should be studied and what not, depending on your degree of knowledge of the language. There are official examinations in almost every country of the EU that will demonstrate your level of competency. There is nothing wrong … [Read more...] about How language learning loses its way
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E-learning: new models, new challenges
Establishing a balance between knowing, knowing how to do and knowing how to be is a challenge being faced in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), which, along with the Bologna process, has sought since 1999 to ensure more comparable, compatible and coherent systems of higher education in Europe. From another perspective, the challenge is about science, technology and humanism. Classrooms, no matter the education level, are bearing witness to technological progress and, predictably, concerns about how technology is contributing to education. The change has generated new terminology that reflects the profound transformation: E-learning, Web-Based Training, Internet-Based Training, … [Read more...] about E-learning: new models, new challenges