Babel Vol. 47 No. 2

Babel Vol. 47 No. 2

Editorial
  • Anne-Marie Morgan 2
Articles
  • ‘Conversing’ in French: the effect of high-stakes environments on oral task performance - Diane de Saint Léger and Neomy Storch 4
  • Writing strategies of children in a Macedonian- English bilingual program in Victoria - Michele de Courcy and Jovanka Smilevska 14
  • Reducing teaching hours in tertiary Japanese: a case study - Judith Ascione and Nicolette Bramley 24
  • Reducing the gap between second language researchers and teachers: lessons learned - Callie Mady 30
This edition has been made available as a free sample to read.
Babel Vol. 47 No. 1

Babel Vol. 47 No. 1

Editorial
  • What Translingual education might look like - Alastair Pennycook 4 (18th AFMLTA biennial conference, Darwin 2011, Keith Horwood Memorial Lecture)
Articles
  • 'In bare feet with my journal': promoting the intercultural development of young exchange students - Robyn Moloney and Rosalba Genua-Petrovic 14
  • Reciprocal role peer tutoring: can it enhance students' motivation and perceptions of proficiency when learning a foreign language? - Martin East, Constanza Tolosa and Helen Villers 24
  • What language teachers want - considering the evaluation of the 18th AFMLTA biennial conference - Matthew Absalom and Anne-Marie Morgan 32
  • 18th biennial AFMLTA conference, Darwin 2011: From the Academic Chair... - Matthew Absalom 39

Babel is the AFMLTA’s professionally refereed journal – each volume includes three issues. Featuring general and research articles, reviews, and reports about the teaching and learning of languages, and language policy at primary, secondary, and tertiary level, Babel is the only scholarly journal for languages education in Australia. The journal was awarded a B-ranking in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Ranked Journal List.

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Financial members of Australian State and Territory MLTA’s receive Babel automatically as part of their membership. Applications for membership of any State or Territory Modern Language Teachers Association should be forwarded to the appropriate association.

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University of South Australia
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