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Apprendimento digitale dell’italiano L2. Un approccio ludico 意大利语L2的数字学习。一个有趣的方法

Languages Cultures Mediation Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.7358/lcm-2023-001-gice

S. Gilardoni, A. Cerizza

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“A Terrible Beauty Is Born”: Opportunities and New Perspectives for Online Teaching and Assessment “一种可怕的美诞生了”:在线教学和评估的机会和新视角

Languages Cultures Mediation Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.7358/lcm-2023-001-edit

Franca Poppi, J. Schmied

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Emergency Remote Teaching Student Responses to Intensive versus Extensive Course Modalities during the Pandemic 大流行期间紧急远程教学学生对强化与广泛课程模式的反应

Languages Cultures Mediation Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.7358/lcm-2023-001-enni

M. Ennis, Dietmar Unterkofler, Elena Bonetto

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Online ELT during the Covid-19 Pandemic. A Case Study on Students’ Perspectives Covid-19大流行期间的在线英语教学。学生视角的个案研究

Languages Cultures Mediation Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.7358/lcm-2023-001-iori

Ilaria Iori

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Spazi di apprendimento virtuali per la didattica della lingua tedesca 虚拟学习空间用于德语教学

Languages Cultures Mediation Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.7358/lcm-2023-001-cata

Antonella Catone

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Valutazione e nuove tecnologie nell’ambito del Progetto Marco Polo - Turandot 马可波罗-图兰朵项目下的评估和新技术

Languages Cultures Mediation Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.7358/lcm-2023-001-dimu

Dimo Dimov, Mara Mutti

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Un salto nel mondo digitale. Un progetto condiviso e multimediale per l’apprendimento della lingua tedesca 数字世界的飞跃。一个共享的多媒体德语学习项目

Languages Cultures Mediation Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.7358/lcm-2023-001-chhe

Carla Christiany, Julia Heumann

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A Comparison between EFL Writing Errors in Computer-Based and Paper-Based Assignments 计算机作业和纸本作业中英语写作错误的比较

Languages Cultures Mediation Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.7358/lcm-2023-001-calp

P. Caleffi

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Il ruolo della funzione ‘Feedback’ nelle attività di Moodle 反馈功能在Moodle活动中的作用

Languages Cultures Mediation Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.7358/lcm-2023-001-pera

A. Pettinelli, Dalila Rauch

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Students’ Voices from the Pandemic. The Use of Modal and Semi-Modal Verbs for Expressing Subjectivity in a Local Academic Learner Corpus 大流行中的学生之声。本地学术学习者语料库中情态动词和半情态动词表达主体性的运用

Languages Cultures Mediation Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI: 10.7358/lcm-2023-001-tene

E. Tenca

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