Learned Academies Special Projects - Grant ID: LS0800002

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Funded Activity Summary

An Analysis of Retention Strategies and Technology Enhanced Learning in Beginners' Languages Other than English (LOTE) at Australian Universities. Language study is an important mechanism in maintaining and expanding Australia’s language capacity and is, therefore, critical to achieving national objectives with respect to improvements in trade, career pathways, international mobility, research capacity, technological developments and community as well as individual engagement. A major responsibility for enhancing the nation’s language ability falls on the university sector, which is uniquely positioned to tie in successful language learning with desired national outcomes. Language provision is also a major priority for Australian universities in a context of increasing internationalisation of higher education. The Australian universities need to offer the widest possible range of languages and the best possible means of learning them to an adequate level of operating proficiency. For many students, university provides the first experience of new and/or different languages. In this context, the issue of whether Australian universities are doing as well as they can in terms of beginners language provision is clearly a critical one. With reference to nationally identified priority areas for research, this project satisfies most directly criteria relating to ‘Safeguarding Australia’. It benefits our understanding of the wider world, specifically by improving the nation’s knowledge and expertise in languages other than English by providing the basis for improvement of language training at university level in this country. There will be ongoing benefits in terms of improved networking and communication in the beginners languages sector across Australia, and institutions may derive considerable material benefit through implementation of the project’s recommendations.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 19-06-2008

End Date: 18-02-2009

Funding Scheme: Learned Academies Special Projects

Funding Amount: $57,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

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