Language proficiency assessment encompasses a diverse range of methodologies designed to evaluate an individual’s communicative abilities, from grammatical precision to the dynamic management of ...

Pragmatic competence—the ability to navigate the subtleties of social and cultural language use—remains a pivotal area in second language acquisition research. This aspect of language proficiency ...

The United Nations Language Framework, unique to the specific context of the United Nations, breaks down language skills into four levels. The Framework standardizes the way languages are learnt, ...

Boris Vazquez-Calvo is principal investigator of two funded research projects: (1) SEGUE: Social Media and Video Games in language learning and teaching of student teachers (ref.: B1-2021_33, ...

The focus of this section is on strategies to support resettled refugees’ acquisition of the language of the receiving community (often referred to as the target language). Some of the principles and ...